Chapter 422- Bath Time

Ella

“Cora,” I scold, frowning, “you know I don’t’ feel that way – ”

“Well I know you’d never say it,” she protests, sighing. “But I do get that this union between a wolf and a human that, symbolically, it’s important. And even if you’re not disappointed that it could be…disappointing.”

“I want you to have the mating ceremony you want, Cora,” I reply, steady in my truth here. “Especially in the case of something as important as this.” I give her hand a little squeeze before pulling mine away. “But if you’d like to consider a middle path…maybe you could let me show you what I was thinking?”

She turns her head to look up at me, surprised. “You’ve been…planning?”

“Just a little,” I say, unable to keep the eagerness out of my voice. “Just late at night when Sinclair is asleep and I can’t sleep, or I get up to feed Rafe – ”

“You’ve been loosing sleep over this!?”

“No!” I protest, but then I hesitate. ” Well, not much.”

“Ella!”

“Just – can I show you what I was thinking!?” I plead, “sister to sister!? And then, if you hate it, you can say no.” A wide grin comes to my face then. “But I think you’re going to like it.”

Cora gives a big sigh, leaning back into her seat and closing her eyes. ” Fine, Ella,” she says. “But this is not a yes.”

“I didn’t think it was!” I say, newly excited. Because honestly…it’s gorgeous, and I can’t wait to show her my plans.

up at me from his casual position on the

sleeping to my chest. I put my hands on my

his hands into his pockets and smirks as he looks me up and down. “I just didn’t realize I was mated to someone

I murmur, leaning in to get a good look at the very real layer of dusty dark brown grime that’s covering me from head to foot. “Honestly, why did they

him the perfect Alpha King, clean-shaved and pressed – and me, a

layer of brown dust. “Oh my god!” I exclaim again, immediately beginning

Sinclair chuckles, reaching out to unstrap the baby from me.

helping him take the baby from my arms. “Honestly, if this is what we look like after

diverted a lot of attention to it,” he replies, holding the baby away from him a little as he carries him over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be out of those terrible camps and in better situation in

now that he’s away from the warmth of my body, starts to cry a little

out to him. I hesitate, wondering if I should just take him and let him sleep dirty honestly, I can’t stand to hear him cry

the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.” Then, as I begin

I sigh, watching the little pieces of baby clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be too big to wear those by the time

tickling Rafe’s naked belly, proud, as he turns on the warm water and prepares to start bathing

them together, before I turn and start the water in the shower for myself. I continue talking to Sinclair as I climb into

about the wedding,” I call over my shoulder, starting to shampoo my hair. “I don’t think she’s

” But yeah, Roger told me pretty much

his reaction, and Sinclair shoots me a little look of disbelief.Books Chapters Are

I’m not mad,

laugh a little, shaking my head and turning away to rinse the shampoo from my hair. “That’s not what I mean I know that you’d never be mad at them for wanting a different kind of mating ceremony.

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