Chapter 425 – The Mark Ella
“Well that’s weird,” I murmur, looking through my phone as my mate sits shirtless beside me, finishing up the last of his paperwork before bed.
“What’s weird,” he asks, though I can tell he’s only half paying attention. But I frown, looking at the message from Cora. “Cora says she’s going away with Roger for a few days.”
“What?” he asks, his head swiveling to me, his voice instantly more alert. Then he snatches his own phone off the bedside table. “That can’t be right,” he says, flicking through his messages. Roger didn’t say anything to me.”
“Well, whatever,” I say, giving a little shrug. “They can take some time for themselves –
“Ella,” Sinclair sighs, and I look over at him in surprise. “We’re planning a coronation and trying to run a country. I’m depending on him to be here!”
I frown at him and shake my head a little. “Don’t be so unromantic, Dominic,” I scold. “They’re in love, they’re going to have a baby. Plus, Cora looked amazing in the wedding dresses today – I think I’m going to be able to talk her into that wedding. If they do that for us, why wouldn’t we let them have a few days away?”
“Did she say that she was going to do it?” he asks, raising his eyebrows at me.
“Nope!” I say, smiling as I start to type a reply on my phone. “She said to forget about it.”
“What!?”
“Don’t stress,” I say, laughing and glancing at him again. “I know her! I think she’s gonna say yes. We should move forward with the plans.”
Sinclair just groans and shakes his head, typing his own message out probably to his brother. I concentrate on my own.
about the camps Isabel, Hank,
I look quickly over at the baby to make sure that he’s still sleeping – and I smile to see that he is before curling up next to my mate, resting my head against his chest and giving him a little kiss there as he finishes his message to Roger and
at him?”
wrapping his arm around me. “Okay well don’t yell at Cora,” I murmur, getting
got it,”
I open my eyes, surprised, before looking up at him. “What is it?” I ask. Because I know him
throat, wanting to
Something’s up.
trust me when I tell you what I have to say.” I sit up
I demand, getting
down here,” he says, pulling at my shoulder. But I just shake my
you tell
his
“Dominic!”
going to give in, and then he closes his eyes for a second, steeling himself. ” Ella, we got word from the Atalaxians today. They…they want to send
“What!?” I gasp, appalled.
their
out a finger to stop him. “Am I hearing you right? Not only are
swiping at my finger, knocking it away. “We had to extend the invitation –
thinking that perhaps the Atalaxians need a little aggression in their lives, and start to move away from Sinclair, kicking away the blankets. But before I can get far, I hear him snarl
in
I gasp, and then I frown up at him, angry. “What are
to think that you need a little reminder of who is the Alpha in this relationship, and
him, wriggling a little beneath him, but he holds firm. “I’m allowed to have my opinions!” I snap, starting to get pissed. “I don’t have to agree with everything
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