Ella
I gasp, my hands again flying to my mouth –
–
His pup his –
“Oh my god,” I murmur, my eyes flashing to Cora’s shocked face
But before I can do anything, say anything else, Roger leaps forward, grabbing Cora hard by the arms. She screams, terrified, and I can see the very real shock and fear on her face as Roger shakes her once, hard.
“How, Cora!” he yells, his eyes wide- so wide I can see the whites all around them –
I gasp, realizing that Roger is completely flipping out – realizing that he’s he’s turning
—
Sinclair sees it the moment I do and bellows, crossing the room in two steps and grabbing Roger around the waist, tackling him to the floor as Roger’s body changes swiftly, flashing into his wolf form in the blink of an eye. I move to reach for Cora, wanting her by my side, but Sinclair and Roger are between us.
I move, fast, grabbing Rafe’s carrier and dashing along the wall to the back of the room, watching Cora stumble backwards towards it as well. Rafe starts to wail with the shock and the noise of it all, but we reach the back wall at the same time as Cora.
Snarls rip through the air as I take Cora’s hand. As I snap my attention back to our mates I see that they’re both in their wolf forms, snapping at each other, wrestling on the ground, each seeking dominance –
“Oh my god,” Cora murmurs, her hand shaking as she raises it to her mouth, unable to take her eyes away from her mate fighting mine.
“It’s okay,” I assure her, reaching out and taking her hand, hoping that I’m right, “He was just – he was just really freaked out Cora –”
I open my mouth to say something, but my words are drowned out by a mighty roar and we both spin our heads
for a while now – and while I’ve
this is perhaps the first time she’s
the best moment for her to have this
then I wrap my arms around my sister and let her tuck her face against my shoulder, crying
else it is she’s
away from Roger now, some of the intensity going out of them. All right? I ask him,
out – it was a purely bodily reaction to the
needed to pin him down so he could
understanding, and I feel my mate smirk as he transforms back into his human body. And in a flash of light, he’s there, that smirk right on his face where I knew it would be.
shoulder, surprised as she watches Roger’s wolf get to his feet hanging his head a little but
lifting him up into my arms and bobbing
flash of light, and
his face full of grief. “Cora,
she murmurs, her hands
to her in a few steps and takes her face in his
if I hurt you
at him, and as I stand with Rafe in my arms I can feel my heart in my throat to see the
Roger
apology written in every
sliding to Cora’s shoulders as he looks down
going to her stomach as she likewise looks down at
they look up at each other again. “It is I can smell it, can sense the
then laughter bubbles out of her shocked, relieved,
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