Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 430 – Breaking the News Ella

I shriek when I hear the tap on the door, jumping up from the bed and dashing towards it, so excited to see my sister that I can’t even think about moving slowly.

Behind me, I hear Sinclair stand up and give a little growl. Without even looking, I know he’s standing with his arms across his chest, his feet wide apart, glaring at the door. But! That’s Roger’s problem. Not mine.

I fling the door open and immediately throw myself into my sister’s arms. ” Cora!” I shout, laughing. “I missed you!”

“It was two days, Ella!” she laughs, shaking her head and hugging me back.

“Three!” I insist, frowning at her.

“Well, whatever,” she says, rolling my eyes. “We’ve spent longer apart than that.”

“Yes well,” I say, pulling back and grinning at her. “I missed you. Don’t go away again. It was boring without you.”

“I can’t believe that,” Cora says, frowning at me as we move into the room. “Didn’t you go to the camps and work? That’s never – ”

But I gasp, my hands flying to my mouth as soon as I see it.

Cora, surprised, turns to me with wide eyes and then starts to look around for whatever is wrong as Roger comes into the room as well, shutting the door behind him. Figuring it out first, Roger starts to laugh.

“What!?” Cora asks, looks between her mate and me.

“Cora!” I gasp, stepping forward and grabbing at the neck of her shirt, yanking it back so I can see –

Her mating mark – right there! High on her shoulder, almost on her neck!

“Oh,” she says, laughing and blushing a little, reaching up to run her fingers over it and then sending a little glare Roger’s way. “Yes, he decided to put it in a very noticeable place, didn’t he?”

“Damn right I did,” Roger murmurs, ducking down to give me a kiss on the cheek before moving over to Sinclair.

I ignore them – and whatever boy fight is going to immediately ensue as I throw my arms around my sister, shrieking again with happiness. ”

Cora!” I shout, rocking her back and forth in my arms, “I’m so happy for you! Congratulations! What – what happened! Tell me everything!”

unable to keep from beaming with happiness herself, but she pulls away from me and shakes her head. “You’re – you’re not mad? That we we eloped, instead of

about that – and even if I was disappointed, I’d never let it overshadow my happiness for you! This,” I say, gesturing again towards her mark, “is such a wonderful thing and you two waited so

out again and wrap

says, hugging me tightly back. “We’re really happy. It was…a really special couple of

hear everything,” I say, pulling back. I open my mouth to ask for more details, but we both turn- distracted when we hear Roger and Sinclair raising

says, his whole body tense, glaring

dismissive

What do you say we

to watch the fireworks?” Cora says, turning her head to the side and grinning

her with my elbow and

in his pack-and-play, messing with some toys. He gives a little happy squeak when I

room. Frowning, because she’s never been through it before, she follows me with curiosity. I watch her face as I open the door and we

she says, looking around with raised eyebrows. “Oh

center of the room and pointing towards another door, “there are more bedrooms, for the kids! So, we have like, our own little family suite here, which I think is really

onto the sofa, curling up her legs beneath her in a way that makes me smile, because she looks so cozy, and that’s precisely what I want. I know that we live in a palace and that there’s a sense of refinement to the entire place,

reaction, curling up against the pillows? It confirms that I did well in my

so he can see his auntie as I sit down

are more personal – just between her and Roger but my eyes predictably well up as soon as she

me. “I’m going to stop telling you about my life if all it does is

cry out, sniffing hard and wiping my face

to take the baby from me so that I can blow my nose and pull myself together. I smile as I watch her settle the baby on her lap, grinning down at him and giving him a little baby talk that makes him laugh and

Cora with the baby, and then I lean against the pillows, not asking for

curious, my eyes all dried up.

says, looking

kicking out a foot to shove her on the

to pieces, Ells,” she says, rolling her eyes and hugging Rafe close against

just makes me want to know more,” I say, laughing and leaning

– and I know she can’t wait to tell

deep inhale of breath as I sit up straight, clasping my

Rafe? How you tried out

the memory and dart to my son, my little baby. And I laugh, and nod, “he