#Chapter 429 – 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.

boy fight is going to immediately ensue as

“I’m so happy for you! Congratulations! What

she says, 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

let it overshadow my happiness for you! This,” I say, gesturing again

I cry out again and wrap my

says, hugging me tightly back. “We’re really happy.

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

Sinclair says, his whole body

throwing out a dismissive hand. ”

What do you say we steal the baby and

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

elbow and grinning. “Besides, they

the room again as quietly as I can, reaching for the baby, who is laying in his pack-and-play, messing with some toys. He gives a little happy squeak when I pick him up,

been through it before, she follows me with curiosity. I watch her face as I open the door

with raised eyebrows. “Oh wow, I had no idea this was

continue, walking to the 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

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, but I really wanted to create a space within it where my family and I

up against the pillows?

around so he can see his auntie as

then. Well, I can tell that she skips over some details that are more personal – just between her and Roger but my eyes predictably well up as soon as she starts telling me about how they went onto the beach, and the promises they made to each other, and

going to stop telling you about

cry out, sniffing hard and wiping my

pull myself together. I smile as I watch her settle the baby on her lap, grinning down at him and giving him a

loving the sight of Cora with the baby, and then I lean against the

that all?” I ask, curious, my eyes all dried up. “The

she says,

out a foot to shove her on the

says,

makes me want to know more,” I say, laughing

she can’t wait to tell me

breath as I sit up straight, clasping my

about…how you named Rafe? How you tried out different names, and he

fill with tears at the memory and dart to my son, my little baby. And I laugh, and nod, “he kicked,” I say, biting my lip. “And he did it again

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