Chatper 467
Chapter 467 – Seeds
Cora
The Goddess’ smile only broadens as she continues her thought. “But you can tell your sister that I
have not been so generous as to send her two mates at once. And because I know it will worry her
now, you can tell her that I have made her only one mate in this world, even though her mate had two.”
I grin a little then, thinking about her phrasing it as a generosity and not the torture that it clearly is for
Sinir. ” Why, though?” I ask, suddenly curious. “Why did he get two?”
“Because,” the goddess says,ughing a tinkling littleugh. “I have bigger ns, Cora, that stretch
generations into the future. One day, Dominic’s experience loving two mates will help him empathize
with another who likewise struggles.” She smirks a little at me. “Though…maybe don’t tell him that,”
she wrinkles her nose yfully, “Might be more fun if you don’t.”
Iugh suddenly, delighted at the realization that my mother the Goddess is a little bit of trickster. How
have we missed that before?
“So, what’s the deal with the Prince, then?” I ask, and I ignore Roger as he mumbles something behind
me about not understanding what the hell is going on.
“The bond with the Prince,” mom says with a shrug, “it is something else. But some things, my love,
must remain a mystery. The connection that I have built between E and the Atxian Prince – it is
merely a seed.” She nces at my stomach, and then her eyes move to E. “Seeds, like children,
take time to grow. But when they do…”
She smiles then and leaves the thought unfinished, shaking her hair back from her shoulders. “Is there
anything else, daughter?” she asks, beginning to fade just a little bit.
“The baby?” I ask, suddenly desperate to know while I have her here. My hand moves instantly to my
stomach. “Is he… will he be all right?”
She grins at me. “Your child will be born safe and sound, Cora, do not worry.” A littleugh rings
through the air as she fades almostpletely from sight. “And tell E that I love her, and to keep
trying. I am eager toy eyes on my first granddaughter.”
And quite suddenly, she’s gone.
I blink at the sudden absence in the room and then take a deep breath before looking around at my
family, who all stare at me.
“That was super weird,” Roger says, his eyes wide.
“Well, you probably also looked like a lunatic talking to the air,” I say, rolling my eyes at him, “the night
she visited you on the boat.”
“Cora,” Sinir murmurs, and all of our eyes turn to where he’s sitting behind E, his face tucked
miserably against his palm. “Please…please tell me what she said. I’m dying here.”
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“Aww, Dominic,” I murmur, and I consider for just a second dragging it out a little further just to tease
him. But he’s so miserable that I can’t. “Calvin isn’t E’s fated mate. She said that she only made E
one mate, and it’s you.”
“Ohmygod,” he whispers, all in a rush, and the tension visibly goes out of my sister and her mate. My
heart breaks a little when I see Sinir’s shoulders begin to shake with the relief of it as E presses
herself back against him, murmuring sweet reassurances.
I smile as I watch them, but I’m a little relieved when Roger slips onto the couch behind me, pulling me
into hisp. I turn my attention to him as he wraps his arms around me, giving E and Sinir a
minute.
“What about me?” Roger murmurs, nudging me with his nose. “How many do I get?”
I lean back from him, suddenly a little appalled at his question. “You get one, Roger Sinir,” I growl,
grabbing his shirt in my fist.
“A,” he says, his face falling in pretend disappointment. “I was hoping for like eight or nine. Really
start a little harem for myself -”
“I would kill them all,” I hiss, though I start tough. “”Though I probably wouldn’t need to – they’d get
one look at you and all reject the bond immediately – ”
“That’s just what I’d tell you,” he murmurs, grinning at me and pulling me close. “When secretly, I’d
keep them all in a little cabin out in the woods, my secret wives – ”
I burst intoughter at the idea, but my mate and I both turn to my sister when she calls my name.
“What else did she say?” E asks, her face happy and at peace. So, I tell her everything strange thing
mom said about the bond being a seed, and seeds, like children, needing time to grow.
“That is so weird,” E breathes, her face scrunched up in confusion.
“Cora,” Sinir says, his deep voice still very serious despite his mate’s clear peace and happiness.
“You asked ‘why did he get two.’ What…what did she say to that?”
I grin at him now, feeling a bit of my mother’s mischiefing through to me now. “She said Roger got
two pop tarts this morning because theye in a pack,” I say, my voice slow and resonating with
wisdom as I grin at him, “it’s only right that they be eaten together.”
Sinir narrows his eyes at me as Eughs. “Tell me,” the King orders, his Alphaing forward in
themand.
But E just turns to him with a scoff. “Cora’s conversation with our mother is hers, Dominic. You don’t
get to make that demand of her.”
“She told you the answer to your question,” he grumbles, ring at her. E sighs and takes his face in
her hands. “Does it really matter?” she asks, shaking her head. “I am your mate, Dominic, and you are
mine, and that’s enough.”
“Unless he has a third out there somewhere,” Roger murmurs unhelpfully, smirking.
E gasps and res at Roger, but I justugh and start to stand up. ” Enough of this,” I say, getting to
my feet. “Are we done with all this serious Goddess chatter? You have a country to run, and I have a
shift at the clinic this evening.”
Everyone starts to stand then as well, Eing close and wrapping me in a hug. “Thank you, Cora,”
she whispers to me, very seriously. “I’m so grateful.”
“Easily done,” I say, smiling down at her. She starts to pull away from me but I hold her close for a
moment longer, bringing my lips close to her ear so that I can whisper. “She said to keep trying, Ells –
she wants to see her granddaughter soon.”
When E pulls away from me she’s beaming with happiness, her eyes starting to fill with tears as she
clutches Rafe close. “Really?” she breathes.
I nod eagerly and E spins away, throwing herself into Sinir’s arms with a happy squeak.
“What?” Sinir asks, frowning and looking between me and his mate. ” What did you say to her?”
“Would you stop being so serious, Dominic?” I say, rolling my eyes at him as Rogeres and wraps
an arm around my waist. “It was all good news this morning from our little chat with the Goddess – you
need to cheer up! You don’t need to know all the details.”
He sighs and res at me a little, though his sigh lets me know that he realizes that I’m right. “You’re
really not going to tell me?” he says, chagrined. “What she said, about me having two mates?”
“She told me not to,” I say with a grin. “I think she wants you to figure it out yourself. But…I can tell you
that she definitely gave you two mates for a reason.”
Sinir’s sigh is deep but I see a great deal of contentmente to his expression as he and E say
their goodbyes and head out to their car, where several guards are waiting. As they go, Roger stands
close at my side.
“Any goddess messages for me?” he murmurs, smiling down at me.
“Nah,” I say, grinning up at him. ” Just that the baby will be born happy and healthy. But that’s all I
asked.”
He smiles at me, pleased but curious. ” Really?” he says, stepping close and pressing a palm to my
cheek. “You didn’t ask anything else? You’re not curious?”
“Roger,” I say, shaking my head up at him as I wrap my arms around his waist, “I am so curious about
our future and how our lives are going to unfold. But I have no real interest in being an oracle. I want to
find out as we live it. It’s enough for me.”
“And you’re enough for me,” he murmurs back, and then he leans in, giving me a perfect kiss.