Accidental Surrogate for Alpha
Roger grins at me from beyond my mate.
“Oh, she’s ready,” Roger laughs. “She’s been waiting to get her hands on that crown for weeks now.”
“Don’t be jealous, Roger,” I say, raising my chin at him and pretending to be haughty. “Just because you don’t get a crown.”
“It’s true,” he sighs, pretending grief. “I just get a stupid necklace.”
“It’s a livery collar,” Cora sighs, rolling her eyes and moving to his side, looping her arm in his. “If you call it a necklace again I’m going to smack you.”