Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 265 To the Temple

Ella

As soon as the boat pulls up to the dock, I’m by the gangplank, eagerly waiting for the sailors to lowes it. One of my hands rests on the underside of my swollen belly, holding my child close. The doctor that Sinclair assigned to come with us examined me the moment we stepped foot onboard after our trek home from the desert and confirmed that Rafe’s heartbeat is still there, though fainter than he’d like.

I need to get of this boat, now, I think, my eyes wide as I watch the sailors hurry to lower the plank so that I can scurry off of it. I have a job to do, and the sooner it’s done, the sooner I can rest.

Stop, my wolf begs inside of me a word I don’t think I’ve ever heard her say. She’s usually run!, or fly! or go! Never stop, caution, wait. But today, I can feel her pacing inside me, worried.

We are weak, she cautions. The pup…

I can’t, I growl back at her, impatiently watching the plank finally touch the dock next to us. We have a job to do – we have to help everyone survive

“Ella!” Cora calls, running out of the boat’s small cabin. “Ella, wait!”

I turn to her, my face fierce. “Either come with me or stay here, Cora,” I warn, my eyes flashing. But you can’t hold me back –”

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“Ella,” she says, grabbing my arm as I put my foot on the gangplank, ready to rush forward.” Please, you barely made it out of the desert – you are not well enough for this – your doctor ordered you onto bedrest weeks ago – he told you to walk no more than forty minutes a day! You’re risking your health, your child!”

Goddess’s gift?” My eyes fill with tears and my lip trembles as I look my sister in the eye, my hand still pressed

her guilt as she utters the word. “At least, to me – Ella, I can’t see

my arm from her hand. “Don’t

weak to do this. But I can’t not not anymore, not knowing what I know. I can do so much good if I can only get to those temple

me. When I stand firmly on the dock, I turn, my

when her feet too hit the

insist on killing yourself, I’m going to be there to witness it.

I have my sister at my side. I turn and as one we head out into the

Ella!” We hear Roger’s voice call out behind us, but neither of us turn.

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– weak or not – I’m faster than him. Cora and

Whole neighborhoods which I used to walk through are demolished, their beautiful tree–line streets ripped to shreds. It’s horrible to see what Damon has done to this place, what the humans have been pushed to in order to keep hold of their

can get there….damn

that would have allowed me to speak to Sinclair if he, too,

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would have given

I feel as if I could sleep for days, my adrenaline the only thing that’s keeping me going. And of course – of course I know that my poor baby is the one paying the price of all of this. It’s the cause of all of my anxiety, the only thing that I thought about during the long trip here. The all–encompassing question that kept me up at night: was my child the price we would pay for

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