Accidental Surrogate
Chapter 299
Godparent Duties
“Welcome,” a priestess says, coming out of the temple and giving us a big smile. I return her smile eagerly, walking up the stairs carrying the car seat and introducing our party. She knows who we are, of course – nobody could mistake Sinclair for anyone else anymore, not with his face all over the media every day and his coronation imminent.
But as she nods a hello to all of us and walks us into the temple itself, I do wonder if she knows …that she’s running a temple dedicated to my mom. I mean, it’s not precisely public
knowledge, but I do wonder how much she suspects.
Cora walks next to me, looking around the beautiful open space of the temple, her eyes inevitably drawn to the gorgeous, giant gold mosaic of the Goddess built into the wall behind her altar. After she looks at the image for a moment, she turns to me and smirks a little.
I can’t help the giggle that escapes my lips and I cover my mouth in a hurry.
The image looks nothing like our mom. But, I guess it doesn’t matter, and it certainly won’t do any good to tell them they’ve got it all wrong.
The priestess looks at us curiously, but I shake my head in apology, silently asking her forgiveness. She just gives us a warm smile and leads us to a set of chairs set next to a calm reflecting pool in one corner of the room.
“So,” she says, smiling at the four of us as we seat ourselves and peering down at the baby. We’re here to plan little Rafe’s dedication to the goddess, yes?”
quirk my head to the side, curious. “I thought it was a moon
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little and gives me a smile. “Yes, a more colloquial term, I think, but not inaccurate. Though, of course, he will not be sprinkled
priestess looks to Roger and Cora now. “You two, I assume, are being presented as godparents?”
anxious. I reach out and take
Cora’s unease and gives her a smile. “That’s all right – it’s not a hard job, even though you two will have more to do than the parents. On the evening of the full moon, the two of you will
By ourselves?” Cora asks, a
the priestess says, blinking at her in surprise. “Did no one
Sinclair with wide eyes. “I thought we had
slowly, hesitant now at Cora’s apparent protest. “No, we plan the event here at the temple, but the actual ceremony occurs in the open air. Under the light of the first full moon
ask, confused but working to be gentle. “You’re an OBGYN – babies are your thing you’ll be totally
fine,” Cora says, looking down at her hands, clearly flustered.
roles. It’s a new experience for me, of course – I myself was not dedicated to the goddess under the light of the full moon. But Sinclair and Roger were, and it’s an important ceremony to usher my baby
I’m shocked to see that she’s clearly uncomfortable. I frown, confused and a little frustrated. This was in no way out of her comfort zone, as
was going
finishes explaining the details, she goes over some paperwork with Sinclair and I take the opportunity to
arms. “Will you come help me? I want to feed
she says, unquestioning. Together, we head to the other side of the temple, to
with you?” I ask, spinning on her with a
at me, her mouth falling open. “I thought we were coming to feed
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