Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 302: Moonlight Baptism 

“Well,” Henry answers, hesitating. “Cora and Roger will see the prophecy.”

My face falls a little when I realize the implications of this. “Really? Unfair,” I declare, pouting.

Henry laughs a little along with me. “It will bring them closer to him, give them a bond.”

“Well,” I sigh, “I want them to have that. What sort of things do you learn, though? Do you share them with the parents?”

“If you choose,” Henry shrugs. “I always did. And Sinclair and Roger’s godparents shared with me, for which I was grateful.”

“What did they tell you?” I ask, curious.

“That Sinclair would be a great leader of men,” Henry says, looking down at the baby again, clearly remembering his baby who looked so like this one. “That was no surprise. But Roger, that was…”

I pause, curious, suddenly fascinated. “What did they say?”

He hesitates and then meets my eye. “I never even told Roger about it. But they told me that his destiny laid less with who he was, and more with the children he would sire. The many children, who would be…” he looks away a bit, trying to sort his thoughts, “it was hard to understand. But something about a set of extraordinary children who would bring much joy to the world.”

at this, though I work hard to keep it off my face.

guess Cora was

his destiny, even. And if Cora can’t give him children… Henry meets,

mysteries, Ella,” he says quietly. “Don’t think too hard on her messages they often present

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fighting against my own disappointment. I sit up straighter in my chair, smiling down at my baby, who’s staring up at me with his

at him again. “And his future is very, very

is full to bursting to see all of them – especially Isabel, James, and Sadie, who

get to catch up with them as much as I wanted to, as I have to greet all of our guests and introduce Rafe around to his new friends and family. But still, Isabel and I make plans to have a good

perhaps too much for a trip to the woods,

I don’t know.

rests two reassuring hands on my

“I just want everything to go smoothly, and everyone to have a nice time, and to make sure that everyone gets enough

smiling as he does it. “You don’t need to be everything to everyone, trouble. They’re here to help you. You could have come down in pajamas ten minutes before the ceremony, with baby vomit streaked down your

I say, turning on him with wide eyes.

you should just calm down and enjoy the night. It’s for us, as much as for

then looking down at my happy baby

and moving towards the door. “It’s

is likewise streaming towards the entrance, towards the two vans waiting to take us all out in the woods. “Oh, Dominic!” I say, spinning in his arms and looking towards the kitchen. “Did

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