Accidental Surrogate

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 376-The Cost Ella

My internal screaming continues, echoing through me as I grab whatever bond I

have to my Goddess mother and pull on it as hard as I can –

And I’m still screaming, there, in my mind and honestly maybe from my throat as

well, I’m too far beyond myself now to know – when suddenly…

…She’s here.

My mother’s presence materializes first in my mind as she reaches for me,

worried.

“Ella!” I hear her say, her voice chiming against my own frantic screams, “Ella, I

am here!”

Shocked shocked to feel her, shocked that it worked – I find myself thrown out

of my meditative state and into my own body, which is still freezing cold. But

when my eyes fly open I gasp to see that she’sShe’s actually here. Not just present in my mind – but standing before me. And

as I blink frantically, letting my eyes adjust, I realize that she’s not… physically

here. Not in the way she was when we met her in the desert. But she’s here in

her spirit – she presents herself before me in an echo of her true form, a

glowing, beautiful specter that reaches her hands out towards me.

“Mother!” I gasp. “Mom please – I need my baby – please release me -”

“Ella,” she says, coming forward and reaching for me, though her hands can’t

quite touch my face. I feel her, though something about her touch tingles against

my cheeks as she tries and fails to take my face in her hands. ” I don’t

understand, child – I don’t know what’s happening -”

And then I’m sobbing, looking up at her, desperate for her to know but so cold

now so incredibly cold – and unable to find the words to express it all-

“Close your eyes, darling,” she murmurs, looking down at me with her beautiful,

glowing face. “Show me.”

And I do. I press my eyes shut and, sobbing, I press my thoughts – my

memories – my fears – my ideas everything forward towards her. And I hear her

gasp at first in shock, and then coo with understanding. –

“All right, Ella,” she says softly, and I open my eyes again to see her shaking her

head at me. “Your gift is bound, my love and I cannot – ”

I sob, looking up at her in desperation. “Do something

out go out and kill

face, her desire to

different realms – I know she

– but I can’t believe that there’s

goes grim. “Once, Ella,” she

world once in your life. And I will

able to do it again. Are you sure that

nothing else – – no other

worse –

says, looking clearly into my eyes.

call upon me again. Ever, Ella. It is the last time we

of my temples.”

I look up at her, as I realize that the price

my eyes as she nods,

understand.

softly to me. “I just

was, so you could save

knowing I should think about it more – that I

me does. Sharply, I nod. I let her know that

breaks my heart – I accept

murmurs and then

And for a moment the press of her

as her hands against my

a slight tingle until, slowly, her lips grow warm and corporeal against

skin.

my wolf come howling back to me, her

done to her, in her eagerness to get out

help our

look up at my mother, then – knowing it is done – knowing that she

of our bond to unbind my wolf and her gift. And in its

been…

as she begins to fade from my sight. “You

me,” she says, reaching

her gift grows

quite suddenly, she is

I blink back to myself realizing thatThat even though that felt like a few

have passed –

have to get to my son. Now. So I reach within

me. And I hold onto it, and access its strength,

– through my mind, my heart, my skin And all

begins

Sinclair

a roar of rage, dashing away from Hank who sits limp

clinic, holding

on the move, shifting into my wolf and

the wounds on my skin stretch horribly, as

wolf form and the injuries in them scream in protest against

and adrenaline, pushing

though my body screams in

I ignore it, forcing myself forward beyond

locked in my sight

stream towards her, as I

into the chase.

– she her hesitate in her steps, turnHer eyes go wide with horror as I pull together my last bit