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

ice, unbind my gift – go out go

her grief on the goddess’s face, her desire to help as well

are from different realms – I know she is bound

but I can’t believe

she says,

interfere physically in your world once

Are you sure that you want it

nothing else – – no other situation that I

could be worse

looking clearly into my eyes. “You

Ever, Ella. It is the last time we will

of my temples.”

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

looks steadily down into my

understand.

to me. “I just wanted you to know

was, so you could save

I should think about it more – that

I let her

it breaks my heart – I

right, darling,” she murmurs and then

forehead. “It will be all right.” And for a moment the press of her

forehead feels the same as her hands against my face

tingle until, slowly, her

skin.

as I feel my wolf come howling

inside me at the injustice done to her, in

help our

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

unbind my wolf and her

been… used

as she begins to fade from my sight. “You will

me,” she says, reaching out

her gift grows warm.

suddenly,

thatThat even though that felt

have passed –

that I have to get to my son. Now. So I reach within myself, accessing

I hold

through me – through my mind, my heart, my

ice begins to

Sinclair

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

holding his

I’m already on the move, shifting into my wolf and bellowing in pain as

horribly, as I feel my

and the injuries in them scream in protest against it. But I’m in

on fear and adrenaline, pushing myself

my body screams in

I ignore it, forcing myself forward beyond the pain,

who carries my son. She’s locked in my

as I ignore my pain

into the chase.

eyes go wide with horror as I pull together my