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 – ”

up at her in desperation.

go out go out and kill

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

We are from different realms – I know she is bound by

– but I can’t believe

goes grim. “Once, Ella,” she says, her face hard.

I can interfere physically in your world once in your life. And

be able to do it again. Are you sure that you want it to be

else – – no other situation

could be worse – ” Please, mother,

she says, looking clearly

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

of my temples.”

look up at her, as I

my eyes

understand.

it, child,” she says softly to me. “I

you

should think about

nod. I let her

it breaks my heart – I accept

then she leans forward and presses

be all right.” And for a moment the press of

forehead feels the same as

a slight tingle until, slowly, her lips

skin.

gasp as I feel my wolf come howling back

the injustice done to her, in

help

– knowing

bond to unbind my wolf and her gift. And in its unbinding,

has been…

she begins to

of me,” she says, reaching out hand to point

grows warm. “Use

suddenly, she is

myself realizing thatThat even though that felt like a few long minutes with my

have passed –

son. Now. So I

within me. And I hold onto it,

through me – through my mind, my heart, my

begins to

Sinclair

brother lets out a roar of rage, dashing away from Hank who

holding his head

the move, shifting into my wolf

wounds on my skin stretch horribly, as I feel my

in them scream in protest against it. But

and adrenaline, pushing myself

in

it can’tBut I ignore it, forcing myself forward beyond

my son. She’s locked in my sight now, her

I stream towards her, as I ignore my pain

into the chase.

me – she her hesitate in her steps, turnHer eyes go wide with horror