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 – ”

looking up at her in desperation. “Do something

out go out and

the goddess’s face, her desire

realms – I know she is bound by rules

but I can’t believe that there’s not something she

Ella,” she

can interfere physically in your world once in

to do it again. Are you sure that

else – – no other situation

worse –

looking clearly

Ella. It is

of my temples.”

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

She looks steadily down into my eyes as she nods, realizing

understand.

is worth it, child,” she says softly to me. “I just wanted

so you could

should think about it

I let her know that I know the

breaks my heart –

she murmurs and then she leans forward and presses her

my forehead. “It will be all right.” And for a

forehead feels the same as her hands against

until, slowly, her lips grow warm and corporeal against

skin.

feel my wolf come

inside me at the injustice done to her, in her eagerness to

to help our baby

mother, then – knowing

unbind my wolf and her gift.

been…

you, Ella,” she says as she begins

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

grows warm.

suddenly,

that felt like a few long minutes with

have passed –

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

I hold onto it,

through my mind,

ice begins to

Sinclair

of rage, dashing away from

clinic, holding his

my wolf and bellowing

on my skin stretch horribly, as I feel my inner organs shift

injuries in them scream in

fear and adrenaline, pushing myself to go

in my mind to

myself forward beyond

son. She’s locked in my sight

I stream towards her, as I ignore my pain

into the chase.

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