Accidental Surrogate

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 378-Rebuild Ella

“Hey, handsome,” I say again, in the real world this time. A little smirk pulls on

my lips as Sinclair’s eyes flutter open. We’re laying pressed quite close together

in the little hospital bed, so I can see every twitch of his eyelash as he begins to

focus on me.

He doesn’t say anything at first, just stares at me while he takes a couple of

deep breaths. And then, quite slowly, he lifts a hand close to my face, sliding the

knuckle of his index finger slowly down the length of my cheek. “Hey, trouble,”

he murmurs, his voice scratchy after so many days of disuse.

I burst into a happy grin, so thrilled to see him awake and aware that I can

barely contain myself. But I force myself to stay still, to not grab him, to…. let

him get used to consciousness again in his battered body..

“Rafe?” he asks, his eyes worried as his memories of his last conscious

moments come back to him.

“He’s fine,” I say softly, gesturing with my chin behind my mate, hoping that he

understands that the baby is here in the room with us, asleep. “He missed you,”

I whisper. “He doesn’t like it when he doesn’t have his dad around to hold him.” I

wrinkle my nose and playfully glare at my mate. “He likes you better.”

A little laugh shudders from Sinclair’s mouth. “Does not,” he murmurs, staring at

me steadily, as if he can’t get enough of the sight of my face. “You feed him, and

sing to him. When you leave the room, he looks for you.”

“Really?” I ask, surprised and pleased. I hadn’t known this before.

“Well, he’s not alone,” Sinclair smirks, shifting forward to press his forehead

against mine, a gesture that makes me grin with pleasure, joy pulsing through

me at a ridiculous rate to have him back. “You’re the center of the world, Ella.

We all turn to you.”

“Good,” I sigh, content. “I like all my boys obsessed with me. Makes it easier to

boss you around.”

Sinclair chuckles a little and then pulls back a bit, frowning. I sigh again, but in

resignation this time because I know our little stolen moment of peace is over

that he needs to know about the world and what’s happened since he’s been

gone from it.

“The priestess?” he asks.

“Dead,” I say solemnly. “Roger killed her the moment after you knocked her

down.”

“And Rafe is…”

unable to keep the little smile from my mouth. ”

him in the air with your teeth

on him,

he says with a smug

he continues. “Cora?

raising my eyebrows with the pleased

gift on Cora, patching her up, and then the slightly worse memory

clinic, terribly battered

I say with a sigh, but

him a little push on the shoulder, wondering why his

about.

going on with you?”

he murmurs, rolling

glancing down at himself, or at

the tiny bed with me. I’m not

for three

his eyebrows in surprise.

the gift?”

say quietly, watching him carefully. “I patched you up

and then Hank and Roger helped me get

him, giving him a little glare that makes

laugh.

why was I asleep?” my mate asks me, smiling a

I say, ” but I can’t make

worry of the past three days creep my

was really bad, Dominic. If I hadn’t been there, if I

still been bound…” into

pulls me close so that my

it can be, my head tucked neatly under his chin. “You saved

“I can…never thank you. I’m so grateful. You’re

I say quietly, my voice shaking

was so…so scary. We can’t keep

our lives – I don’t want to do

replies, and I can feel him nodding,

it’s not worth it. I

this. Peace,

you promise?” I sigh, hoping to hell that he means it –

world. My mate, my baby,

says.

my jaw shut against the hope

I want to believe

know that this isn’t finished. That there are still loose ends

to be tied up.

is still holding me tight when we hear the soft creak of

I lift my head a little, peering over

of the room at us. It’s

drawn the

say,

in surprise at

in the dream finally

say, nodding happily as I lean forward and smile at

works to sit up

a little ruefully at him,

laugh. “How’s your jaw?”

shooting my mate a smirking little glare

the end of

it very

lets the awkwardness pass and takes a deep breath, stretching