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…”

say, unable to keep the

about how you caught him in the air with your teeth

a mark on him, Dominic –

with a smug shrug that makes

then he continues.

say, raising my

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

at the clinic, terribly battered needing quite a bite

story,” I say with a sigh, but they’re both fine now. And so are

a little push on the shoulder, wondering why

about. “Seriously? Not curious at

going on with you?”

I think I knew that,” he murmurs, rolling his shoulders a

glancing down at himself, or at least as much as he can

with me.

for three

asks, raising his eyebrows in surprise.

the gift?”

I say quietly, watching him

we got to you, and then Hank and Roger

you’re very heavy -“I inform him, giving

laugh.

asleep?” my mate asks me, smiling a

” but I can’t make new blood,

letting the worry of the past

hadn’t been there, if I had

still been bound…” into

close so that my body

tucked neatly

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

my voice shaking a little

so…so scary. We can’t keep doing this

rest of our lives – I don’t want to do

replies, and I can feel him nodding,

right it’s not worth it. I can’t

like this. Peace, now.

sigh, hoping to hell that he means it

in the world. My mate, my

he says. “I swear it,

jaw shut against the hope that

want to believe

I also know that this isn’t finished.

to be tied up.

is still holding me tight when we hear the soft

peering over Sinclair’s arm. I smile when

of the room at

the blinds

I say, working to

smiles at me and then blinks in surprise at

in

nodding happily as I lean forward and smile at my

sit up behind

looking a little ruefully at

laugh. “How’s your jaw?”

a smirking little

the end of

though I…don’t think he liked it very

the awkwardness pass and takes a deep breath,