Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 390

Chapter 390:The Temple

Ella

It is, indeed, a long climb. Cora and I are panting by the time we get to the top,

and even though Sinclair took Rafe from me halfway through the hike I have to

take a moment to catch my break when we pull ourselves up to the final level.

Roger has the indecency to look a little smug about the fact that he barely looks

winded and Cora gives him a little shove on the shoulder as she works to take a

few deep breaths and wipe the sweat from her brow.

Even as I work to bring my heartrate back down, I absolutely marvel at the sight

before me.

The Goddess’ temple, like the one in the city, is built completely with white

marble. But unlike the one in the city, this one looks…ancient. Vines grow in

ropes all over it, looking almost as if the structure is part of the forest itself,

having grown up organically from it. The temple is tall and wide, the pillars in

front drawing my eyes upward to the slanted roof which curls into a dome. At the

very peak of the dome is a golden crescent moon, reaching up towards the sky,

glinting in the bright sunlight.

“Wow,” Cora says, standing straight next to me and likewise marveling at the

temple. “Mom has some… impressive property.”

“I know, right?” I mutter back, crossing my arms and shaking my head. If

someone had told me, when I was a little girl sleeping in my creaky little orphan

bed, that my mom lived here…

Well. I probably would have believed them.

But I was a very imaginative child.

“Um,” Roger says, looking anxiously at Cora. “Shall we?”

I smile at him, seeing that he’s eager to move on but also that he wants to give

her room to process this experience. It’s more intense for her than it is for him,

and I think that it’s very sweet that he realizes this. Roger really has come leaps

and bounds as a person from when I first met him.

Sinclair comes to stand next to me and I grin at him and then turn to my baby,

taking his hands and speaking to him quietly, asking him how he likes it here

and if he’s ready to meet his granny for real this time. Rafe claps and gurgles

like he really is excited.

I say quietly, smiling

Sinclair says, grinning proudly down at his

my baby’s forehead. “Yes, he

the world will

title for about…five more months,” Roger

chest with a smirk. Sinclair just laughs and shakes his

letting it pass.

ask, moving again to her

a nod and reaching for my

us begin

woman in dove- colored robes comes out of the

a moment, going still at the sight of

time I saw themBut I feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm against my back, and

comes down the bond and I exhale, skipping

stay at Cora’s side.

not the same situation we were

different, and not every priestess we meet is going to try

surely, actually serve my

says, bowing a little and giving us a deep smile as

you are welcome

right on time.”

then

priestess smiles warmly at me

“Can’t you feel her?”

second and then, as I realize what

already – I bite my lip,

up’ our bond – used the magic

wolf and my gift so that I could save my child, and

this very suddenly, her mouth making a startled “o” of concern,

head and work hard

her hand. “I’m glad you can feel her for both

nods to me, sympathetic, and then we both turn back to

the priestess says, smiling around at our

gaze linger on the baby, admiring

inside.”

so, as a group, we follow the priestess into my mother’s temple. And

wonder if everyone’s heart is

the ones that

was elegantly sparse, and the

and impressive, this one is… cozy.

can tell that women live here and treat it as a home. As

benches by the windows, at the

the little worn stick broom

is my favorite temple of all – and that I quite like it

priestess does not pause in the middle of the large central

but instead leads

she turns to us with a warm

giving us a moment. to

behind her ears and Roger comes to stand

his shoulders, his face very serious. He is, after all,

as such for the first time. I

who Sinclair helps

it, but somehow I want Rafe quite close

It

and Sinclair has placed

the priestess who opens the

see her immediately, we all doThe beautiful Goddess, standing at the far end of the room, glowing with

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