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.

understands sometimes,” I

Sinclair says, grinning proudly down at his son.

my

the world will ever

keep that title for about…five

smirk. Sinclair just

letting it pass.

ready, Cora?” I ask, moving again

think so,” she says, giving me a nod and reaching for my hand.

of us begin to walk towards the

woman in dove- colored robes comes out of the

going still

I saw themBut I feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm

down the bond and I exhale, skipping

stay at Cora’s side.

is…this is not the same situation we were

different, and not every priestess we meet is going to

of them, surely, actually serve

little and giving us

“Daughters of the Goddess – you are welcome here. And you

right on time.”

and then look back to

at me but Cora turns to me

“Can’t you feel her?”

blink at Cora for a second and then,

our mother here already – I bite my lip,

I cannot feel her. I used up’ our bond – used the magic of it to

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

her mouth making a startled “o” of

head and work hard to give her a

I say, squeezing her hand. “I’m glad you can feel her for

then we

smiling around at our whole

on the

inside.”

the priestess into my mother’s temple. And as

wonder if everyone’s heart is

the ones

desert temple was elegantly sparse, and the

and impressive, this one is… cozy. The architecture is still bright

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

at the padded benches by the windows, at the well-loved books

the little worn stick broom tucked into a corner, I

suddenly that this is my favorite temple of all – and that

priestess does not pause in the middle of the large

the space beneath the dome, but instead leads

it, she turns to us with a warm smile.

us a

tucks her hair behind her ears and Roger comes

serious. He is, after

his mate’s mother as such for the first time. I smile at

the baby, who Sinclair

somehow I want Rafe quite

It

we’re all ready – and Sinclair has placed a warm hand

who opens the door and leads us

Goddess, standing at the far end

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