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.

like he understands sometimes,” I say quietly,

proudly down at his

I say, leaning closer to kiss my baby’s forehead. “Yes, he is.

the world

about…five more months,” Roger calls to

a smirk. Sinclair just laughs and shakes his

letting it pass.

Cora?” I ask,

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

the five of us begin to walk towards the temple.

woman in dove- colored robes

moment, going still at the sight of those

behind me, his hand warm against my back, and then

the bond and I exhale, skipping forward a

stay at Cora’s side.

is not the same situation we were in

meet is going to

surely, actually serve my

a little and giving

– you are welcome here.

right on time.”

and then look back to the woman. “Is

me but Cora turns to me with a

“Can’t you feel her?”

for a second and then, as I realize what she means that she

our mother here already – I bite my lip, feeling a very deep

her. I used up’ our bond – used the magic of

could save my child, and Cora, and my

very suddenly, her mouth making a startled “o”

work hard to give

“I’m glad you can feel her for both of

me, sympathetic, and then we both turn

says, smiling around at our whole party and

her gaze linger on the baby,

inside.”

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

I wonder if everyone’s heart is pounding as much

inside, is different than the

temple was elegantly sparse, and the city

this one is… cozy. The architecture is still bright

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

by the

stick broom tucked

suddenly that this is my favorite temple of all – and

in the middle of the

dome, but instead

back. Before she opens it, she turns to us with a warm smile.

giving us

hair behind her ears and Roger comes

very serious. He is, after all, about to

to his mate’s mother as such for the first

reach for the baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle

it, but somehow I want Rafe

grandmother. It

Sinclair has placed

Cora nods to the priestess who

her immediately, we all doThe beautiful Goddess, standing at

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