Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 410

Chapter 410 – Assembling the Team

Cora

When I wake up the next morning the dawn sun is already streaming through the windows, and I am absolutely – hands down – the happiest I’ve ever been. I’m curled up against my mate’s side, my hand still on his chest where I placed it when I fell asleep, and when I look up into his face? I see him already smiling down at me.

My mouth bursts into a smile.

“Well,” he says, turning fully towards me now and nudging my nose with his. “That was an incredible dream, wasn’t it?”

“Do you think it was real?” I whisper, desperately, desperately hoping that it was.

“I do,” he replies, nodding. “I don’t think…well, the things that you made up the beach, the landscape…they were all pretty static, no?”

I gasp a little, offended – “It was not static! It was intricate and there was a breeze I could smell the salt -”

“No, Cora,” he says, laughing, “I mean like, unchanging. The things that changed – you, me, the feeling the baby passed to us, and the wolves? Those all seemed very real.”

“Yeah,” I say, relaxing again and snuggling close, tucking my head beneath Roger’s chin. “I think it was real too.”

“He’s a really cute pup,” Roger murmurs, sleepily kissing my hair. ” Way cuter than Rafe.”

“I know, right?” I mumble, yawning. But we don’t have to tell Ella and Dominic that.”

“No way,” he replies. “No need to hurt their feelings. They’ll find out soon enough. We’re quiet for a moment before I ask my next question. “Did that go…how you thought it would?” I ask, hesitant.

“No,” Roger says instantly, laughing. “Honestly, Cora, I thought we were going to have way more *** -”

said? It sounds like the dream state has been a place

for that kind of exploration in the future? A part of me is really, really glad that mine and Roger’s experience brought us closer

it’s not that we weren’t a family before – but now

help but think of him as my son, and me as

my chin and turning my face up to his.

laugh then, curious. “Wait, how do

down the bond,” he murmurs. “Are

was thinking about you. And the baby. So maybe it

and passing a curious little pulse down our mating bond to him, seeing if I

did,” he murmurs, pleased. ” You’re

me and Roger but also giving a little tap on the bond that I now feel so much more powerfully between me and the baby than I did yesterday. I give

to my shocked pleasure, the baby

ask, I see on Roger’s thrilled face

and send another little

…Happy? I ask.

a moment, but then the reply comes and I feel it ring through me like a bell. Happy! My boy sends back, and I laugh, and feel myself start

he curls away again,

his hands and kissing me again. “And I don’t think

stupid it sounds, to say it so simply like that. “Roger, I feel exactly the

Ella

turns into Cora’s driveway, she’s already standing outside her door with a to-go mug of tea in her hands, a big smile on her face. Rafe

my baby, strapped into his car seat, in surprise. “Can you tell when your auntie is near?” I ask,

into the car, blinking a bit in surprise at the two extra men in the row of seats behind me, and then at the guard sitting

behind her. “Um, what’s all this?” she asks, a little hesitant before murmuring a hello to Rafe and leaning

a chagrined little shrug. “Do you mind?

and saying her hellos as Conner pulls away from the house. “Actually,” she

I shake my head, thinking that our two wolf mates sometimes really do have the same mind, even if they’re

I continue, leaning forward and grinning at Cora. “Why

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