Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 274

Chapter 274 – Bonded

Ella

My head feels…so heavy. I groan, trying to move my hands up so I can press them against my temples, but I can’t move them.

“Easy,” I hear him say beside me and instinctually I turn towards his voice. Where –

“Easy, Ella,” he murmurs, his words thick with emotion. “It’s all right…”

I peel my eyelids apart, then, confused at the effort. It’s like I haven’t opened my eyes for weeks…

My vision comes back to me slowly, the room around me coming into focus with effort. I blink rapidly, looking around at Sinclair, and Cora, and Roger all standing around me, peering at me with worried faces. I feel very suddenly like Dorothy, when she wakes up from her trip to Oz.

“What?” I murmur, my voice thick and my throat scratchy. Suddenly anxious, I try to sit up, pushing at the bed beneath me but –

What the hell were all these wires, tied to my arms?

“Easy, trouble,” Sinclair whispers, pressing his hand to my shoulder, keeping me down. My body responds to his command, relaxing backwards as I look up at him. But…

“Where am I?” I ask, staring at him, and then I press my eyes closed. It’s all just too much.

“You’re in the hospital,” I hear my sister explain. “After the gift, at the temple…”

But her voice fades, almost as if I can’t hear it. I feel my heart start to pound, my breath ratchet up as my memories start to come back to me. Of being on the temple steps of Cora there, and what we learned about each other of Sinclair’s warm arms around me –

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And then, nothing – and then clouds – and Sinclair again, and my baby –

Oh my god, where was my baby?

“Rafe?” I gasp, spinning towards Sinclair as my eyes fly open, desperate. “Where is Rafe?” Then I start to look all around me, searching for him – he’s here, he has to be, I remember him, my little baby, wrapped in white swaddling, holding him in my arms

says hurriedly, “it was a dream, Ella – we met him in

on the swell of my stomach then, drawing my attention to it, reminding me

that they rest on either side of my baby. Then I close my eyes, resting my head back

with my baby. I reach out to him, sending all the love I have in my heart down

open my eyes again, feeling a rush of sudden and unexpected joy. I look

one of my hands and lowering his head so

stay like that for a long minute as tears start to slide down my

It’s all just…it’s a lot to take in in just a few minutes. To come flying back to reality after such a hard few weeks, after days of struggling in the dream state to get

where else I’d want

then his footsteps

room.

and reaching my other hand for her. Sinclair straightens at my side, letting us have our

all right,” she huffs, laughing through the tears that are falling down

I think so?” I feel so weak but there is also…a warmth, a stillness in me that feels… I frown, looking up at her.

the Goddess’s – the gift, I gave it back to you,” she

to sit up straighter in my bed. “Cora!” I scold. “Why?! I gave

”

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dying – of course I gave it back to you I didn’t even

– from our mom – I worked so hard to get it here,

”

so sick. I look up at him, my eyes apologetic,

and then turning to Cora. “Okay,” I repeat, raising a finger to point at her.

the tears off of

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hand tight in my own, when the Doctor comes in, Rafe hot on his heels. It’s a man I haven’t seen before certainly not one

his expression worried. “I have to say, I’m shocked to see you awake –” He quickly grasps my wrist, feeling for a pulse and turning towards the

say, hesitating, looking up at Sinclair.

the Goddess, if you will,” he observes, a little humor in his voice. The doctor’s face screws up further with confusion but then he simply exhales

he says, turning back to the monitors. “Whatever it was it

baby all right?” I ask quickly, working to sit up further and wincing as a sharp pain spikes through my back. Sinclair starts

than he was the last time I was in here.” “Good,” I say, almost under my breath, pleased to

still incredibly weak. You have days yet

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