Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 304 – The Goddess’s Light

Cora

I’m a little out of breath when I finally catch up with Roger and Rafe, having had to work hard to keep up with his long wolf stride.

“Rude,” I say when I finally come to a stop next to them. “You couldn’t have waited for me?”

“I’m being rude?” Roger says, raising his eyebrows at me in disbelief. “Cora, you’ve been nothing but unpleasant since the moment we stepped into the forest –”

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I open my mouth with a little squeak of protest but Roger just rolls his eyes and ignores me, going on anyway. “This is supposed to be a sacred experience for Rafe and for us and you’ve done nothing but moan and complain. So yeah, forgive me if I wanted to get away for a moment and concentrate on the magic of this place

“Oh whatever,” I mumble, reaching out my arms so that he can hand me the baby.

“No

from you

way,” Roger retorts, holding the baby closer to his chest and turning a little away from me. “You don’t get to hold the baby now that we’re at the pool

“Yes I do!” I cry, “the priestess gave him to me!”

“I’m his godparent just as much as you are

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in the light from the pool, and Roger and I turn to it, surprised, both of our mouths falling open. I don’t know how I know it but…well, somehow, I get the sense that the pool – or whatever magic is in it – is irritated with

little embarrassed. Honestly, it never occurred to me that my behavior with Roger right

coming closer to the edge. We look at each other, then, united anew at being…well, a little freaked out, suddenly.

deep breath, then, nodding to him, and start to say that words that the priestess taught us

surface of the silver pool. “We bring to

in doing so, let you see him and bring him into the spirit of your grace,” Roger continues, his own resonant voice sending shivers down my spine. The light coming off the pool

itself, beaming brilliantly down on us from above. Hey, mom, I say quietly in my mind, my

Because she is here, now, with

and look around. I know that he can’t really see anything – his vision hasn’t developed well enough yet – but he’s certainly curious. I put my hands out for him and this time Roger does hand him to me, letting me take the baby and unwrap his swaddling blanket. Then,

into the sky, to see the

reverent. “His parents, Ella and Dominic, have asked us to bring him here to

at Roger, and at the moonlight. It’s a beautiful moment, introducing the child to the world and to all the magic within it. I

suddenly afraid, but Roger brings a quick hand to

of the moon, likewise trying

arms trembling

Like, it’s not like watching a movie projected into smoke in the air. Instead, it’s…felt as much as it is seen, communicated to our

boy, tall, with warm green eyes bending down to take the hand of a dark–haired little girl who has fallen to the ground, helping her up and brushing the tears from her face. Then, I see him again – older, but still young.- running across a battlefield, fear on his face but courage in every line of his limbs as he pushes himself to do what is right.

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he slowly lifts to place on the girl’s head as well. She smiles up at him with such love

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and a light–haired boy I don’t know, just about Rafe’s age- and more children, so