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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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

Honestly, it never occurred to me that my behavior with Roger right now was

each other, then, united anew at being…well, a little freaked out, suddenly.

nodding to him, and start to say that words that the

my voice ring out across the smooth surface of the silver pool. “We bring to

Roger continues, his own resonant voice sending shivers down my spine.

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

of the moment. Because she is here, now, with us – ready to

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

baby, growing brighter as the moments pass. My heart fills to see Rafe looking up into the sky, to see the light surrounding him as it falls from the moon above and reflects upwards from the

Sinclair,” Roger says softly, reverent. “His parents, Ella and Dominic, have asked us to bring him here to

introducing the child to the world and to all the magic within it. I open my mouth to say something, to tell Roger that I’m sorry, and that I’m glad I’m here with him to do this, when suddenly I can see something in

Roger brings a quick hand to my waist,

says, peering into the white light of the moon, likewise trying to make it out. “If

arms trembling a little, and watch the story form in the

smoke in the air. Instead, it’s…felt as much as

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

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he slowly lifts to place on the girl’s head as well. She smiles up at him with such love in her eyes and then the door to the

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– and a light–haired boy I don’t know, just about