Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 306

Chapter 306 – Old Friends

Ella

Two hours later, Sinclair and I welcome our friends back to our house for a casual breakfast and coffee

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or mimosas, according to preference to celebrate Rafe’s moonlight baptism. I can tell our guests are dragging – they’ve been up all night, after all – but spirits are high.

“Wow,” I say, leaning back against Sinclair’s chest with a croissant in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other. Rafe, thankfully, is asleep in his little recline stroller. Usually I’d put him to bed in his crib, but I want people to be able to say goodbye if they have to leave. “I can’t believe everyone I still up,” I say, peering around at our friends and family. “I mean, I know we’re on baby time so normal hours mean nothing anymore, but everyone else…”

“It’s a special occasion,” Sinclair murmurs; lowering his face to my hair and taking a long sniff of my scent. “We’re used to it. In wolf culture shifter children are rarer than we’d like, so we take the time to celebrate them when they’re born.”

“That’s so nice…” I say, sniffing a little, my eyes filling with tears.

“What?” Sinclair asks, pulling away from me a little, shocked. “Are you – why are you crying –

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I swat at him, laughing a little. “What! Hormones! I’m tired! Leave me be.” Then I brush the tears off my cheeks, smiling despite them. I’m just overwhelmed and grateful, honestly, for all the love that our family has shown our baby. “It really is a beautiful tradition,” I murmur, and Sinclair kisses my cheek before moving away to talk to some of the Alphas who have come to see their new prince.

moves to my side to take his place. “Hi, mama,” she says, giving me a warm smile as she

out, wrapping my arms around her again,

lets me know that her words are an understatement. James raises a hand to me, little Sadie slumped against his shoulder, deeply

put her upstairs in one of the guest rooms?” I ask Isabel quickly, taking her hand and squeezing it. “You can stay as long as you like

– but we both want to get home. We have…a lot of work to do there.” Her

little love seat in the corner and I follow her

and as private as we

you’ve been distracted – and there’s nothing wrong with that you’ve had such a hard pregnancy, and I know that

on her hand, “please just tell me –“My stomach is roiling with guilt to think

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away on the boat. It’s nothing that he’s done wrong – Sinclair has made so many strides – but we have more children than ever in our centers, and there

from him by war – just, had no idea where he was, if he was cared for – my heart wrenches

is standing. “I’m sorry

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do this sort of work. If Sinclair intends to lead these people, I don’t intend to stay home and be a happy

…well, Ella, if you’re still healing, you

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knows me so well. “Thank you, love,” I say, giving her a little smile.

lowering her voice and looking around the room. “It’s…complicated.”

frown at her, not understanding, but giving her the space to work

have worked to disenfranchise the humans completely, to enslave them if he could. Sinclair, we know, wants equal rights and peace – but there are people even on Sinclair’s side who still have…complicated ideas about hierarchies between shifters and humans.”

her, remembering the councils during the

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