Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 310

Chapter 310 – Defense

Ella

Sinclair whips his face up to mine, relief in every line of it. “It’s fine,” he says, his body shaking with his unused adrenaline, “he’s…he’s here…he’s still asleep…”

A sob breaks from my throat as I press my eyes closed and sink to the floor, still clutching the door frame, unable to stop the tremors that run through my body. The past minute – the past thirty seconds, even – were some of the most horrible of my life –

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The idea the bare idea that someone had come for my baby – my brand–new child, who I love so much, who I worked so hard to bring into this world –

I’m sobbing freely now, unable to catch my breath, panic overtaking me at the thought. I lean my head against the wood, pressing my face against it, unable to contain myself – to even

–

think

to do anything but cry my heart out in fear, and panic, and grief and, relief at what I thought happened – but actually didn’t happen at all

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I barely feel Sinclair as he crouches next to me, his hand warm on my back, and it’s only when I hear Rafe’s little mew of unhappiness that I snap my face towards him. Sinclair is kneeling next to me, tears streaking down his own face, holding my baby out towards me – Rafe so small and precious that he almost fits in his father’s huge hand.

Desperate, I grab for Rafe, needing the corporeal reality of him against me. I cry harder then, but am able to take deep breaths as I hold my baby in my arms, pressing him against my chest, and running a shaking hand over his hair. He’s crying a little now too, his sleep interrupted –

“You” I say, my voice trembling as I look up at Sinclair, “you sh–shouldn’t have – woken – him up – ”

Sinclair shakes his head at me, his own lip trembling as he works to hold himself together. ” You needed him more than he needed the sleep – we need him

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lap, wrapping his arms around us. I can feel his breath deepening behind me as I stare down at my child, shushing him, helping him to fall back asleep. It’s a long time before

do?” I

our family.” He meets my eyes then, his green gaze glowing with ferocity. “No one will touch our son, Ella,” he promises.

I nod, believing every

I take a deep breath and lift myself off of Sinclair’s

up on shaky legs.

I ask, surprised by the solidity of

probably had clenched since he folded the note the first

I say, sniffing a little and looking around the room.

the bedstand. “I’ll set that up now. Until then, Ella?” he says seriously. “None of us leave this room. Not once. We are all going to stay within each others‘ line of view until the security is in place. Is that understood?”

moving slowly and deliberately. When I get there, I calmly lay my baby back down so he

–

whoever

it. But as I stare down at my child and hear my

on the wrong people.

thing

powerful Alpha in the world, perhaps

And me?

prepared to face the wrath of a goddess,

what’s mine.

this baby

house is

next to Rafe’s bassinet, the basket pulled close to me, not letting

says to me,

him I know it is

is – didn’t you see

her, my teeth clenched, telling myself that Sinclar has clearly

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unless he had secured their loyalties

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