Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 316 – Safe?

Ella

Forty–five minutes later, I back out of the bedroom, snicking the door shut behind me. Then, I

stand up, closing my eyes and exhaling a long breath.

“Is she all right?” a voice hisses, right behind me.

I leap about a foot in the air, managing to muffle my shriek as I spin to see my mate standing

about six inches from me, looking down with a worried expression. I smack him, hard, against the

chest – more to get my adrenaline out than to actually hurt him – and glare up at him, mad at him

for scaring me like that. Sinclair just blinks at me, waiting, my smack having had no effect on him

at all.

–

“Back up,” I whisper, putting my hands on his wide, muscled chest and pushing backwards. “She’s

asleep, finally – where is the baby?”

“He’s here,” Roger says, standing at the end of the hall with his godson in his arms. I smile, a little,

at the sight as I move forward with my arms open. Roger quietly passes my baby to me and I smile

down at my son, something in my body that has been anxious without him in the same room as

me finally coming to rest.

“Seriously, Ella,” Sinclair says, looking back towards the closed door of our guest room. “Is Cora

okay?”

“Leon came back about ten minutes later, offering a sedative so she could sleep.

Or any dreams.”

anything?” Sinclair asks, still facing the

annoyed by his singular focus on information. “You know she’s your sister too now, Dominic,” I snap, my own emotions a bit on edge. “You could show a little

immediately on his face, but then he softens “I’m sorry, Ella,” he says, sincere. “I didn’t mean it like that. You know her health and safety are my first priority. I was just curious

my mate, leaning my body against him. “I’m sorry,” I

my hair. “You haven’t had any sleep in about

-eight hours…”

her,” Roger says suddenly, striding towards the

but he turns to me with his hand on the knob,

words from

do anything, Ella,” Roger bites out, his voice stern

emotion. “I’m just going to…be there, all right? In case she needs anything. You two go get some sleep,” he says,

to sit with

my shoulder. “Come on, trouble,” he murmurs to me, nodding to Roger – who disappears into the bedroom

–

sleep,” I gasp, my voice shaky, wiping a tear from my face. “How can I sleep when someone is coming for my baby

he takes me by the shoulders and moves me towards the bed, taking the sleeping baby from my arms and placing him in his basinet close to my side of

arms and then sitting me down on the mattress, tugging off my leggings. When I’m in my underwear he leaves me for a moment, disappearing into the closet and returning with a soft nightgown, which he slides gently over my head. That done,

down in front of me, which absurdly brings his head basically eye- level with mine. “You trust

I’d never let anyone hurt or

Again, I nod.

hand to my face

can be

knows that Sinclair is talking to me like a child, and resents it, but a larger part of me…god, it needs it. It needs

with us, okay?” I murmur, laying the swaddled baby down flat on the mattress between where Sinclair and I sleep. I move all of the pillows and blankets away from him so he’ll be safe. “I

him close.”

Sinclair murmurs, stripping down to his

Then, he leans forward, kissing Rafe softly on the head

on the pillow.

almost fall asleep when, scared, I open my eyes again, looking around.

Ella,” he whispers. “We all

comforted, I