Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 338 – Choices

Cora

“It’s all right,” Roger says, his eyes going wide as he takes in my pale face, my scared expression and realizes that he’s freaked me out for the third or fourth time today. “It’s not – it’s not bad, I was just kind of a dick – it was a misunderstanding –”

“What?” I ask, more confused now than ever.

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“Listen,” he says, leaning in towards me. “Just let me tell you, all right? II was going to tell you at some point, definitely not like this but…” he sighs, looking into my face and then down at my stomach, and then back up into my eyes. “I think that… if we’re going to start on this new part

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of our lives – this parent thing – well,” he says, giving me a charming little half–smile and a

shrug. “We should be on the same page, right?”

I nod, agreeing, but looking at him a little askance. “Did you not think that we should…go into our mating? On the same page?”

He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. “It’s a little different, Cora – because it didn’t matter – I didn’t think we could have kids

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I frown at him – not mad or angry, but confused…

“Listen, let me just tell it,” he says, leaning forward and looking at me with pleading eyes.

“Okay,” I say, quite simply, taking his hands and leaning even closer to press a kiss to his mouthr letting him know that I’m listening with an open heart.

“Okay,” Roger says again, taking a deep breath before he begins. “Do you remember… when you and Ella went into the desert with her mother, Regina?”

“Reina,” I correct softly, and he laughs.

“Right,” he says, shaking his head. “Those names are so easy to mix up. Anyway – you three were out on your girls trip, and my choice was either to hang out with those priests in the temple, or go back on to the ship all alone.”

Ismirk at him, knowing precisely which one he chose. He sees my smile and laughs a little.

he says, grinning at me. “I chose

someone on the ship?”

he replies. “I was standing at the bow looking out at the desert – honestly, a little pissed off at being left behind. Sinclair sent me to protect Ella, and there’s

I hear this, but I

I thought that I was just crazy or drunk I mean, the captain gave me a little

squeeze his hands a little, begging him to focus, and he looks at

little, looking

ask, a little breathless, but some part of

now, his eyes wide and still a little startled by the experience. “Your mother, Cora. Except…at the time, I didn’t

all met the goddess that night in the temple with Ella – Roger met her, and me, but she had only spoken to Ella beyond a brief introduction that Ella insisted on giving us. And at the time it had made sense – Ella was her daughter, the one she

she’s my mother too? And that she only spoke to Ella in the temple, and then went to Roger later that night

my nose, disappointed. Why does she want to talk to everyone but

cheek with his thumb. “It’s half of why I didn’t want to tell you, Cora,” he continues, his face all sympathy. “I knew that it would… hurt.”

pushing past my

the temple. Instead, it was just…a vision of sorts, more like

okay. That he can tell me. So Roger turns back

future was not in war and politics, as my brother’s was – and you have to realize, that that was

nod, understanding, concentrating on nothing else but his

she said,” he twists his mouth a little, concentrating. “It’s hard to know how to phrase it – because it wasn’t precisely words – but that for the future of the

mate, and having children, and being a dad, and raising my kids well to be leaders

say, blinking with surprise. And then I lean forward, finally getting it. “Oh, so

kids, Cora…” he whispers, clutching my hands tightly. “And it fucking broke my heart to do it because I loved you I was obsessed with you, you know that I

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anything to me I didn’t even care about kids –

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always Dominic who was dying to be a dad,

my eyes going wide.

be. I want –” He pauses He pauses his confused language for a moment and steadies himself, choosing his next words carefully to

Cora” he tells me, pausing to ensure that I hear him, “and I can’t wait to build a family with

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because I do. I really get it. Honestly, I’m kind of in the same boat – I was likewise unsure if I wanted kids. But the moment I really understood that this was our child –

wanted in

calling me,” I whisper, “because you thought…my mom

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out I didn’t want to, but when a goddess tells you to do something you feel compelled to do it – and I thought she was telling me to run