Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 352

Chapter 352 – Duke

Ella

“D-duke?” I stutter out, completely overwhelmed by the information, my eyes going wide. “There are dukes? And I had I have an uncle!?”

“I’m sorry,” Henry says, and I can see the guilt written all over his face. “I overlooked this – honestly, no one has heard from him in years – and, considering what we think he was actually getting up to, it makes a great deal of sense that he wanted everyone to believe that.”

“Who,” I say, frantic now, looking between Henry, and Sinclair, and Roger – Cora, I see, looking at me with worried eyes, but I know she doesn’t have any answers – “who is he?”

“Relax, Ella,” Sinclair murmurs to me, leaning close. “It’s all right -”

“It is absolutely not all right -“I snap, not wanting to be mean but completely panicked right now. “My father is dead but I have an uncle? Seriously? And no one told me?”

Henry continues to hang his head, shaking a little, and I instantly feel guilty. It’s not his fault – it’s so complicated, the politics, and why would he tell me about an uncle if he hadn’t spoken to the man in 30 years had genuinely assumed he was dead –

“I’m sorry, Henry,” I say quickly, leaning forward to put a hand on his arm. “I’m so sorry – I’m behaving so poorly – ”

absolutely correct. I have failed you in this.” His eyes shift

you, dad and Ella, you don’t have anything to apologize for. We all know this is a lot. So, can we please?”

it, and that I love him dearly and am grateful for him every day. At least,

the information on the table now so that we can decide to do something, instead of just talking about it. I smile at him a little,

or not his father was his biological father. Either way, Xander was recognized, but he was never the favored son. That is why Xavier – stronger, faster, smarter, better-liked

to find a smile on my mouth as he delicately raises his brows, looking up at the

stop, I grin at my brother-in-law, grateful for the laugh

figure in politics – he was always fringe, always very much the King’s sullen brother rather than a real player. When Xavier died, Xander…he wasn’t even considered for the throne. No one said

perhaps… the mistake. That started

what?” I

he was never a contender for the throne when his brother died but he coveted it anyway 1 that Xander

longer plan,” I whisper, sitting back against my chair. “To

in his father’s arms. My baby, the grandson of a King. The nephew of a Duke that, perhaps,

Rafe being born? The man who intends to kidnap him and put him on the throne as a puppet, acting as regent for eighteen years

Xander’s name since I was a child – I, too, thought he died in quiet obscurity. He’s taken great pains, I think, to ensure that everyone assumed that he did. He is playing the long game – we’re not total idiots

thoughts, “is the assumption that we’re making here that Xander wanted Rafe to be born so that he would be a legitimate

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