Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 349

Chapter 349 – Aftermath

Cora

It’s hours, hours later when I finally have a moment to step back and breathe. And when I do, I feel my head spin and stumble back a step or two. Roger is there, instantly, his hand on my back.

“Cora,” he says, pulling me closer to him, tilting up my face so that he can study me. “Are you all right? You’re – ”

“I’m fine,” I mutter, frustrated, trying to push away and get back to work. I have a moment to breathe, but honestly there’s so much more that – needs to be done for these men –

“No,” Roger says, stubborn. “You’re pushing yourself too far – you’re pregnant, Cora -”

“Roger,” I sigh, turning to glare at him in earnest now and putting a hand on his chest. “This cannot be the refrain that I hear for the next nine – or six or however many months, all right? I am not going to stop doing my job-stop healing people – just because I’m pregnant.”

I hear Roger begin to growl in protest but I lock my teeth together, staring up at him, hard. And, slowly, I see him start to relent, to remember the person who he chose as his mate.

“This is my life, Roger,” I whisper, ” my identity. I’m a doctor – I made an oath! I’m going to help them.”

he replies, taking a step back. “But

around the room. “I’ll be careful – I’ll stop before I’m totally exhausted. I won’t put myself or the baby at

you to exhaustion now?” he asks, looking me over from top

myself. Honestly, I’m not far off – but there’s still so much that these men

ask, and then when I look up at him again I

eyes and concentrates and

he’s touching me and when he concentrates, but…I do wish it was easier for him. I want him to have the full fatherhood experience,

okay,” Roger murmurs, opening his eyes and leaning forward to press his lips

then I turn to him fully, peering at some of the

much more than a growl. “Much slower than usual.

unwrap the bandage on one and he hisses at the pain of it. I get a brief glimpse of the skin below before I wrap him back up. “You’re healing,” I say, looking up at him, “but yes, the pace is …worse

me. As Roger puts a sweet, concerned hand on the side of

naps lightly, Rafe secure in

and he’s frustrated,” she says, giving a chagrined little smile to Roger. “I know you guys are disappointed

all of his supplies on his way out, along with us, so we don’t have much information from the misadventure either.”

towards where Henry is rolling between the beds, speaking kindly to any of the men who are

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