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.

the room. “I’ll be careful –

now?” he asks, looking me over from

to pause, closing my eyes and checking in with myself. Honestly, I’m not far off – but there’s still so much that these men need. Honestly the extent of the burns that they came in with some of them down to the bone – I cringe to even

and then when I look up at him

eyes and concentrates and I’m a little sorry as I see that it’s hard for him. I remember the way that Sinclair communicated with Rafe while Ella was pregnant

has much more connection with the baby when he’s touching me and when he concentrates, but…I do wish it was easier for him. I want him to have the full

opening his eyes and leaning forward to press his

I turn to him fully, peering at some of the red skin on his

he murmurs, his voice not much more than a growl. “Much slower than usual. Like

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.

will be all right,” he sighs, I think being brave for me. As Roger puts a sweet, concerned hand on the side of my

Sinclair?” I ask, looking to the corner of the room where her mate naps

away from me. “More his pride hurt than anything, and he’s frustrated,” she says, giving a chagrined little smile

“And he burned all of his supplies on his way out, along with us, so we don’t have much information from the misadventure

kindly to any of the men who are conscious and willing to report what they heard and saw. “He’s

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