Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Ella

I watch Cora struggle with her choice, biting her lip and trying to figure out how she feels. My heart goes out to her now, because I know that she thinks it is an impossible ask to tell us that she wants to put a coronation on hold so that she can visit a temple.

But suddenly, quite suddenly, it’s all I want for her. Because Cora has been here for us through all of this and she deserves answers to these questions.

And I open my mouth to say this, but Sinclair beats me to it.

“I think we should go,” he says, and I whip my eyes up to see him giving a casual shrug. “It will only take a few days,” he adds, looking down at me to see how I feel. “And, quite frankly, we could… use a break before the madness begins again.”

A little smile creeps over my mouth.

“Would it,” Cora begins, and then hesitates again. But we all wait, letting her find her voice.” Would it be safe?” she asks.

“We think it would,” Roger says steadily at her side. “Xander’s on the run, which means he’s scrambling. He’s an old man and we took out the forces that he was using to physically attack us. Even if he’s working to get more, we think that we have…at least a small window of time.”

“We would have to move quickly and quietly,” Henry adds, more cautious now than he’s been in the past I think spooked, still, by the disastrous results of our last plan. “No planes or anything flashy just….a small, anonymous family trip.”

I turn my attention back to Cora, wanting to know what she thinks. But she’s still sitting perfectly still and quiet, clearly putting her thoughts together.

“I can’t ask you to do this,” she says after a long, quiet minute. “I we need to get the coronation going, to keep us all safe.”

“You don’t have to ask us to do it, Cora,” Sinclair answers quietly, and I turn my eyes up at my mate. “We’re telling you we want to do it. Right?” he looks at me now and I nod eagerly.

“Honestly, Cora,” I say, leaning forwards her. “It’s what I was thinking I think it’s right I think we should go ”

Roger says nothing, simply staying steady at Cora’s side, letting her make up her own mind But she just continues to shake her head “But there’s already so much to do here” She sight, putting her head down in her hands for a moment as she collects her thoughts “The Cult, and the priests, and Xander it was already s dia action from the aftermath of a war with the humans that has

now, “we could be spending this time going to the refugee camps, actually helping people, now that we have the gift

face falls when I realize that she’s right. That there is so much to do here, that it’s

her hand. “Two days, and then you can come back and save the world, and take on those problems and surely everything else

our lives are going to look like….it’s going to be a lot of dedication to the people of this nation, of this world. And it will make me so happy to do that work to help

to help. She

she’s my sister. And that

Cora,” I say, leaning forward and giving her an encouraging

see that she’s tempted, even

Sinclair continues, cocking his head to the side, “if I told you that we’d be going in a very fancy RV? With a real bed that you and Roger could sleep in, and not be wedged together

to her hairline. “I was

holding my baby to my chest. “Yes!” I shout, laughing now. “Road trip! This is so exciting! I’ve never

asks, smirking down at me, pleased to

Cora “This will be so cool! I’ve always wanted to go

laughing a little along with me “It’s not precisely a vacation

the room “Two days before we dedicate our lives to helping the people of this

room, holding

excited for his first vacation. I think my joy is infectious, though, because when I turn back to my family everyone is smiling, laughing a little, and chatting as we start to

bites her lip again, but I can tell it’s with excitement this time as I move to her

a kiss on the cheek. “I’m

going to get to talk to mom! And get all of the answers to your

hesitant excitement building in her now. “I just hope….well, I hope that

I want

say, smiling and placing a hand on her cheek. “Things are

can feel it. Now let’s get packed! Because we’re going on a

then I whoop again and throw my

as he comes to my side, his phone already in his hand

“Come on, trouble,” he says, glancing at