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

right. That there is so much to do here,

taking her hand. “Two days, and then you can come back and save the world, and take on those problems and surely everything else that’s going to come along with them. But,” he gives her hand a little squeeze, “it would be okay to take two

are going to look like….it’s going to be a lot of dedication to the people of this nation, of this world.

of the people I want to help. She deserves it

sister. And that has to count

and giving her an encouraging smile.

bites her lip and I can see that she’s tempted, even if she

that we’d be going in a very fancy RV?

up almost to her hairline. “I was sold at ‘real bed.” Let’s

up the hand that’s not holding my baby to my chest. “Yes!” I shout, laughing now. “Road trip! This is so exciting! I’ve never

me, pleased to

excitedly between him and Cora “This will be so cool! I’ve always wanted to go on a road trip!

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

to my feet, carted away a little by my excitement “We get two days,” I say. holding up two fingers to everyone in the room “Two days before we dedicate our lives to helping the people of this world, and destroying our enemies, and running a nation so if I get two days respite

I’m laughing and dancing around the room, holding Rafe up in the air and

for his first vacation. I think my joy is infectious, though, because when I turn back to my family everyone

lip again, but I can tell it’s with excitement this time as I

a kiss on the cheek. “I’m so

to get to talk to mom! And get

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

me what I want

hand on her cheek. “Things

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

and throw my

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

“Come on, trouble,” he says, glancing at me. “Let’s go