Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 386: By the Fire

Ella

The trip improves by leaps and bounds the moment we stop at the campground for the night.

“Finally,” I sigh, taking a deep breath of the fresh air as I climb down the steps of the RV, my

baby curled in my arm and looking around him with bright and interested eyes. “It’s good to be on

steady ground again.”

“Remind me never to take you on a boat,” Sinclair murmurs, coming down the stairs behind me.

If you didn’t like this…you won’t respond well to that.”

“Yes sir,” I say passively, smiling down at the baby, who frees one of his arms and reaches out

into the cool evening air, clasping his fingers at a firefly who passes close by. I don’t mention that

I liked the sea voyage to the desert much more than I liked this, even though the accommodations

weren’t as nice.

“What about this?” Sinclair murmurs as he steps down the final step and comes to stand behind

me, wrapping his arms around my shoulders. I smile as I lean back against his chest. “Is the forest

an improvement?”

I look around our isolated campsite, lit with grey and blue tones in the dying light of the day. I

smile at what I see, appreciating the cool air and the blinking light of the fireflies that float lazily

through the space.

“Yes,” I say with a decisive nod. “This will do quite well.”

“Good,” Sinclair replies, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek before releasing me and moving to a luggage compartment low on the RV. I watch as he opens it and begins pulling out camping gear – chairs, a cooler, some bags with extra snacks and bug spray.

“Oh!” I say, surprised by it all as my mate begins to set it all up around a burned-out ring where a

fire goes. “Oh, we’re very prepared.”

“Of course we are,” Roger says, climbing out of the RV with Cora behind him. When he reaches. the ground, Roger flicks the switch that prepares Henry’s little elevator. “We’re always ready to go

glamping in this family.”

I laugh at the term, settling into a chair that Sinclair waves me towards, smiling down at the baby “What do you think, Rafe?” I whisper to him “Do you like glamping?” He gives a happy little coo in response and I laugh, grinning up at his father. “I think that’s a yes

“Kid has taste,” Sinclair says, winking at me as he continues his work

around a ! much faster than I thought was possible and !

cook,” Henry whispers, leaning over to Cora and I and giving

Otherwise, they’re

true!” Sinclair protests, his eyes still on

us laugh. “If I’m making food, it’s grilled.

your baby is gonna eat a lot of hotdogs,”

sighing. Then she looks over at me from her chair next to mine. “You know I can’t

consider. She

but not touching on any of the big, scary subjects that

just about laughter,

I bite into a smore that Sinclair hands me, the marshmallow burned to a crisp just the way I like it. “Oh my god,” I murmur, closing my eyes as I

laughs, “you’re going to get

shaking my head and refusing to open my eyes as I take another

Roger, and Henry laugh as well as Sinclair walks Rafe away from me, apologizing in a

watching them quietly Henry watches Sinclair and his

here Cora says, wrapping her arms around herself and smiling around at our dark Camp 7

dark

sing a hand to play with Cora

murmurs

she says, looking up at the stars and then

him.

can’t help my own smile from crossing my face as I watch

I decide that

stand up from my little camping

curious and I nod my head first

talking quietly. My mate follows my

and puts a hand on his back, leaning down to speak

can – which is not very stealthy, considering Henry

platform – the three of us and the baby

Roger alone by the fire to

about,” I say to Sinclair

behind him, the baby still curled in his

Roger and Cora through the tinted

spy?” he says, coming to sit with

give us our own moment, rolls his way

television, though we both

and reaching for my baby,

I always

you know,” he murmurs, slipping his

on my

much about the details of my brother’s love life

them.

girlfriend drama -”

body going stiff behind

ask, turning to him,

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