Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 389: The Temple

Ella

It is, indeed, a long climb. Cora and I are panting by the time we get to the top, and even though

Sinclair took Rafe from me halfway through the hike I have to take a moment to catch my break

when we pull ourselves up to the final level.

Roger has the indecency to look a little smug about the fact that he barely looks winded and Cora

gives him a little shove on the shoulder as she works to take a few deep breaths and wipe the

sweat from her brow.

Even as I work to bring my heartrate back down, I absolutely marvel at the sight before me.

The Goddess’ temple, like the one in the city, is built completely with white marble. But unlike

the one in the city, this one looks….ancient. Vines grow in ropes all over it, looking almost as if the

structure is part of the forest itself, having grown up organically from it. The temple is tall and

wide, the pillars in front drawing my eyes upward to the slanted roof which curls into a dome. At

the very peak of the dome is a golden crescent moon, reaching up towards the sky, glinting in the

bright sunlight.

“Wow,” Cora says, standing straight next to me and likewise marveling at the temple. “Mom has

some….impressive property.”

“I know, right?” I mutter back, crossing my arms and shaking my head. If someone had told me,

when I was a little girl sleeping in my creaky little orphan bed, that my mom lived here…

Well. I probably would have believed them.

But I was a very imaginative child.

“Um,” Roger says, looking anxiously at Cora. “Shall we?”

I smile at him, seeing that he’s eager to move on but also that he wants to give her room to process this experience. It’s more intense for her than it is for him, and I think that it’s very sweet that he realizes this. Roger really has come leaps and bounds as a person from when I first met

him

Sinclair comes to stand next to me and I grin at him and then turn to my baby, taking his hands

quietly, asking him how he likes it here and if he’s ready to meet

real this time Rafe claps and gurgles like he

like he understands sometimes,” I say

down at his

kiss my baby’s forehead “Yes, he is.

more months,” Roger calls to us, crossing

chest with a smirk.

just laughs and shakes his head,

you ready, Cora?” I ask, moving again to

giving me a nod and reaching for my hand. I give it, and, with another deep. breath, the five of us begin to walk towards the

out

for a moment, going still

time I

pulse of comfort. comes down the bond and I exhale, skipping

This is…this is not the same situation we were in before. This

priestess we meet is going to try to

serve my mother.

says, bowing a little and giving us a deep smile as we

you are welcome here. And you

at each other and then look back to the woman. “Is she here?”

smiles warmly at me but Cora turns to me with

1

Cora for a second and then, as I realize what she means

my lip,

—

her. I used up our bond used

child, and Cora, and my mate. Cora

startled “o” of concern, but I just shake my head and work hard to give her

smile

glad

then we both tum back to the

the priestess says, smiling around at our whole party

linger on the baby, admiring him “Please, do come

the priestess into my mother’s temple And

in before. While the desert temple. was elegantly sparse, and the city temple was sweeping and impressive, this one is…cozy. The architecture is still bright and wide, but you can tell that women live here and treat it as a home.

the dome, but instead leads us across it to a door at the back. Before she opens it, she turns to us with a

comes to stand behind her, straightening his shoulders, his face very serious. He is, after all, about to be introduced to his mate’s mother as such for the first time. I smile at both of them as I reach for the baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the carrier.

–

warm hand on my shoulder – Cora nods

her immediately,

at the far end of the room, glowing with the faint luminescence of moonlight. Her face breaks into a smile as we cross the room, her

this time, as

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