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

he likes it

Rafe claps and

like he understands sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling up

says, grinning proudly down at

forehead “Yes, he is. The most clever baby the

more months,” Roger calls to us,

chest with a smirk.

laughs and shakes his head, letting it

Cora?” I ask,

another

out

moment, going still at the sight of those robes

last time I saw them

pulse of comfort. comes

same situation we

try to

serve my mother.

giving us a deep smile as

of the Goddess – you are welcome here. And you are right on

then look back to the woman. “Is she here?” I

at me but Cora turns to me with a frown. “Can’t you

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second and then, as I realize

already I bite my lip, feeling a very

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up our bond used the magic of it

Cora, and my mate. Cora realizes this

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

smile

squeezing her hand “I’m glad you can feel her for both

to me, sympathetic, and then we both tum back

the priestess says, smiling around at our whole party and taking a moment to

baby, admiring

a group, we follow the priestess into my mother’s temple And as we go, I wonder a everyone’s heart is

women live here and treat it as a home. As I look around at the padded benches by the windows, at the well-loved books neatly tucked into alcoves and the little worn stick broom

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

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

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warm hand on my shoulder – Cora nods

her immediately,

glowing with the faint luminescence of moonlight. Her face breaks into a smile as we cross the room, her eyes flashing over all of us

this time, as I

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