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

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

and gurgles like he

I say quietly, smiling

Sinclair says, grinning proudly down at his son

to kiss my baby’s forehead “Yes, he is. The

keep that title for about…five more months,” Roger calls to us, crossing his arms over

chest with a smirk.

shakes his head,

ask, moving again to her

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

comes out

for a moment, going still at the sight

last time I saw

his hand warm against my back, and then a little pulse of comfort. comes down the bond and I exhale, skipping forward a

is…this is not the same

to try to take my baby away. Some of

serve my mother.

and giving us a deep

welcome here. And you are right on

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

Cora turns to me with a

1

as I

my lip, feeling a

—

cannot feel her. I used up our bond used

save my child, and Cora, and my mate. Cora

concern, but I just shake my head and work hard

smile

her hand “I’m glad you can

and then we both tum

our whole party and taking a moment

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

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

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 tucked into a corner, I decide quite suddenly that this is my favorite temple of all – and

of the large central room of the temple, the space beneath the dome, but instead leads us across it to a door at the back. Before she

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

–

all ready and Sinclair has placed a warm hand on my shoulder – Cora

see her immediately, we all

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 eyes flashing over all of us but focusing on

time, as

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