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

asking him how he likes

claps and gurgles

understands sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling

down at his

forehead “Yes, he is. The most clever

more months,” Roger calls to us, crossing his

chest with a smirk.

and shakes his

ready, Cora?” I ask, moving again

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

out of

going still at the sight of those

last time

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

is not the same

try to take my baby away. Some of them, surely,

serve my mother.

giving us a deep

are welcome here.

each other and then look

turns to me with a

1

I realize what she

my lip, feeling a very

—

used up our bond used

Cora, and my mate. Cora realizes this very suddenly,

but I just shake my head and work hard to give

smile

I say, squeezing her hand “I’m glad you can feel her

sympathetic, and then we both

whole party and taking a moment to

linger on the baby, admiring him “Please, do

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

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. As I look around at the padded benches by the windows, at the well-loved books neatly tucked into

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

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. I don’t know why I do it, but somehow I want Rafe quite close to me as we go to

–

ready and Sinclair has placed a warm hand on my shoulder – Cora nods to the priestess who opens the door and leads us

her immediately, we all

we cross the room, her eyes flashing over all of us but focusing on Cora.

time, as I

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