Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Cora

“What?” I ask, confused. I – I have a gift? I quickly search for it within myself but….it’s not there. I

–

mean, I know how Ella’s feels she passed it to me before, I carried it – but there is nothing in me

now that feels anything like that…

“Yours is different from your sisters,” the Goddess explains. “Ella’s soul is that of a healer, and so that is her gift. Yours,” she smiles lightly, “reflects you. You’ve used it before,” she says, turning her head to glance at Roger with a little laugh. “I’m surprised you did not notice it then.”

“What?” I ask again, still baffled. But she turns to go and I grab for her hand. “Please,” I say, shaking my hand, “I don’t understand -”

“Perhaps you should ask your sister for help,” the Goddess says with a shrug. “She can guide you to it, I think, as hers is already unlocked. But you already have your gift, Cora.” She assures me. She hesitates then before laughing a little, “as does your child.”

“What!?” I say for the third time, my mouth falling open now as I stare at her and then glance down at my stomach before looking back up into her face. “My child

–

“All your children,” she says simply, as if it’s obvious, “will be gifted, as you are, as Ella is. As you,

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my daughters, are gifts to me it is my gift to you, and to all of your children

“Whoa,” Roger says, sitting back in his chair and raising a hand to his head in shock. “All…all are kids are going to be magic?”

The Goddess laughs a little. “Each will be gifted,” she says simply, turning back to me. “And each gift will be unique, and will reflect each child’s unique spirit. As yours does, as Ella’s does. They’ll all have pieces in common but -” she sighs happily now, shaking her head as if it’s too complicated to explain. “You will see, Cora. I need not explain it all. Your children will show you.

“Thank you,” I whisper.

“I love you,” the Goddess says, raising her hand and brushing my cheek with her fingertips. Carry that knowledge your whole life. I will see you again,” she promises, and I cling to that prophecy just a little, “but until then carry my love”

And then, as Roger and I watch, my mother passes through a door in the back of the room – a door that I swear was not there a moment ago –

And she’s gone

Roger and I both stare at the door and then turn, slowly, to stare at each other

And then as I continue to sate at him, he starts to laugh a low, delighted round as he gets up

as he buries his head against my neck.

tight. “I knew it was all going to be good news

I feel myself filling with a deep and resounding joy in its place.

voice muffled against my skin, “but like….deep

right.

patting his back, letting him think it. But despite all of it,

turns in a happy little

feel of

and grins down into my face.

baby is going to be a wolf, and you have a wolf, and we have a mating bond

thrilled

up at him and raising my hands to

different, like my whole

asks, interrupting me and looking down at my

start to tug at the collar of

that soft

him away. “Ew,

a little bit – but we’re both too happy for him to actually be offended. We’re –

ends. It’s like he can intuit my emotions and my meaning

at me, even listen to

asks, and I can

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slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re in my mom’s

not just going to like, throw down here in the

not?” he asks, looking

waist and pulls me closer, looking hungrily down at me, I start to

it that makes me so happy

presses his lips warmly to my mouth and

me know

my wolf does to his in

for his mark that I didn’t

as

flip

suddenly, unable to finish his

bond before he looks up into my face

fear

afraid. But still…what…

looks down at my stomach

understand, something that doesn’t have