Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Ella

I get tenser and tenser as the minutes pass, and I can feel Sinclair behind me likewise desperate to know what’s going on behind that closed door. A priestess comes by after a little while, offering us tea or seats, but we decline both because we’re very aware that we’re definitely not going to be able to relax until that door opens.

Which it doesn’t do for a very, very long time.

“What are they even doing in there?” I ask, especially when I hear a little muffled shout come through that makes me go quite still.

Sinclair chuckles a little and I spin to look up at him, not understanding what he means

But then, when I see his raised eyebrow and the smirk on his face, I realize….

“Oh, EW!” I say, swatting at him with my free hand, the one that’s not holding the sleeping baby.” They are so not -”

“Roger would,” he murmurs, smiling at me and still laughing lightly.

“Cora would not,” I say, vehement. “This is mom’s house.”

“She didn’t seem to mind about such activities outside the RV, where dad could have seen, were

he to glance out the window.”

“Yeah, but that’s your dad,” I say, rolling my eyes and returning my focus to the door. “It’s

different.”

“The Goddess is all-seeing,” Sinclair says, and I can feel him shrug. “She’ll spy if she wants to- what’s the difference between having sex in her temple as opposed to anywhere else

But I hiss at him to shut up, looking around anxiously to make sure he wasn’t overhead.

Chuckling, wrapping his arms around my waist again, Sinclair pulls me back against him. “If the baby weren’t here,” he murmurs low into my ear, pulling my hips back against him…

“Enough out of you,” I chide, though I can’t help the smile that tugs at my lips Because well, my mate is very difficult to resist. Even in an inappropriate religious space dedicated to my mom.

Luckily, the door opens then, and Cora and Roger come striding out, wide smiles stretching over

both of their faces as they speak softly to each other, holding hands, completely oblivious to our

tense waiting

excited Her head spins to me

get within three

I stop dead in my tracks, raising my nose to sniff the air

me, likewise goes stiff and

wide grin on his

throwing an arm around my sister, tugging her to me. and holding the baby to my side so that he doesn’t get smushed. “Are you serious?! Are you?” And then

Yes – yes –

have been able to smell it months ago,

it’s awake in her, and

says, nodding and

a wolf. Um, I’m still human, so I can’t shift? But apparently,” she shrugs, shaking

disbelief, “I have always had a wolf soul, inherited from mom. I just…never

helped me find it.”

and staring at her, baffled and thrilled. “Cora,

I think it’s

takes her hand from mine, stepping back with her mate.

do.” And then she puts a hand on her stomach, still smiling at me. “The baby

and stumbling forward, putting my

feel the baby too. “You can feel the

says, happy. “I can

her and I feel my eyes instantly fill with tears as her

my mind. “Feel…feel him?”

Cora begins to

–

baby boy!” I shout, estatic, and my mate wisely slips my own baby boy from

my sister, wrapping her up as tight as I can as I cry against her, so happy so incredibly excited

Rafe and the baby are going to be

tight and shaking her head. “It’s all night You’re choking

her go, so my sister just laughs and holds me as we

in

a little and wipe my tears from ay

baby just like that in such a short

time

to Cora. “How long the

little groan, turning to Roger. “Roger, we