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

to me and he, smie widens as I

within three feet of her I

my tracks, raising my nose to sniff the air

goes stiff and then starts to

he says, and I glance back to see a wide grin on his face.

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 I back

Yes – yes –

it months ago, before I was immersed

and it’s awake in her, and

Ella,” she says, nodding and stepping away

“I have a wolf. Um, I’m still human, so I can’t shift? But

had a wolf soul, inherited from mom. I

helped me find it.”

her hand and staring at her, baffled and thrilled. “Cora, that’s amazing –

it’s amazing. Do

nods and then takes her hand from mine, stepping

she puts a hand on her stomach, still smiling at me.

again, laughing and stumbling forward, putting my hand on her stomach

too. “You can feel the baby

can feel him through the

eyes snap up to her and I feel my eyes instantly fill with tears

my mind. “Feel…feel him?”

begins to nod.

–

wisely slips my own baby

against her, so happy

the baby are going to be best

holding me tight and shaking

a hard time letting her go, so my sister just laughs

united in our

my tears from ay face,

own baby just like that

time

I ask, turning back to Cora. “How

pauses and then lets out a frustrated little