Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 409: Assembling the Team

Cora

When I wake up the next morning the dawn sun is already streaming through the windows, and I am absolutely – hands down – the happiest I’ve ever been. I’m curled up against my mate’s side, my hand still on his chest where I placed it when I fell asleep, and when I look up into his face? I see him already smiling down at me.

My mouth bursts into a smile.

“Well,” he says, turning fully towards me now and nudging my nose with his. “That was an incredible dream, wasn’t it?”

“Do you think it was real?” I whisper, desperately, desperately hoping that it was.

“I do,” he replies, nodding. “I don’t think…well, the things that you made up the beach, the landscape…they were all pretty static, no?”

I gasp a little, offended – “It was not static! It was intricate and there was a breeze I could smell the salt -”

“No, Cora,” he says, laughing, “I mean like, unchanging. The things that changed – you, me, the feeling the baby passed to us, and the wolves? Those all seemed very real.”

“Yeah,” I say, relaxing again and snuggling close, tucking my head beneath Roger’s chin. “I think it was real too.”

“He’s a really cute pup,” Roger murmurs, sleepily kissing my hair. ” Way cuter than Rafe.”

“I know, right?” I mumble, yawning. But we don’t have to tell Ella and Dominic that.”

“No way,” he replies. “No need to hurt their feelings. They’ll find out soon enough. We’re quiet for a moment before I ask my next question. “Did that go…how you thought it would?” I ask, hesitant.

“No,” Roger says instantly, laughing. “Honestly, Cora, I thought we were going to have way more sex -”

And then I burst into laughter too, because that’s what I had expected as well. I don’t know what Sinclair told his brother, but from everything Ella has said? It sounds like the dream state has been a place for them to really explore their relationship in a very physical way – after all, they had sex there first, before they ever did with their real bodies.

And while I can certainly see Roger and I using the dream state for that kind of exploration in the future? A part of me is really, really glad that mine and Roger’s experience brought us closer in a different way.

than I did before we went to sleep. And it’s not that we weren’t a family before

I can’t help but think of him as my son,

and turning my face up to his. “I feel exactly the same

how

the bond,” he murmurs. “Are you not

“But…I was thinking about you. And the baby. So maybe it just…went.” He nods, agreeing,

curious, I reach out and take Roger’s hand, giving it a little squeeze and passing a curious little pulse down our mating bond to him, seeing if I can do it intentionally. I’m still not used to this wolf stuff, and I

did,” he murmurs, pleased. ”

but also giving a little tap on the bond that I now feel so much

my shocked pleasure, the baby responds, nudging us

open and before I can even ask, I see on Roger’s thrilled face

I laugh, and look down at myself, and send another

…Happy? I ask.

a bell. Happy! My boy sends back, and I laugh, and

curls away

up, taking my face in his hands and kissing me again. “And I don’t think I’ve ever once been happier,

sounds, to say it so simply like that. “Roger,

Ella

outside her door with a to-go mug of tea in her hands, a big smile on her face. Rafe gives a little squeal of anticipation when the

down at my baby, strapped into his car seat, in surprise. “Can you tell when your auntie is near?” I ask, curious. But, obviously, he doesn’t

when Cora opens the door and peers into the car, blinking a bit in surprise at the two extra

what’s all this?” she asks, a little hesitant before murmuring a hello to Rafe and leaning down to kiss him

guards,” I say, giving a chagrined little shrug. “Do you mind? I

says, after smiling around at everyone and saying her hellos as Conner pulls away from the

that our two wolf mates sometimes really do have the same mind, even if

and grinning at

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