Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 421: Bath Time

Ella

“Cora,” I scold, frowning, “you know I don’t’ feel that way – ”

“Well I know you’d never say it,” she protests, sighing. “But I do get that this union between a wolf and a human that, symbolically, it’s important. And even if you’re not disappointed that it could be…disappointing.”

“I want you to have the mating ceremony you want, Cora,” I reply, steady in my truth here. “Especially in the case of something as important as this.” I give her hand a little squeeze before pulling mine away. “But if you’d like to consider a middle path…maybe you could let me show you what I was thinking?”

She turns her head to look up at me, surprised. “You’ve been…planning?”

“Just a little,” I say, unable to keep the eagerness out of my voice. “Just late at night when Sinclair is asleep and I can’t sleep, or I get up to feed Rafe – ”

“You’ve been loosing sleep over this!?”

“No!” I protest, but then I hesitate. ” Well, not much.”

“Ella!”

“Just – can I show you what I was thinking!?” I plead, “sister to sister!? And then, if you hate it, you can say no.” A wide grin comes to my face then. “But I think you’re going to like it.”

Cora gives a big sigh, leaning back into her seat and closing her eyes. ” Fine, Ella,” she says. “But this is not a yes.”

“I didn’t think it was!” I say, newly excited. Because honestly…it’s gorgeous, and I can’t wait to show her my plans.

casual position on the bed – looking down at his tablet, still doing

to my chest. I put my

slips his hands into his pockets and smirks as he looks me up and down. “I just didn’t realize

murmur, leaning in to get a good look at the very real layer of dusty dark brown grime that’s covering me

behind me. I groan when I see our contrast in the mirror – him the perfect Alpha King, clean-shaved and

layer of brown dust. “Oh my god!” I exclaim again, immediately beginning to ruffle his hair

Sinclair chuckles, reaching out to unstrap the baby from me. “Dirty in those

if this is

it,” he replies, holding the baby away from him a little as he carries him over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be out of those terrible camps and in better situation in a month’s time,

waking a little now that he’s away from the warmth

going out to him. I hesitate, wondering if I should just take him and let him sleep dirty honestly, I can’t stand to hear him cry like that

his bath. “Let him cry a little for once he’s the happiest baby in the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.” Then, as I begin to strip out of my clothes, Sinclair takes off Rafe’s little outfit

know,” I sigh, watching the little pieces of baby clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be too big to wear those by the time

proud, as he turns on the warm water and prepares

is, seeing them together, before I turn and start the water in the shower for

starting to shampoo

Roger told me

to see his reaction, and

I’m not mad, Ella –

what I mean I know that you’d never be mad at them

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