Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Ella

“Ella!” Cora shouts from the closet, her voice a little frantic. “Ella, help! Please!”

I turn quickly towards the closet, a biscuit and a cup of coffee in each of my hands and Rafe strapped to my chest in his little carrier. “What’s wrong?” I call as I hurry towards her.

But I see the problem immediately as I come to the door, with Cora wrapped up in yards of fabric and one of the stylists tugging fervently at the buttons which close the back.

“It doesn’t fit,” Cora says, her face worried.

“What?” I say, my eyes going a little wide. “But we did a fitting two days ago did you -”

“I guess I got bigger,” Cora sighs, looking down at the little baby bump that makes me so happy to see. “I don’t know – it would be a ridiculous thing to consider with a human baby, but with the way these wolves grow? In leaps and bounds?” She looks back up at me, shaking her head. “I’m sorry Ella what the hell are we going to do?”

“We’re going to use the back-up dress,” I say, grinning widely and shoving the rest of the cookie in my mouth while I put my coffee down on a shelf. Then I move for a big white box I’ve kept secretly in the corner under a pile of other big white boxes.

“Oh, thank god,” the stylist murmurs under her breath, making me laugh.

“Can you call the seamstresses?” I say to the second stylist, who nods and steps away to place a call on her phone. “We might need some last-minute alterations.”

“I can’t believe you planned all this, Ella,” Cora sighs as I take the top off the box and reveal an identical wedding gown, just one size larger. “How…how did you even have the foresight to see this coming?”

I say, lifting the dress out and carrying it over. “I remember how unpredictable it is.

beginning to strip off the first wedding dress as I hang up her second and begin to steam

laugh a little, shaking my head and glancing over my shoulder at her. “So,” I say, eager. “Are

her

to her now. “You’re not

at me as she steps fully out of the dress and the stylist takes it away. ” You know that none of this has been important to me, and that

steamer still in my hand. “Don’t be anxious, Cora. It’s going

kicking his legs, making her laugh. “You’re more comfortable in the limelight than me, sis,” she says with a smile. “The way you handled the

mess at the coronation! I

at me with a

be perfectly you! And it will

say so,” she says with a grin, crossing her arms across her chest. ” Actually, do you have a robe or something I can wear while I

steamer at her and letting out a little burst of warm steam that

she says, swatting at me and laughing, making me turn away and get back to work. But even as I point to

it’s going to be

and like we couldn’t make something special for Cora and Roger, but…well, it’s the biggest space we’ve got, and there are crowds

tuxedo with a white jacket. To my chagrin, he wouldn’t consent

laughs, looking

I opted for a very pale green that looks pretty with my hair. We decided not to wear our crowns today, wanting to be very much the siblings of the bride and groom instead of King and Queen, but well, we look