Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Cora

The Goddess’ smile only broadens as she continues her thought. “But you can tell your sister that I have not been so generous as to send her two mates at once. And because I know it will worry her now, you can tell her that I have made her only one mate in this world, even though her mate had two.”

I grin a little then, thinking about her phrasing it as a generosity and not the torture that it clearly is for Sinclair. ” Why, though?” I ask, suddenly curious. “Why did he get two?”

“Because,” the goddess says, laughing a tinkling little laugh. “I have bigger plans, Cora, that stretch generations into the future. One day, Dominic’s experience loving two mates will help him empathize with another who likewise struggles.” She smirks a little at me. “Though…maybe don’t tell him that,” she wrinkles her nose playfully, “Might be more fun if you don’t.”

I laugh suddenly, delighted at the realization that my mother the Goddess is a little bit of trickster. How have we missed that before?

“So, what’s the deal with the Prince, then?” I ask, and I ignore Roger as he mumbles something behind me about not understanding what the hell is going on.

“The bond with the Prince,” mom says with a shrug, “it is something else. But some things, my love, must remain a mystery. The connection that I have built between Ella and the Atalaxian Prince – it is merely a seed.” She glances at my stomach, and then her eyes move to Ella. “Seeds, like children, take time to grow. But when they do…”

She smiles then and leaves the thought unfinished, shaking her hair back from her shoulders. “Is there anything else, daughter?” she asks, beginning to fade just a little bit.

“The baby?” I ask, suddenly desperate to know while I have her here. My hand moves instantly to my stomach. “Is he… will he be all right?”

She grins at me. “Your child will be born safe and sound, Cora, do not worry.” A little laugh rings through the air as she fades almost completely from sight. “And tell Ella that I love her, and to keep trying. I am eager to lay eyes on my first granddaughter.”

And quite suddenly, she’s gone.

I blink at the sudden absence in the room and then take a deep breath before looking around at my family, who all stare at me.

Roger

also looked like a lunatic talking to the air,” I say, rolling my eyes at

to where he’s sitting behind Ella, his face tucked miserably

But he’s so miserable that I can’t. “Calvin isn’t Ella’s fated mate. She said that she only

of my sister and her mate. My heart breaks a little when I see Sinclair’s shoulders begin to shake with the relief of it as Ella presses herself

into his lap. I turn my attention to him as he wraps his

murmurs, nudging me with his

a little appalled at his question. “You get one, Roger Sinclair,” I growl, grabbing his

falling in pretend disappointment. “I was hoping for like eight or nine. Really

though I start to laugh. “”Though I probably wouldn’t need to – they’d get one look at you and all reject the bond immediately –

me and pulling me close. “When secretly, I’d keep them all in a little

burst into laughter at the idea, but my mate and I both turn to my sister when she

So, I tell her everything strange thing mom said about the bond being a seed, and seeds, like children, needing

is so weird,” Ella breathes, her face scrunched up in

says, his deep voice still very serious despite his mate’s clear peace and

“She said Roger got two pop tarts this morning because they come in a pack,” I say, my voice slow and resonating with wisdom

me as Ella laughs. “Tell me,” the King orders, his Alpha coming forward in the

to him with a scoff. “Cora’s conversation with our mother is

his face in her hands. “Does it really matter?” she asks, shaking her head. “I am your

out there somewhere,”