Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 117

Ella

When Sinclair and Hugo finally leave for the pack headquarters, Henry and I move

into our favorite sitting room, returning to the puzzle we began solving together earlier

this week. Seated across from the older wolf, I pretend to scan the scattered puzzle

pieces for matches, while really sneaking peeks up at him. “So what do you make of

all this?”

I ask curiously. “Lydia and the Prince?”

Henry grimaces, “I never liked that woman. But trying to argue with headstrong young

Alphas’ convinced they’ve found their mate is like beating your head against a wall.”

He offers me a tender smile. “You’ll see soon enough. You can do everything in your

power to try and teach your pups the important lessons and prepare them for the real

world – but at the end of the day you have to let them make their own mistakes – it’s

the only way they learn.”

“Does it ever hurt any less? Or get any easier to watch them go down the wrong

path?” I inquire softly.

“Not a damn bit.” Henry shares grimly. However despite his grim look, his eyes

sparkle when he looks over at me. “Luckily, that doesn’t seem to be despite his grim

look, his eyes sparkle when he looks over at me. “Luckily, that doesn’t seem to be a

problem for me anymore. Lydia is out of the picture, my boys are friends again for the

first time since losing their mother, and Dominic is on his way to being King.”

“Dominic just told me how his mother died this morning.” I confess, reaching for the

old wolf’s gnarled hand. “Im so sorry you went through that.

It must have been terrible for you to be left alone with a pack to rule and two young

boys to raise on your own, in the midst of all your grief.”

He nods, “looking back I don’t have the first idea how I survived it. The grief almost

destroyed me… and I’m ashamed to say I let it destroy Dominic and Roger’s

relationship.” Henry sighs. “I haven’t always been the best father, but I can tell you

right now that it was a hell of a lot easier to be one when I had my mate.”

I know what he means. When I thought I was going to be bringing this baby into the

world alone, I’d been terrified. Very few people who plan for children expect to end up

alone with the responsibility, and though Id been one of the rare few – it certainly

hadn’t been by choice. I was thrilled to finally succeed, but the stakes seemed a

a partner. I’m still afraid of

a team. I know that as long as Sinclair is alive, I

my pup will have two loving parents to

world.

do

continues, his mouth a quavering line. “but I will

by the knowledge that the wrong

off if Juliet had

don’t say that.” I beg, feeling tears in my

hours.

Henry shrugs, his dark eyes shining. “There’s no

see that too – nothing

parent.”

argument, not because I want to invalidate his feelings,

losing any parent is never the

his last conversation with Juliet?” I finally

before everything went

moment, “No, not that I

the details right, I repeat the story Sinclair shared with

morning.

permission to

at the end.”

you provided to guide him. He was only

have remembered those words because they were her last, but

you. He is the Alpha he is today because of

how to walk

that all happened right here?”

room. “I moved the boys to a

Dominic grew up and made his fortune, he rebuilt the

honor.”

looking around the huge mansion.

“It was even grander in my day – Dominic isn’t the

himself, you

I laugh, snatching up a distinctive puzzle piece belonging to

got us distracted.

all day, diversions

arms of his wheelchair. “The first year I was in

begged for a lovely young she-wolf to distract

might be

it’s the defeated laugh of a man who knows the game

are too clever for your own

request gently. “Whatever is worrying you

reliving your mate’s death.”

in agreement. “It’s just that I’ve

before”

finally admits. “I’ve seen what happens when there’s this kind of competition

never ends well

always like this?” I inquire, not caring that

shifter politics.

explains. “Normally the Alphas of each pack in

out on the campaign trail,

points return to their council duties. The

a few extremely strong Alphas competing at the

Alpha’s to choose sides and form alliances rather than

all the danger on the one or two men who

to win.”

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