Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 274

#Chapter 274 – Bonded

Ella

My head feels…so heavy. I groan, trying to move my hands up so I can press them against my temples, but I can’t move them.

“Easy,” I hear him say beside me and instinctually I turn towards his voice. Where –

“Easy, Ella,” he murmurs, his words thick with emotion. “It’s all right…”

I peel my eyelids apart, then, confused at the effort. It’s like I haven’t opened my eyes for weeks…

My vision comes back to me slowly, the room around me coming into focus with effort. I blink rapidly, looking around at Sinclair, and Cora, and Roger all standing around me, peering at me with worried faces. I feel very suddenly like Dorothy, when she wakes up from her trip to Oz.

“What?” I murmur, my voice thick and my throat scratchy. Suddenly anxious, I try to sit up, pushing at the bed beneath me but –

What the hell were all these wires, tied to my arms?

“Easy, trouble,” Sinclair whispers, pressing his hand to my shoulder, keeping me down. My body responds to his command, relaxing backwards as I look up at him. But…

“Where am I?” I ask, staring at him, and then I press my eyes closed. It’s all just too much.

“You’re in the hospital,” I hear my sister explain. “After the gift, at the temple…”

But her voice fades, almost as if I can’t hear it. I feel my heart start to pound, my breath ratchet up as my memories start to come back to me. Of being on the temple steps of Cora there, and what we learned about each other of Sinclair’s warm arms around me –

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And then, nothing – and then clouds – and Sinclair again, and my baby –

Oh my god, where was my baby?

me, searching for him – he’s here, he has to be, I remember him, my little baby, wrapped in white swaddling,

a dream, Ella – we met

his hand on the swell of my stomach then, drawing my attention to it, reminding me that he’s here – of course he’s here, I haven’t given

baby. Then I close my eyes, resting my head back on the pillow, and search for

reach out to him, sending all the love I have in my heart down our bond, and feeling a little pulse back. He

feeling my whole body relax. I open my eyes again, feeling a rush of sudden and unexpected joy. I look

one of my hands and lowering his

stay like that for a long minute as tears start to slide down

minutes. To come flying back to reality after such a hard few

where else I’d want to

then his

room.

opening my eyes and reaching my other hand for her. Sinclair straightens at my

right,” she huffs, laughing through the tears that

smile at her, unable to help myself, and then glance down at my poor beat up little body. “Um, I think so?” I feel so weak but there is also…a warmth, a

little and running her hand through her hair. “Yeah? I gave you back mom’s the Goddess’s – the gift, I gave it

“Cora!” I scold. “Why?! I gave

”

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– you were dying – of course I gave it back to you

– from our

”

eyes snap to him as I feel suddenly guilty and a little childish, arguing with my sister like this in front of him, especially when I’m clearly so sick. I look up at him, my eyes apologetic, and I see his face instantly soften. “Please, Ella,” he begs.” You’re so

raising a finger to point at her. “But as soon

terms, wiping the tears off of her

—

when the Doctor comes in, Rafe hot on his heels. It’s a man I haven’t seen before certainly not one of my normal doctors

shocked to see you awake –” He quickly grasps my wrist, feeling for a pulse and turning towards the monitors behind them, scanning them for

at Sinclair. “Not precisely

he observes, a little humor in his voice. The doctor’s face

he says, turning back to the monitors. “Whatever it was it is a…remarkable recovery.”

back. Sinclair starts at my grimace, leaning closer to me, scenting me, clearly working to figure

say, almost under my breath, pleased to have my suspicions confirmed. My baby and I… we are going to make it. “Can I go home?” I ask quickly, hoping to heap more good news on top of

incredibly weak. You have days yet in this hospital – tests,

carry me bodily out of this hospital right now. But he slowly shakes his head too, letting me know he agrees with

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