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?

Then I start to look all around me, searching for him – he’s here, he has to be, I remember

a dream, Ella – we met him

attention to it, reminding me that he’s here

side of my baby. Then I close my eyes, resting my head back on the pillow, and

my ties to him. My bond with my baby. I reach out to him, sending all the love I have

feeling a rush of sudden and unexpected joy. I look up to

rush of air, grasping one of

like that for a long minute as tears start to

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

where else I’d want to be.

hear Roger murmur, and then his

room.

eyes and reaching my other hand for her. Sinclair straightens at my side, letting us have our moment as I take her hand.

tears that are falling down

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 stillness in me that feels… I

her hair. “Yeah? I gave you back mom’s the Goddess’s

“Cora!” I scold.

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ridiculous – you were dying – of course

“It’s a gift from a Goddess – from our mom – I worked so hard to get it here,

”

my sister like this in front of him, especially when I’m clearly so sick. I

to Cora. “Okay,” I repeat, raising a finger to point at

to these terms, wiping the tears

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sister, holding my mate’s hand tight in my own, 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 – but he certainly seems

quickly, coming to my side, almost running into Cora in his hurry to get to me. He quickly scans my face, his expression worried. “I have to say, I’m shocked to see you awake –” He quickly grasps my wrist, feeling

was…” I say, hesitating, looking up at

you will,” he observes, a little humor in his voice. The doctor’s face screws up further with confusion but then he simply exhales

to the monitors. “Whatever it

sharp pain spikes through my back. Sinclair starts at my grimace, leaning closer to me, scenting me, clearly working to figure out

was in here.” “Good,” I 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

not,” the doctor scolds, turning towards me and frowning. “You’re still incredibly weak. You have days yet in this hospital

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

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