Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 327: Back to the Real World

Ella

I’m sitting anxiously by Rafe’s basinet, watching him sleep, while my mind wanders impatiently

elsewhere. It’s been twenty–four hours since we heard from Cora and Roger and I feel, just a tiny

little bit, that every passing minute is a knife in my heart.

Where is my sister? I wonder to myself, sighing as I look down at my baby and honestly barely

seeing him. 1

It’s okay, my wolf says to me, rubbing her body warmly against my poor aching heart, nuzzling

me with her snout. Roger will take care of her – I know it. He can’t not.

But what if he couldn’t, I think anxiously, my mind turning inevitably to that freak storm that

they hit – the storm which separated them from their guards, which seemed….just, too precise.

Too convenient. To perfect to be coincidence. What if the cult trapped them? And hurt them both?

I wail, inwardly, my wolf giving in a little and sitting back on her haunches to raise her nose to the

sky and howl a little along with me. She still believes, but she’s overwhelmed, a little, by my

despair, even though inwardly she keeps the faith.

“Ella!” I hear Sinclair shout from downstairs. I jump a little, turning towards the door, but I freeze,

not allowing myself to hope. If it was bad news – he wouldn’t be shouting from downstairs –

But something very urgent could be happening so he can’t come up –

“Ella!” he calls again. “Come down! There’s a car in the drive!”

I gasp, leaning down to quickly scoop Rafe up into my arms. He gives a little half–hearted cry of

protest and I know that I should leave him here to sleep more – but damn it, with the cult out

there looking for him, there’s no way I’m leaving him out of one of his parents‘ sight for an instant.

Not until I know he’s safe.

I dash out of the room and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s face as he

stands at the bottom, a hand raised to take mine. I slip my hand into his as I reach him, my eyes

“Is

–

and I realize that he doesn’t know he came to get

together, we both stride to the front door, which Sinclair

–

Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a

and saying a few words before they both open their doors and climb

eyes as I

takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but wraps her arms around me nonetheless. “Easy, sis!” she says, still laughing a

—

I mutter,

have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping back and wiping at my eyes, shifting Rafe again so that he’s safely against my chest.

meaning it at all, of course – I made

says, shrugging at me. “We were in the storm for a long time

a charger?” I ask, exasperated.

to stay so

in the car?”

wasn’t one

stopped,” I cry, “at a gas

stepping forward and looking into my eyes with

you were so worried. We were fine. – we are fine!

wanted to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t

–

a little and wiping my angry tears of relief away from my

“I can’t lose you, Cora. I

she says, putting a warm arm around me. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says, as Roger and

we should have called, or texted, or sent

–

It’s our fault. We were…” she hesitates here, but Roger finishes

smugly at me and sinking his hands into his

ask, confused, looking between the two of them. “Distracted by

Cora blushes –

Blushes?!

mouth drops open.

storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t

here, for hours, worried to death, and you’re out there having motel

Ella,” Roger quips, and when I turn to him

taking a step forward to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and

awe.

little shove and closing the distance between

and Cora to take

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