Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 383-Cora’s Decision Ella

“What?” Cora asks, laughing a little as if it’s a ridiculous notion. “What on earth could I have to pick and choose from?”

“Let’s back up a little,” Roger says, tugging her into the room and gesturing

towards one of the chairs around the table. As she settles herself into a seat Sinclair pulls over the little armchair that I’ve been using when I feed Rafe, and I

murmur my thanks to him as I settle down in it. As Roger begins, Sinclair swiftly hands me all of the things I need to feed Rafe – a burp cloth, a little blanket to throw over my shoulder, etc. – and I smile to myself at his consideration in anticipating my needs without me having to ask. My Alpha is a warrior, but he’s also a sweetheart. And I’m grateful for him every day. Everyone waits for me to get settled, but then once Rafe is happily eating

Henry begins.

“We discovered,” Henry begins, his eyes moving between me and Cora, that

Xander has fled east to Adalaxia.”

“Shit,” Cora sighs, slumping down in her chair. My emotions match hers. We

knew that Xander was on the run we’d largely decimated any of his that martial

forces in taking out his priests. But our great fear was that in the time it took us to regroup, that he’d leave the country and find allies who might help him. And it looks, now, like he did precisely that.

“Is Adalaxia…a good place for him to go?” I don’t know a lot about the

neighboring kingdom, especially as I was raised as a human and hadn’t known

that overlying the map of the human world there was a hidden world of wolf

kingdoms with its own wars and politics. Of course, ever since Damon broke the

secret of the of the wolves to the human world those maps have increasingly

combined to become one, but still – what I don’t know about wolf politics could

probably fill its own book.

Which, considering that I’ll likely soon be Queen, is…unfortunate. But I force

myself to pay attention to Henry’s answer.

“Adalaxia is a notoriously ruthless wolf nation,” he sighs. “They stick even more

strictly to what they perceive as the traditions of wolf kind even more than we

do. In comparison to them we are…ridiculously liberal.”

“What does that mean?” Cora asks, crossing her arms over her chest, her face

worried and confused.

“It means,” Roger explains, “that Xander has likely found allies with a group who

would not be on board with our own nation’s current policy, which is that wolves

and humans are equal and deserve to be treated with the same respect. They

he continues, hesitating now and looking between me

fact that we’re having this conversation with our

Adalaxians, women are…”

citizens, at best,” Sinclair finishes for him. “And at

property.”

gasp, my eyes going wide. ”

time for

a bad way to think of it,” Roger says, tilting his head

there are not taught to read or

strictly within their homes. It is…not

rights.”

says, her face clearly

why Xander would go there, considering how he tried

broodmare.”

along

well. They’re likely to

as my son. And, as

the role of regent

all so ridiculous,” I say, sighing as I

whom so much

Sinclair says, reaching out to place a comforting hand

get there so fast. This would all be

if we had caught him at the border, had

having to go through a

that they give him

whatever?”

down

currently, I am not.”

up at him for a second, confused, and

wide. Because while

have been disposed of, and it’s

mate will

it yet. Which means, technically, that he doesn’t yet

of the powers which would allow him to make

can you do it?” Cora says, sitting up straight and looking

some kind of quick and dirty

you

laugh a little at the idea of this,

“It’s

his hair. ” First, I have to claim it, and

by the governors. It’s…all a bunch

the kind of bureaucratic nonsense that the Atalaxians

country, I’d have been king the moment I killed

what we get for wanting to live in a nation in

have a say in their lives. It’s a better process – but

say, looking up at him. “Can we get

at me. “But

in, Cora,” he says, shifting