Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 386-The Long…Long Road

Ella

It takes me just a little over an hour to realize that…I hate road trips.

“Oh my god,” I murmur to Cora as the vibrations of the gigantic RV continue to

shake through us, making poor Rafe grumble uncomfortably. “Is it night yet?

Can we stop?”

“You’re being a baby, Ella,” my sister replies, looking up at me with a smirk,

jumping her red king over three of Roger’s black checkers and capturing them.

“It’s fun!”

“You’re only having fun because you’re kicking Roger’s ass for the third time at

that game,” I murmur, sighing as I glance out the window.

“Seriously,” Roger sighs, leaning back against the white leather of the

kitchenette’s booth. “You should quit that, Cora. For Ella’s sake – she’s trying to

enjoy herself.” He runs a frustrated hand through his hair, staring at the board.

“Yes,” Cora replies, laughing. “For Ella’s sake, I’ll go easy on you.”

“I just thought it would be prettier,” I sigh, looking out the window at the endless

highway miles. “Like, purple mountains majesty. Fruited plains. Etcetera.”

Instead, it’s just hour after hour of looking at cars, and asphalt, and the sad little

pine scrub that borders the highways.

“Maybe when we get further out,” Cora offers, hopeful. “Nah,” Roger replies,

making his next move on the checker’s board. “After the forest it’s all corn for

days.”

I groan, leaning my head back. “I hate corn.”

“No, you don’t,” Cora chides, instantly making her next move on the board and

capturing two more of Roger’s pieces. He gasps in protest and then slumps

back again.

“How are you doing this,” he murmurs, studying the board. “Are you a witch?”

“Maybe,” she says with a shrug.” Guess we have to ask mom.”

I smile at her then, bouncing my fussy baby in my arms. And I inhale a deep

breath, silently ordering myself to cheer up because even if I decidedly do not

like riding in the RV, I’m still excited to take this trip for my sister, to get her the

answers she so desperately wants.

Eventually Cora and I retire with the baby to the bedroom where Sinclair

feel the movement of the RV as much. The boys

front, studying maps and discussing ridiculous things

endlessly

shrug and leave them to it. Cora and I curl up in the

time chatting, watching

baby between us.

ends up being a wonderful day in the

talking with my sister, reconnecting with her and

that I’ve been missing from my life since

broke through my window.

it’s all really over?” I ask her in a quiet moment

sink to the horizon.

doesn’t bother to ask me what I’m talking about – she

honestly. “I think…well, Ella,

big lives. I think we’re going to have to snatch

next challenge

going to have to fight to make that peace in our

to try to

sigh, looking down at my napping baby, trailing

I ask quietly. ” Did we choose wrong?

picked

Cora laughs, and I

smiling and shaking

Cora, I was a nanny – I was

mom, to live quietly alone with

me in dismissal.

Ella, always. Yes, you were always going to be a

side, “but…you were never going to stop

sense that you ended

door for you to help thousands when he is king,

that was always your

say, considering what she’s saying. And

this was perhaps always the life I wanted, even

that I wanted

her voice dropping

fated

wide. ” But you’re

says, frowning. “But… Ella, this thing between

really big. I don’t…know

that.”

feel a mating bond snap

says, turning back to me. “But Roger said it

out in that rainstorm – that day when we had to stop

motel.”

knowing what happened that day, and she blushes a little and

I lean forward eagerly, wanting to

his mate,” Cora replies, giving a little shrug. “But

choose you as my mate. Just…that

say, impressed, a little jealous. I have no

know that what’s between us is

But still – it’s

ask

she says, shrugging

“Why not?”

I don’t want him to

say simply, scooching forward on the

she gasps, grabbing my