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

maps and discussing ridiculous

they find endlessly

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

watching movies, and napping lightly with

baby between us.

up being a wonderful day in the little sun-soaked room at

my sister, reconnecting

my life since that terrible

broke through my window.

you think it’s all really over?” I ask her in a quiet moment as the

sink to the horizon.

to ask me what I’m

“I think…well, Ella, I think

going to have to snatch at

the next challenge

going to have to fight to make that peace

going to

my napping baby, trailing a little finger down his

ask quietly. ” Did we choose wrong? I

fated mates. We picked this…should we have chosen

want a simpler life,” Cora laughs, and

her smiling and shaking

Cora, I was a nanny – I was

live quietly alone with my

says, waving a hand at me

always going to be a mom,”

her head to the side, “but…you were never going to

makes sense that you ended up being such a

opens a door for you to help thousands when he is king,

was always

I say, considering what she’s saying. And I guess…well, I

the life I wanted, even if

I wanted a simple

voice dropping lower.

my fated mate,”

wide. ” But

know,” she says, frowning. “But… Ella, this thing between

I don’t…know how to explain it except

that.”

feel a mating bond snap into place?” I ask,

know,” she says, turning back to

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

motel.”

that day, and she

forward eagerly, wanting to know. “What

mate,” Cora replies, giving a little shrug. “But the way he said

you as

I say, impressed, a little jealous. I have no hesitations

mate, and I know that what’s between us

still – it’s an experience I’ll

ask

she says,

“Why not?”

sighs. “I…like the idea. I don’t

go ask -” I say simply, scooching

she gasps, grabbing