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

the movement of the RV as much. The boys all

front, studying maps and discussing

endlessly fascinating for some weird boy

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

chatting, watching

baby between us.

in the little sun-soaked room at the back of

my sister, reconnecting with her and

missing from my life since that terrible day

broke through my window.

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

sink to the horizon.

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

“I think…well,

going to have to snatch at moments

next challenge is

to have to fight to make that peace in our

is always going to

my napping baby, trailing a little finger

we choose wrong? I mean – neither

mates. We picked this…should we have

don’t want a simpler life,” Cora laughs, and

her smiling and shaking her head at

up straight, ” Cora, I was a nanny – I was ready to be

single mom, to live

me in dismissal. “That was just the

Yes, you were always going to be a mom,” she

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

of makes sense that you ended up being such a

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

was always

saying. And

perhaps always the

I wanted a

adds, her voice dropping lower. “I’m actually…I’m not

fated

wide. ” But you’re

frowning. “But… Ella, this thing between

I don’t…know how to explain it except

that.”

you feel a mating bond snap into place?” I

don’t know,” she says, turning back to

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

motel.”

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

eyes. But I lean forward eagerly, wanting to know.

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

Not I choose you as

a little jealous. I have no

mate, and I know that what’s between us

– it’s an experience

ask him about

says,

“Why not?”

I don’t want him to tell me that I’m

I’ll go ask -” I say simply, scooching

she gasps, grabbing my