Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 387

The trip improves by leaps and bounds the moment we stop at the campground for the night.

“Finally,” I sigh, taking a deep breath of the fresh air as I climb down the steps of the RV, my baby curled in my arm and looking around him with bright and interested eyes. “It’s good to be on steady ground again.”

“Remind me never to take you on a boat,” Sinclair murmurs, coming down the stairs behind me. “If you didn’t like this…you won’t respond well to that.”

“Yes sir,” I say passively, smiling down at the baby, who frees one of his arms and reaches out into the cool evening air, clasping his fingers at a firefly who passes close by. I don’t mention that I liked the sea voyage to the desert much more than I liked this, even though the accommodations weren’t as nice.

“What about this?” Sinclair murmurs as he steps down the final step and comes to stand behind me, wrapping his arms around my shoulders. I smile as I lean

back against his chest. “Is the forest an improvement?”

I look around our isolated campsite, lit with grey and blue tones in the dying light

of the day. I smile at what I see, appreciating the cool air and the blinking light of

the fireflies that float lazily through the space.

“Yes,” I say with a decisive nod. “This will do quite well.”

“Good,” Sinclair replies, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek before releasing

me and moving to a luggage compartment low on the RV, I watch as he opens it

and begins pulling out camping gear chairs, a cooler, some bags with extra

snacks and bug spray.

“Oh!” I say, surprised by it all as my mate begins to set it all up around a burnedout ring where a fire goes. “Oh, we’re very prepared.”

“Of course we are,” Roger says, climbing out of the RV with Cora behind him.

When he reaches the ground, Roger flicks the switch that prepares Henry’s little

elevator. “We’re always ready to go glamping in this family.”

I laugh at the term, settling into a chair that Sinclair waves me towards, smiling

down at the baby. “What do you think, Rafe?” I whisper to him. “Do you like

glamping?” He gives a happy little coo in response and I laugh, grinning up at

his father. “I think that’s a yes.”

“Kid has taste,” Sinclair says, winking at me as he continues his work. We’re all

settled around a fire much faster than I thought was possible and I smile as I

watch Sinclair and Roger set a little grill across it, apparently preparing to make

us our dinner as well.

“They only cook,” Henry whispers, leaning over to Cora and I and giving us a

smile, “when it’s outdoors. Otherwise, they’re not interested.”

“Not true!” Sinclair protests, his eyes still on the fire.

“Absolutely true!” Roger chimes in, making us laugh. “If I’m making food, it’s

grilled. Otherwise I’m getting takeout.”

“Guess your baby is gonna eat a lot of hotdogs,” I murmur to Cora.

Then she looks over

“You know

them hire us chefs,” I consider. She raises

pleased at the idea, and we

long into the night the family gathered happily around

talking about nothing and everything, chatting

mutual future but not touching on any of the big,

We all know that they’re there, after

to leave them

is just about laughter,

moan a little as I bite into a smore that Sinclair hands me,

way I like it. “Oh my god,” I murmur,

so good, I can barely stand

going to get marshmallow all

baby – ”

my head and

bite. “He won’t mind

comes and lifts Rafe

alone with my s’more anyway. Cora,

away from me, apologizing

and inconsiderate his mother is. I wave a hand at him,

words, knowing

I finish my s’more and look around

and his grandchild while Cora and Roger

not talking but clearly connected

nice out here,” Cora says, wrapping her

think I’d like sitting outside in the

as much as this.”

primal about it, isn’t there?” Roger murmurs, raising a hand to

as he

up at the stars and then turning her head

Roger, beaming at him.

smile from crossing my face as I watch them.

other, I decide

quiet as I can, I stand up from my little camping chair and send a pulse

at me,

then towards Roger and Cora, who begin talking quietly.

nods

back,

we can

be lifted into the RV

way back into the little mobile

by the fire to have a moment to

you think they’re talking about,” I say

door shut behind him, the baby still curled

nook, peering out the window

through the tinted window.

business, little spy?” he says, coming to sit with me

wanting to give us our own moment, rolls his

the bedroom, making some excuse about wanting to watch some

know he

at my mate and reaching for my

into my arms. “But you know I always want to

you know,” he murmurs, slipping his arms

the baby and I warmly against him, resting

too can look out at Cora and

brother’s love life

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