Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 390

Chapter 390:The Temple

Ella

It is, indeed, a long climb. Cora and I are panting by the time we get to the top,

and even though Sinclair took Rafe from me halfway through the hike I have to

take a moment to catch my break when we pull ourselves up to the final level.

Roger has the indecency to look a little smug about the fact that he barely looks

winded and Cora gives him a little shove on the shoulder as she works to take a

few deep breaths and wipe the sweat from her brow.

Even as I work to bring my heartrate back down, I absolutely marvel at the sight

before me.

The Goddess’ temple, like the one in the city, is built completely with white

marble. But unlike the one in the city, this one looks…ancient. Vines grow in

ropes all over it, looking almost as if the structure is part of the forest itself,

having grown up organically from it. The temple is tall and wide, the pillars in

front drawing my eyes upward to the slanted roof which curls into a dome. At the

very peak of the dome is a golden crescent moon, reaching up towards the sky,

glinting in the bright sunlight.

“Wow,” Cora says, standing straight next to me and likewise marveling at the

temple. “Mom has some… impressive property.”

“I know, right?” I mutter back, crossing my arms and shaking my head. If

someone had told me, when I was a little girl sleeping in my creaky little orphan

bed, that my mom lived here…

Well. I probably would have believed them.

But I was a very imaginative child.

“Um,” Roger says, looking anxiously at Cora. “Shall we?”

I smile at him, seeing that he’s eager to move on but also that he wants to give

her room to process this experience. It’s more intense for her than it is for him,

and I think that it’s very sweet that he realizes this. Roger really has come leaps

and bounds as a person from when I first met him.

Sinclair comes to stand next to me and I grin at him and then turn to my baby,

taking his hands and speaking to him quietly, asking him how he likes it here

and if he’s ready to meet his granny for real this time. Rafe claps and gurgles

like he really is excited.

I say

proudly down at his son.

my baby’s

the world will ever see

that title for about…five more months,” Roger calls to

over his chest with a smirk. Sinclair just laughs and

letting it pass.

ready, Cora?” I ask, moving

giving me a nod and reaching for my hand.

five of us begin to walk

a woman in dove- colored robes

a moment, going still at the sight of

I feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm against my back,

down the bond and I exhale, skipping forward a little

stay at Cora’s side.

he’s right. This is…this is not the same situation

priestess we meet is going to try

Some of them, surely,

bowing a little and giving

Goddess – you are welcome here.

right on time.”

smile at each other and then look back to the

ask. The priestess smiles warmly at me but Cora turns to me with

“Can’t you feel her?”

a second and then, as I realize what she means that she

bite

used up’ our bond – used the magic of

I could save my child, and

her mouth making a startled “o” of concern, but

my head and work hard to give her a

“I’m glad you can feel her for

nods to me, sympathetic, and then we both turn back

around at our whole party and

let her gaze linger on the baby, admiring him. “Please, do

inside.”

a group, we follow the priestess into my

everyone’s heart is pounding as much

than the

desert temple was elegantly sparse, and the

is… cozy. The

here and treat it as a home.

padded benches by the windows,

worn stick broom tucked into a

that this is my favorite temple of all

in the middle of the large central

instead

back. Before she opens it, she turns to us with a warm smile.

giving us a moment. to

behind her ears and Roger comes to

very serious. He is, after all,

as such for the

who Sinclair helps me

I do it, but somehow I want Rafe quite close to me

grandmother. It feels

all ready – and Sinclair has placed

nods to the priestess who opens the

Goddess, standing at the far end of the room, glowing with

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