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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.

he understands sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling up at

down at his son. “He’s

kiss my baby’s forehead. “Yes, he is. The

the world will ever

title for about…five more

arms over his chest with a smirk. Sinclair just laughs

letting it pass.

ask, moving again

think so,” she says, giving me a nod and reaching for my hand. I give it,

breath, the five of us begin to

woman in dove- colored robes

for a moment, going still at the

I saw themBut I feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm against my

of comfort comes down the bond and I exhale, skipping forward

stay at Cora’s side.

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

priestess we meet is going to try to

Some of them, surely,

a little and giving us a deep

“Daughters of the Goddess – you are welcome here. And you

right on time.”

then look back to the woman. “Is she

warmly at me but Cora turns to me with

“Can’t you feel her?”

for a second and then, as I

bite my

our bond –

that I could save my child, and

this very suddenly, her mouth making a startled “o” of

work hard to give her a

I say, squeezing her hand. “I’m glad you can feel

sympathetic, and then we

at

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

inside.”

we follow the

heart is pounding

inside, is different than the

elegantly sparse, and

this one is… cozy. The architecture

can tell that women live here and treat it as a home. As I

padded benches by the

the little worn stick broom

my favorite temple of all – and that

in the middle of the

the dome, but instead leads us across it to a door

back. Before she opens it, she turns to us with

giving us

tucks her hair behind her ears and Roger comes to stand

very serious.

such for the first time. I smile at both of

who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the carrier. I

want Rafe quite close

It

all ready – and Sinclair has placed

Cora nods to the priestess who opens

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

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