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.

sometimes,” I say

proudly down at his

I say, leaning closer to kiss my baby’s forehead. “Yes,

baby the world will

title for about…five

with a smirk. Sinclair just laughs and shakes his

letting it pass.

ask, moving

she says, giving me a nod

deep breath, the five of us begin to walk towards the temple.

woman in dove- colored

going still

the last time I saw themBut I feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm against

of comfort comes down the bond and I

stay at Cora’s side.

is…this is not

and not every priestess we meet is

of them, surely, actually serve

little and giving us a deep smile

Goddess – you

right on time.”

and then look back to the woman. “Is

me but Cora

“Can’t you feel her?”

at Cora for a second and then, as

our mother here already – I bite my lip, feeling

feel her. I used up’ our

could save my

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

my head and work hard

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

then we both turn back

smiling around at our

her gaze linger on the baby,

inside.”

so, as a group, we follow the

I wonder if everyone’s heart is pounding as much

different than the

elegantly sparse, and the city

is… cozy. The

live here and treat it as a

at the padded benches by the windows,

alcoves and the little worn stick broom tucked into a corner,

is my favorite temple of all – and that I

not pause in the middle of

but instead leads us

she turns to us with a warm smile.

giving us

hair behind her ears and Roger comes to

shoulders, his face very serious. He

his mate’s mother as such for the first time. I

I reach for the baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle

somehow I want Rafe quite close to

It feels

and Sinclair has placed a warm hand on

the priestess who

Goddess, standing at the far end of

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