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 quietly,

down at his son.

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

baby the world will ever see

for about…five more months,” Roger calls

with a smirk. Sinclair

letting it pass.

Cora?” I ask,

giving me a nod and reaching

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

dove- colored

for a moment, going still at

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

and

stay at Cora’s side.

This is…this is not the same situation

not every priestess we meet is going to try to take my

of them, surely, actually serve

little and

the Goddess – you are

right on time.”

and then look back to

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

“Can’t you feel her?”

second and then, as I realize what she means that

our mother here already – I bite my

used up’ our bond – used

wolf and my gift so that I could save my child, and Cora,

making a startled “o” of concern, but

head and work hard to

“I’m glad you can feel her for both

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

the priestess says, smiling around at

let her gaze linger on the baby, admiring him.

inside.”

we follow the priestess into my mother’s temple. And as

everyone’s heart is pounding as much as

the ones that we’ve been

the desert temple was elegantly

cozy. The architecture is still

that women live here and treat it as a

benches by the windows, at

into alcoves and the little worn stick

my favorite temple of all

pause in the middle of the large central room

the space beneath the dome, but instead leads us across

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

giving us a moment.

tucks her hair behind her ears and Roger comes to

face very serious. He is, after all, about to

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

the baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the

I want Rafe quite close to me as we go to

It

and Sinclair has placed a

to the priestess who opens the door

her immediately, we all doThe beautiful Goddess, standing at

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