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.

he understands sometimes,” I say quietly,

down at his

to kiss my baby’s

world will ever

that title for about…five more

chest with a smirk. Sinclair just laughs and shakes

letting it pass.

Cora?” I ask, moving again to

says, giving me a nod and reaching for my hand.

of us begin to walk

a woman in dove- colored robes comes

going still at

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

comes down the bond and I

stay at Cora’s side.

he’s right. This is…this is not the

is different, and not every priestess we meet

of them, surely,

woman says, bowing a little and giving us

of the Goddess – you

right on time.”

I smile at each other and then look back to the woman. “Is

priestess smiles warmly at me but Cora turns to me with

“Can’t you feel her?”

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

bite my lip,

cannot feel her. I used up’ our bond – used the magic

I could save my child, and Cora,

a startled “o” of concern, but I

hard to give her a

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

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

around at

on the

inside.”

a group, we follow the priestess into my mother’s temple. And

I wonder if everyone’s heart is pounding

temple, inside, is different than the ones that we’ve been in

temple was elegantly sparse, and the city

impressive, this one is… cozy. The architecture is

you can tell that women live here and treat it as a

by the

the little worn stick broom tucked into a corner, I

this is my favorite temple of all –

does not pause in the middle of the large central room of

but instead leads us across it

turns to

she asks, giving us a

her hair behind her ears

very serious. He is, after all, about

mother as such for the first time. I smile at both

I reach for the baby, who Sinclair helps me

somehow I want Rafe quite close to me as

grandmother. It

– and Sinclair has placed a warm

nods to the priestess who opens the door and

standing at the far end

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