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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.

sometimes,” I say quietly,

down at his son. “He’s very

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

the world will

that title for about…five more months,” Roger

a smirk. Sinclair just laughs and shakes his

letting it pass.

ready, Cora?” I ask, moving

giving me a nod and reaching

us begin to walk towards the

a woman in dove- colored robes comes out

going still at

feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm

and

stay at Cora’s side.

not the same situation we were

meet is going to

Some of them, surely, actually serve

bowing a little and giving us a deep smile as

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

right on time.”

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

smiles warmly at me but Cora turns

“Can’t you feel her?”

at Cora for a second and then, as I realize

mother here already – I bite my lip, feeling a very

I used up’ our bond –

gift so that I could

making a

my head and work hard

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

sympathetic, and then we both turn back to the

the priestess says, smiling around at our whole

gaze linger on the baby, admiring him.

inside.”

as a group, we follow the priestess

wonder if everyone’s heart is

the ones that

elegantly

is… cozy. The

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

by the windows, at the

the little worn stick

this is my favorite temple of all – and that I

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

instead leads us across it to a

Before she opens it, she turns to us

asks, giving us a moment.

tucks her hair behind her ears and

his shoulders, his face very serious. He is, after

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

who Sinclair

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

grandmother. It feels

Sinclair has placed a

priestess who opens the door and leads

her immediately, we all doThe beautiful Goddess, standing at the far end of the

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