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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.

understands sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling

grinning proudly down at his son. “He’s

I say, leaning closer to kiss my baby’s

the world

for about…five more months,” Roger calls

smirk. Sinclair just laughs and shakes

letting it pass.

ready, Cora?” I ask,

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

the five of us begin to walk

in dove- colored robes comes

still at the sight of those robes

behind me, his hand warm against my

down the bond and I exhale, skipping forward a

stay at Cora’s side.

not the same

meet

of them, surely,

says, bowing a little and giving us a deep smile

you are

right on time.”

each other and then look back to the woman. “Is she

warmly at me but Cora turns to

“Can’t you feel her?”

and then, as I realize what she

bite my lip, feeling a very deep

used up’ our

that I could save my child, and

suddenly, her mouth making a startled “o” of

head and work hard

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

and then we both turn back to the

at our

let her gaze linger on the baby, admiring

inside.”

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

everyone’s heart is

different than the ones that we’ve

temple was elegantly sparse,

and impressive, this one is… cozy. The architecture is still

women live here and treat

the padded benches by the windows, at the

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

temple of all – and that I quite

middle of the

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

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

she asks, giving us a moment. to

behind her ears and

his face very serious. He is,

such for the first time. I smile

who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the carrier.

why I do it, but somehow I want Rafe quite close to me as we go

grandmother. It

Sinclair has placed a warm hand on

priestess who

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

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