Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 393: Do You Know what I Know?

Cora

“What?” I ask, confused. I – I have a gift? I quickly search for it within myself

but….it’s not there. I mean, I know how Ella’s feels – she passed it to me before,

I carried it – but there is nothing in me now that feels anything like that…

“Yours is different from your sisters,” the Goddess explains. “Ella’s soul is that of

a healer, and so that is her gift. Yours,” she smiles lightly, “reflects you. You’ve

used it before,” she says, turning her head to glance at Roger with a little laugh.

“I’m surprised you did not notice it then.”

“What?” I ask again, still baffled. But she turns to go and I grab for her hand.

“Please,” I say, shaking my hand, “I don’t understand -”

“Perhaps you should ask your sister for help,” the Goddess says with a shrug.

“She can guide you to it, I think, as hers is already unlocked. But you already

have your gift, Cora.” She assures me. She hesitates then before laughing a

little, “as does your child.”

“What!?” I say for the third time, my mouth falling open now as I stare at her and

then glance down at my stomach before looking back up into her face. ” My

child -”

“All your children,” she says simply, as if it’s obvious, “will be gifted, as you are,

as Ella is. As you, my daughters, are gifts to me – it is my gift to you, and to all

of your children.”

“Whoa,” Roger says, sitting back in his chair and raising a hand to his head in

shock. “All…all are kids are going to be magic?”

The Goddess laughs a little. “Each will be gifted,” she says simply, turning back

to me. “And each gift will be unique, and will reflect each child’s unique spirit. As

yours does, as Ella’s does. They’ll all have pieces in common but -” she sighs

happily now, shaking her head as if it’s too complicated to explain. “You will see,

Cora. I need not explain it all. Your children will show you.”

“Thank you,” I whisper.

“I love you,” the Goddess says, raising her hand and brushing my cheek with

her fingertips. “Carry that knowledge your whole life. I will see you again,” she

promises, and I cling to that prophecy just a little, “but until then carry my love.”

Roger and I watch, my mother passes

that I swear was not there a moment

to stare at him, he starts to laugh

delighted sound – as he gets up and crosses the

me tight in his arms and rocking me back and forth

head against my neck.

me tight. “I knew it

news-”

I laugh, and finally as the shock leaves my system I feel

deep and resounding joy in

was!”

he admits, his voice muffled against

to be all right.

him think

wolf turns in a happy little circle,

fur, getting used to the feel of her body

freely.

a little straighter and grins down into my

going to be a wolf, and you have a wolf,

bond -” he shakes his head, laughing,

up at him and raising my hands to

feel crazy different, like expanded –

asks, interrupting me and looking

tug at the collar

I see him eyeing

and swat

dropping open a little bit – but we’re both

offended. We’re we’re just…so connected now 1- that

snapped together on both ends. It’s like he can

meaning without even having to look at me, even listen

I

playfully. “We’re in my mom’s

not just going to like, throw down

back of

the hell not?” he asks, looking at me like

be a wolf in spirit, but I was

little more decency than that.” And then as he wraps his

waist and pulls me closer, looking hungrily down at me,

whole body shakes. It takes him a moment but then

our joy between ourselves

it that makes me

down a little bit, after he presses

and kisses me,

makes me feel absolutely complete. “But as

his teeth at me, letting

precise intentions.

I nudge him with my nose, just as

better,” I whisper, feeling an intense hunger

didn’t feel before.

Roger exhales and loosens his arms, his eyes drifting down

he makes space between us. “So

And Sinclair and Ella are going to flip

them that Rafe -”

unable to finish his sentence. I feel

before he looks up and whispers my name.