Surrogate For Alpha Dom

King and Queen Ella “I’m glad we did that,” I say later that afternoon as Sinclair pulls our car around to the front entrance of the palace.

“I couldn’t stand to say goodbye to that house if it was to a stranger.

Too many memories there.” ” I agree,” Sinclair says, parking directly out front in what feels…well, feels too informal for the future King’s first entrance to the palace, his new home.

” Doesn’t this place have like, a garage?” I murmur, looking into the back seat to check on little Rafe, who is happily chewing on the sleeve of his little baby hoodie and staring at himself in a mirror attached to his car seat.

“I… think so…” Sinclair says, and I look up in surprise to see him grimacing at me a little.

“I’ve only really been here for state occasions,” he says, shrugging.” And the birth of our child,” I point out.

“Well for that,” he says, “wealsojust parked out front.” “True true,” I say, turning away to my door.

“I guess we’ll figure it all out.

Yes, we will,” he murmurs, getting out of the car and opening the back seat to lift out Rafe’s carrier.

While I wait for them to come around to my side, I stare up at the gorgeous palace in front of me.

“I can’t believe this is going to be my home,” I murmur.

“I can’t believe I’m going to be a King,” he sighs.

I look up at him, studying the lines of his handsome face.

“Yeah,” I agree.

“Me neither.” Sinclair laughs and shakes his head down at me.

“Well, I would hope thatyouwould try to chuff me up a little bit there.” I laugh and take his arm, squeezing it.

“Well, you know I think you cando it,” I say, grinning, “and that I don’t think anyone else could do it any better.

I just,” I consider it for a moment, shaking my head.

“I don’t know.

I’m not going to be able to get used to people calling you King.” “Will you be able to get used to people calling you Queen?” he asks, brow arched.

I laugh up into his face at the ridiculousness of it.

“Absolutely not,” I reply.

“They’ll all just have to call me Ella, or I’ll walk right past them without realizing that they’re talking to me.” “You don’t do so poorly responding to Luna,” he says, pulling his arm from my grip and wrapping it around my shoulder to pull me close.

Yes, but that feels more real,” I say quietly.

“I…know what a Luna’s supposed to do.

I want to protect my pack, help them in all things.” “I imagine Queen is much the same,” he says softly.

“You’ll get used to it.

great.” “Do I get a crown?” I ask grinning up at him, but then my face falls slack with shock when

I say, my

technically not yours,”

to the nation to be passed from

at me, seeing the excitement on my face, “you get a crown.” “Well

for!” To my extreme disappointment, Sinclair does not take me immediately to the vault with the crown jewels and let me wear

angrily as I use a box cutter to cut the tape

away from me in his little playpen, Rafe lets

Rafe,”

“I agree.

“I am not,” Sinclair laughs, coming into the room with a little tray of food

“I’m just following the.

rules.

precisely anymore the jewels belong to

right to wear them until the people have officially

that I will choose, in my wisdom as Queen, not to follow.” And then

look wearing that crown,

then huffs a laugh,

“Fine,” he says.

exception can be

I say primly, turning back to my

eat,” he says, taking the fancy lids off of our plates of sandwiches, like we’re in some

people to refill the palace with workers and get

kitchens are and it feels strange already to be

I going to do when I’m pregnant again? Just… wander the halls, starving, searching for the kitchens? “I’m not hungry yet,” I say to Sinclair, laying out Rafe’s clothes

I do take a moment, though, to look

I ask

bit better, but still…I’ll never forget the day we brought

biting into

our bedroom? We

“I’m sure.

fitting.” I smile

you are a King!”

saying that,” I reply,

Are you… doubting the fact that the coronation will go through or something?” “No,” he replies, cocking his head to

just…want everything to

head, a little angry, “they took liberties with the privileges

” I know,” I say quietly, watching my

hope

looks over at

well, when his

then my face bursts into a

he’ll be a great Prince! And a wonderful King!” And then I laugh, crawling over to his little playpen and peeking over the edge,

could he not be, he’s so sweet!” Sinclair

little baby whose mother thought they were too cute to do anything wrong.” Yes,” I sigh, standing and reaching down to pick up my baby and carry him over to his poor

we’ll raise him right.” I kiss my baby on his head, sending a little

Rafe,” Sinclair

can promise you that.” “So,” I say, after a moment as I raise my baby to my