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.

him, but then

I say, my eyes

technically not yours,” he

to the nation to be passed

on the throne,” he grins widely at me, seeing the excitement on my face, “you get a crown.”

waiting for!” To my extreme disappointment, Sinclair does not take me immediately to the vault

box cutter to cut the tape on probably my fortieth

few feet away from me in his little playpen, Rafe lets out

Rafe,” I call to

“I agree.

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

“I’m just following the.

rules.

really a Kingdom precisely anymore the

them until the people have officially

bed, “onlyon state occasions.” “Again,” I sigh, pausing to look up at him, “this is a rule that I will choose, in my wisdom as Queen, not to follow.” And then I send him a mental image down the bond of when, precisely, I plan

good I’ll look wearing that

then huffs

“Fine,” he says.

can

“One to start,” I say primly, turning back to my task at

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

refill the palace with workers and get it back to fully functioning, hired a head

don’t even know where the kitchens are and it feels strange already to be waited on

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 on the floor in neat piles

get us moved in.” I do take a moment, though, to look

here?” I ask quietly,

which suits our taste a bit better, but still…I’ll never forget the day we

into his sandwich and watching

you sure you still want us to be our bedroom? We have options.” ” Yes,” I say with a

“I’m sure.

fitting.” I smile at

is a King’s bedroom for sure – and you

I reply,

wrong? Are you… doubting the fact that the coronation will go through or

everything

and his father…” he shakes his head, a little angry, “they took liberties

say quietly,

hope

he looks over at the

I hope I can convince him to be as well, when his

my face

crawling over to his little playpen and peeking over the

he not be, he’s so sweet!” Sinclair smiles at

a well-loved little baby whose mother thought they were too cute to do anything wrong.” Yes,” I sigh, standing and reaching down to

sending a little love down the bond to him that makes him

best, Rafe,” Sinclair says to our

moment as I raise my baby to my shoulder