The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 389: 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

likes it here and if he’s ready to meet his

claps and gurgles like

he understands sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling up at

Sinclair says, grinning proudly down

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

can keep that title for about…five more months,” Roger calls to

chest with a smirk.

laughs and shakes his head, letting it

I ask, moving

and, with another deep. breath, the five of us begin to walk towards the temple. As

out

for a moment, going still at the

time I saw them

I feel Sinclair behind me, his hand warm against my back, and then a little pulse of comfort. comes down the bond and I exhale, skipping forward a little to

This is…this is not the same situation we were in before. This is

every priestess we meet is going to try to take my baby away. Some of them, surely,

serve my mother.

says, bowing a little and giving us a deep smile as

– you are welcome here. And you are

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

warmly at me but Cora turns to me with a frown. “Can’t

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then, as I realize what she means

already I bite my lip, feeling a

—

I used up our bond used the magic of it to unbind my wolf and

could save my child, and Cora,

just shake my head and

smile

glad you can feel her for both

nods to me, sympathetic, and then we

smiling around at our whole party and taking a moment to

on the baby, admiring

mother’s temple And as we go, I wonder a

it as a home. As

of the temple, the space beneath the dome, but instead leads us across it to a door at the back. Before she opens it,

smile at both of them as I reach for the baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the carrier. I don’t know why I do it, but somehow I want Rafe

–

all ready and Sinclair has placed a warm hand on my shoulder

her immediately, we all do

face breaks into a smile as we cross the room, her eyes flashing over all of us but focusing on Cora. I can’t help the tears

And this time, as I

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