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

him quietly, asking him how he likes it

and gurgles

I

Sinclair says, grinning proudly down at his son “He’s very

leaning closer to kiss my baby’s forehead

can keep that title for about…five more months,” Roger calls to us, crossing his arms

chest with a smirk.

shakes his head, letting

you ready, Cora?” I ask, moving again to

my hand. I give it, and, with another deep. breath, the five of us begin to walk towards the temple. As

out of the

hesitate for a moment, going still

the last time I saw

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

is not the same situation we were in before.

meet is going to try to take my baby away. Some

serve my mother.

and giving us a deep smile as we

you are welcome here. And you are right on

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

at me but Cora turns to me with a

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for a second and then, as I realize what she means that she can feel our

lip, feeling

—

used the magic of it to unbind my wolf and

that I could save my child, and Cora, and my mate. Cora realizes this

I just shake my head and

smile

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

and then

says, smiling around at our whole party and taking a moment

admiring him “Please,

we follow the priestess into my mother’s temple And

live here and treat it as a home. As I look around at the padded benches by the

to a

is, after all, about to be introduced to his mate’s mother as such for the first time. I smile at both of them as I reach for the

–

a warm hand on my shoulder – Cora nods to the priestess

immediately, we all

at the far end of the room, glowing with the faint luminescence of moonlight. Her face breaks into a smile as we cross the room, her eyes flashing over all of us but focusing

time, as

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