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 how he likes it here

claps and gurgles like he

understands sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling up

proudly down at his son “He’s

baby’s forehead “Yes,

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

chest with a smirk.

shakes his

ready, Cora?” I ask, moving again to

me a nod and reaching for my hand. I give it, and, with another deep. breath, the five of us

comes out of

moment, going still at the sight of those

last time I saw them

and then a little pulse of comfort. comes

is not the same

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

serve my mother.

bowing a little and giving us a deep smile as we approach.

Goddess – you are welcome here. And you are right

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

at me but Cora turns to me with a frown.

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Cora for a second and then, as I realize what

bite my lip, feeling a

—

I used up our bond used the magic of it to

save my child, and Cora, and

“o” of concern, but I just shake my head and work hard to

smile

hand “I’m glad you

nods to me, sympathetic, and then we both tum

the priestess says, smiling around at our whole party and taking a

the baby, admiring him “Please,

And

it as a home. As I look around at the padded benches by the windows, at the well-loved books neatly tucked into alcoves and the little worn stick

it to a door at

his shoulders, his face very serious. He 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 baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the carrier. I don’t know why I do it, but somehow I want Rafe

–

warm hand on my shoulder – Cora nods to the priestess who opens the

immediately, we

Her face breaks into a smile as we cross the room, her eyes flashing over all of us but focusing on Cora. I

time, as I look

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