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

Rafe claps and gurgles

sometimes,” I say quietly, smiling up at

grinning proudly down at his son “He’s

to kiss my baby’s forehead “Yes, he

about…five more months,” Roger calls to us, crossing

chest with a smirk.

shakes his head,

ask, moving again to

says, giving me a nod and reaching for my hand. I give it, and, with another deep. breath, the five of us begin to walk towards the temple. As we approach, a woman

comes out of the

moment, going still at the sight of

last time I saw

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

same situation we were in before. This

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

serve my mother.

and giving us a deep smile as we

– you are welcome here. And

I smile at each other and then look back to the

smiles warmly at me but Cora turns to me with a

1

I realize what

my lip, feeling

—

bond used the magic of it to unbind my wolf

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

I just shake my head and work hard to give

smile

hand “I’m glad you can feel her for both of

then

around at our whole party and

admiring him

mother’s temple And

in before. While the desert temple. was elegantly sparse, and the city temple was sweeping and impressive, this one is…cozy. The architecture is still bright and wide, but you can tell that women live here and treat it as a home. As I look around at the padded benches by the windows, at the

across it to a door at the back. Before she opens

the first time. I smile at both of them as I reach for the baby, who Sinclair helps me unbuckle from the carrier.

–

shoulder – Cora nods to the priestess who opens the door and

see her immediately, we all do

with the faint luminescence of moonlight. Her face breaks into a smile as we cross the room, her eyes flashing over all

And this time, as I

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