Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 468 – Seeds

Cora

The Goddess’ smile only broadens as she continues her thought. “But you can tell your sister that I have not been so generous as to send her two mates at once. And because I know it will worry her now, you can tell her that I have made her only one mate in this world, even though her mate had two.”

I grin a little then, thinking about her phrasing it as a generosity and not the torture that it clearly is for Sinclair. ” Why, though?” I ask, suddenly curious. “Why did he get two?”

“Because,” the goddess says, laughing a tinkling little laugh. “I have bigger plans, Cora, that stretch generations into the future. One day, Dominic’s experience loving two mates will help him empathize with another who likewise struggles.” She smirks a little at me. “Though…maybe don’t tell him that,” she wrinkles her nose playfully, “Might be more fun if you don’t.”

I laugh suddenly, delighted at the realization that my mother the Goddess is a little bit of trickster. How have we missed that before?

“So, what’s the deal with the Prince, then?” I ask, and I ignore Roger as he mumbles something behind me about not understanding what the hell is going on.

“The bond with the Prince,” mom says with a shrug, “it is something else. But some things, my love, must remain a mystery. The connection that I have built between Ella and the Atalaxian Prince – it is merely a seed.” She glances at my stomach, and then her eyes move to Ella. “Seeds, like children, take time to grow. But when they do…”

She smiles then and leaves the thought unfinished, shaking her hair back from her shoulders. “Is there anything else, daughter?” she asks, beginning to fade just a little bit.

“The baby?” I ask, suddenly desperate to know while I have her here. My hand moves instantly to my stomach. “Is he… will he be all right?”

She grins at me. “Your child will be born safe and sound, Cora, do not worry.” A little laugh rings through the air as she fades almost completely from sight. “And tell Ella that I love her, and to keep trying. I am eager to lay eyes on my first granddaughter.”

And quite suddenly, she’s gone.

I blink at the sudden absence in the room and then take a deep breath before looking around at my family, who all stare at me.

super weird,” Roger

say, rolling my eyes at him, “the night she visited you on the

sitting behind Ella, his face tucked miserably against his palm.

consider for just a second dragging it out a little further just to tease him. But he’s so miserable that I can’t. “Calvin isn’t Ella’s fated mate. She said that she only made Ella one mate,

heart breaks a little when I see Sinclair’s shoulders begin to

Roger slips onto the couch behind me, pulling me into his lap. I turn my attention to him as he wraps

me with his nose.

a little appalled at his question. “You

his face falling in pretend disappointment. “I was hoping for like eight or nine.

kill them all,” I hiss, though I start to laugh. “”Though I probably wouldn’t need to – they’d get

close. “When secretly, I’d keep them all in a little cabin

at the idea, but my mate and I both turn to my sister when she

So, I tell her everything strange thing mom said

so weird,” Ella breathes, her face

deep voice still very serious despite his mate’s clear peace and happiness. “You asked ‘why did he get two.’ What…what did she say

“She said Roger got two pop tarts this morning because they come in a pack,” I say, my voice slow and resonating with wisdom as I

his eyes at me as Ella laughs. “Tell me,”

“Cora’s conversation with our mother is hers, Dominic. You don’t get to make that demand

in her hands.

a third out there somewhere,” Roger murmurs

say, getting to my feet. “Are we

coming close and wrapping me in a hug. “Thank you, Cora,” she whispers