Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 476- Chaos at Home Ella

“Oh geeze,” I say when we pull up to Cora and Roger’s house in the pre- dawn morning and see that every light is on. “You ready for this?”

“Sure!” Sinclair says, grinning at me as he puts the car in park at the end of the driveway. “It will be a nice role reversal – this time Roger can be the one worried sick and I can be in the background cracking jokes.”

“Aww, sweetheart,” I say, grinning at my mate and putting a soft hand on his cheek. “It’s cute that you think you’re funny enough to crack jokes.”

Sinclair’s brows knit together as he frowns at me. “What are you talking about? I’m very funny.”

“Okay, baby,” I murmur, patting his shoulder as I turn to climb out of the car.

“I am!” he insists as he gets out of the driver’s seat and starts around the car.

“Dominic,” I sigh, hiding my teasing grin as I lean into the car and unbuckle Rafe, pulling him into my arms. “You have so many blessings. Why do you need to be funny too?”

“Because I am funny!” Sinclair says, crossing his arms and glaring at me.

“Okay!” I say cheerfully, not contracting him but moving quickly towards the front door of the house without confirming either.

“Ella!” he scoffs, striding after me.

“What!?” I laugh, knocking on the door for once instead of just striding in because I want to give Cora and Roger their privacy if they’re not ready for us. We did get here really fast, after all the roads were empty this early.

“I make you laugh all the time,” Sinclair says, still frowning down at me.

“Yes, sweetheart,” I say, grinning with mischief as I gaze up at him, “but I’m laughing at you, not your jokes.”

He growls at me, starting to get a little miffed, and I burst into laughter. Sinclair opens his mouth to protest more but both of our attention snaps forward when the door flies open, revealing a harried Roger staring at us with the fingers of one hand already tangled in his own hair.

“Come in,” he says, his voice frantic and full of dread. “I need you to talk sense into her – ”

beyond Roger to see her starting up the steps, leaning hard

on his shoulder as I hurry past him and up the stairs to Cora, taking the plate of toast she’s carrying out of her hand,

the stair lift chair?”

Cora growls as she continues

duh,” I say, rolling my eyes at

a little and she. shakes her head at me. “Okay, good,” she says. “Someone sane is here. Can you

from the bottom of the steps, and I turn

very pregnant and

insists as Sinclair closes the front door and stands at his brother’s side at the bottom of the stairs, radiating support but unable to keep a little smile from his mouth, clearly enjoying seeing his big brother all freaked out. “This idea of a home birth was a terrible idea – what were we

on a home birth months ago, Roger!” Cora calls over her shoulder, sighing as she does. I grin at her as we get to the top of the steps because I can tell that this is an argument they’ve been having all night, and one that she thinks is getting old. “We’re

Roger growls, starting to follow us up the

birth is a good idea,” I say, following Cora into her bedroom and over to the bed, where I place her toast on the side table before lifting Rafe more securely into my arms. Cora climbs into bed

there’s no reason to not do it at home, and I’ve got doctors coming to stand by just in case! Ridiculous,” she

hospital,” Roger says, crossing his arms as he comes

just how she wants them.

a home birth, Roger,” I say, turning to him and gesturing to Rafe, who gives a happy little squeak. “Or, well, a palace birth, even if it wasn’t our home yet. And everything

slack as he stares at me. “You almost died,

turning my head to the side as I remember it. “Oh yeah!” I laugh a little, giving a shrug.

I always forget

the Prairie,” Cora murmurs, rolling her eyes at

louder this time, and I see Sinclair clench his jaw to keep from laughing as he pats

at Roger’s turned back, but I turn back to Cora when I hear her moan a little. ”

a deep

“Did your water break?”

to

coming quickly to my side. “Is she…is she all

growls, lifting her