Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 487

#Chapter 487- Mothers and Fathers

Ella

“Ella, you can’t just demand

But I glare at Sinclair, slicing my hand through the air and shaking my head as I realize that he can’t hear what I’m hearing.

And the first thing that comes to my ears…

Is a laugh.

“All right, little daughter,” a soft voice says, and I instantly recognize it as my mother. “I stopped there for a reason, but if you get out of my pool, I’ll give you one more.”

I narrow my eyes at the moon but do as the Goddess bids, stepping out of the pool.

“I ended there because I do not know the outcome,” she says, her voice sorrowful. “His mission will be…his own. But, I do know this…”

And I reach out and put a hand on Sinclair’s arm, very tense. I gasp a little as a new vision forms very fleeting, very brief –

But in it, Jesse is an old, old man wrinkles crinkle around his eyes as he smiles down at a child in his arms

His grandchild, or maybe his great- grandchild or maybe not a child of his blood at all, but certainly one he loves very, very much –

It’s gone as soon as it comes, but it’s enough.

Jesse – he lives. And it’s enough.

turned up now towards the sky, the tension falling

Thank you.”

the Goddess says, her words even fainter now than they were before. “Even if you

understanding, committing

whatever magic was here

light from the pool fades until it’s just…a

happened?” Sinclair asks, staring down at me

see?” I

his head at me. “See you plunge

when he continues to stare at me I let out a deep breath.

“She showed you more!?”

upset when the vision ended with Jesse in darkness. So, she showed me him as an old man, holding a

then glances up at the moon, as if he wants to get mad now but he’s a little too scared of her for blasphemy. “Well, that hardly seems

down at his

almost despite himself, shaking his head as he wraps Jesse up tightly in his blanket. The baby’s face is peaceful now, his eyes starting to drift shut. “Leave it to you, trouble,” he murmurs, “to bully

me, probably knowing that I’m upset and want to hold the baby close. “If I’m not going to bully a

it to you,” Sinclair sighs, wrapping a warm arm around my shoulders. “Come on. Let’s

makes good on his promise and comes out of Cora and Roger’s closet, tossing a pair of

down at me with her

on

forest and went totally still. We tried to put on a good show, ensuring the group of all the wonderful things we saw which is true! – but Cora didn’t say much at all, ushering everyone into the waiting vans so

was happily settled in the house with food and drink so Jesse’s celebration could continue,

worried, though he’s doing a bit

he says, putting

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