Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 303

#Chapter 303 – Moonlight Baptism

“Well,” Henry answers, hesitating. “Cora and Roger will see the prophecy.”

My face falls a little when I realize the implications of this. “Really? Unfair,” I declare, pouting.

Henry laughs a little along with me. “It will bring them closer to him, give them a bond.”

“Well,” I sigh, “I want them to have that. What sort of things do you learn, though? Do you share them with the parents?”

“If you choose,” Henry shrugs. “I always did. And Sinclair and Roger’s godparents shared with me, for which I was grateful.”

“What did they tell you?” I ask, curious.

“That Sinclair would be a great leader of men,” Henry says, looking down at the baby again, clearly remembering his baby who looked so like this one. “That was no surprise. But Roger, that was…”

I pause, curious, suddenly fascinated. “What did they say?”

He hesitates and then meets my eye. “I never even told Roger about it. But they told me that his destiny laid less with who he was, and more with the children he would sire. The many children, who would be…” he looks away a bit, trying to sort his thoughts, “it was hard to understand. But something about a set of extraordinary children who would bring much joy to the world.”

My stomach drops at this, though I work hard to keep it off my face.

Cora

give him children… Henry meets,

says quietly. “Don’t think too hard on her messages they often

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my baby, who’s staring up at me with his wide eyes, which are just starting to turn green. “Besides, today is about this little one.

his future

my heart is full to bursting to see all of them – especially Isabel, James, and Sadie, who I think I hugged for

friends and family. But still, Isabel and I make plans to have a good long talk later this week before Cora comes to

I picked expressly for the occasion. It’s perhaps too much for a trip to

know. I’ve never

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his tuxedo. He rests two reassuring hands on my shoulders. “Everything is in

in more ways than one. “I just want everything to go smoothly, and everyone to

whispers in my ear, and I can feel him smiling as he does it. “You don’t need to be everything to everyone, trouble. They’re here to help you. You could have come down in pajamas ten minutes before the ceremony, with baby vomit streaked down your shirt, and no

turning on

down and enjoy the night.

I murmur, smiling against his lips and then looking down at my happy

moving towards the door. “It’s good that you figured

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