Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

Chapter 7 – Agreement

Ella

“This baby is mine.” I tell him possessively. “You can’t just tell me you’re magic and expect me to take that as proof you’re the father.”

“My senses don’t lie, little human.” Sinclair declares, leaving no room for argument. “Nor do my investigators. You’re not in any position to care for this child. Your income is too low to pay off your debts in time, and no woman who claims to be responsible would ever get pregnant in such a situation.”

“My income?” I force the words out through clenched teeth, “what income? You got me fired!”

The big man… or wolf, I suppose, blinks in surprise. “You were fired?”

“Now who’s playing dumb?” I demand wryly. “You called the Graves after I asked you to help Cora, you got me fired and ruined my reputation.”

“I did no such thing.” He insists. “I didn’t even know you were no longer employed.”

“I thought your investigators were the best?” I taunt, and I can feel myself toeing the line of his temper.

“Clearly this was very recent.” He bites back. “And I don’t blame you for becoming desperate, but you have to admit the only explanation for this,” He gestures to my tummy, “is that you needed money and hoped to extort it from me in exchange for the child.”

“I wanted this child more than anything in the world!” I exclaim, surging to my feet. “I’ve been trying to get pregnant for years and when I came to Cora I didn’t know about the identity theft or that I was going to lose my job. This was my last chance and you have no idea how hard it’s been… how painful it is to think I might have to abort it because of everything that’s happened since.” I didn’t mean to tell him so much, but the words poured out of me before I could stop them. I’ve been so preoccupied with these thoughts the last few days I clearly couldn’t keep them contained.

“Abort it!?” Sinclair rises to his feet in a blur, suddenly towering over me despite the fact that I’m still standing on the exam table’s step. “So now you’re threatening me?”

with you, as you said I can’t afford

abort their pups.” He growls. “Our children are too precious and Cora knows that.

impossible! How many times do I have to tell you that if this child is yours, it was an accident! Cora didn’t switch the samples on purpose and I didn’t get pregnant because I wanted you

narrows his eyes at me. “You’re a very good

snake.” I snap. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you have scales when you shift instead

growl sounds in his chest, so full of raw power that my knees go weak. “Be careful Ella, I’m showing you a lot of lenience right now because you don’t know our ways, but keep

told me how precious your pups are so I know you’re not going to hurt me.” To my horror, I feel my eyes burning with tears. Swiping at them angrily, I continue, “and I’ve already lost everything else I

was all too suspicious, especially now that I know the truth about Cora’s lab. It couldn’t be easy to mix up samples of different species… wait a minute. The little voice in the back of my head whispers, and I turn back to

She wouldn’t have believed it would work even if we were

huge werewolf blinks, processing this information with a grimace. Silence stretches between us and eventually he sighs, scrubbing a hand over his face. “I’m not saying I believe you, but however it happened, we need to come to

eye him warily,

the bridge of his nose.

what? The baby?” I sputter, “You want me to

belong in my world. So how much is it going to

negotiate a price for my baby, like it’s a bag of rice or a car! Nor do I want it raised by someone who thinks of it as

“do you have any idea how long I’ve

this child now, but I’m not going to hand it over to someone who doesn’t give a da mn about it beyond what it can offer them.” I state ferociously, my maternal instincts

With you its best chance is to scrounge and scrape in poverty, a*suming you have the decency to let it live. With me it will be

can’t buy everything.” I remind him co olly. “I notice you said nothing about

snarls, “I have a connection to my pup you will never understand. How dare you speak to me about love when you

love!” I exclaim, “I didn’t want it to suffer, I didn’t want it to grow up like…” I almost said, ‘like I did’, but I stop