Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 302 – 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.

I guess Cora was right.

Being a father is important to Roger – his destiny, even. And if Cora can’t give him children… Henry meets, my eyes, perhaps understanding the direction of my thoughts. He takes my hand,

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

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giving him a little smile, fighting against my own disappointment. I sit up straighter in my chair, smiling down at my baby, who’s staring up at

him again. “And his future is very,

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

all of our guests and introduce Rafe around to his new friends and family. But still, Isabel and I

almost breathless with excitement and stress as

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my glittering silver gown, which I picked expressly for the occasion. It’s perhaps too much for a trip to the woods, but we’ll be having champagne later – and then everyone coming back to the house to

God, I don’t know. I’ve never held a midnight baptism

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up behind me, looking gorgeous in his tuxedo. He rests two rea*suring hands on my shoulders. “Everything is in order, Ella – you don’t need to micromanage everything. It’s all going

head, grateful that my mate can read my mind in more ways than one. “I just want everything to go smoothly, and

“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

say, turning on him

Ella, is that you should just calm down and enjoy the night. It’s for

smiling against his lips and then looking down at my happy baby in my

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

vans waiting to take us all out in the woods. “Oh, Dominic!” I say, spinning in his arms and looking towards the kitchen.

at me with a stern

look up at him with

a little to grab Rafe’s car seat, waiting by the door. “You try, I’ll be here to help. We’ve got