Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 363 – Trouble, Trouble, Trouble

Ella

Cora and I stand silently in the garage of the bunker, watching our mates pack their cars in preparation for their a*sault. Rafe is in my arms, fussing unhappily, and Henry has rolled his chair up on Cora’s other side, likewise watching tensely.

“It will be finished tonight,” Henry says, nodding confidently. “I know it. The boys will finish this.”

“I hope you are right, Henry,” I sigh. “I don’t know how much longer I can keep sending him off like this.”

Henry looks up at me, sympathy in his eyes, but I can’t return his gaze – I’m too overwhelmed. Instead, I look down at my little red baby, who is now crying unhappily in my arms.

Minutes – I know we’ve got minutes left until Roger and Sinclair leave. And I can barely take it.

“Come here, mini trouble,” Sinclair murmurs, and I jump a little as I realize that he’s close to me now, reaching out for the baby. I was too lost in my thoughts. I look up at my mate, my eyes filled with tears, and silently hand over the baby in to his waiting arms.

He doesn’t turn his attention to Rafe, though, instead putting out his other arm to wrap around me. I rest my head against his chest, looking away from him. But my eyes just fall on Cora and Roger, saying their own goodbyes next to me, and I can’t take that either.

So I turn my head in the other direction, pressing my eyes shut.

“It will be okay, Ella,” Sinclair whispers to me, the baby going quiet in his arms, as he always does, “I promise you, it will be okay.”

I whisper. “I trust you – it’s just the rest of the world, and what it has in store, that I

understanding, and then presses a kiss to my hair,

wrapping my hand around the strap of his bullet-proof vest and keeping him

chin. And I stare up at him, my my beautiful, tender, ferocious mate. I’m coming back to you. Tonight. And then we’ll have

eyes at him. “Or

me he loves me, and turns towards his car. Cora moves close to me next,

she says. “The big push. After this,

a lot, Cora,” I say as I turn to look at her, my bad spirits getting the best

little towards a smile as she holds

garage and drive away. Predictably, things are simultaneously boring and tense once the boys

us file into the little kitchen and sink down around the table. The bunker isn’t totally quiet – there’s

those persons who are still too ill to join the a*sault team,

the world right now, so united are we in our misery. Or, well, four people, if we’re

his wheelchair and coming out with a deck of

“Nothing says distraction like a couple hands of high- stakes poker,” she quips. I smile at her, knowing that Cora loves cards. She’s clever and precise enough with them to be a

that the boys are gone, let’s gamble away all their money,” I say, perking up myself at the idea.” Show them

at his lips. “What

both?” I

both to shame and earned not only a million dollars but also apparent ownership of

to hand the sleeping baby off to him. ” He’s all

the cards towards him to put them neatly back in their box. “I know you’re fond of him, after all. I’ll

She cocks her head to the side and smirks at Henry. “Should we agree on

opening his mouth to reply, but suddenly there’s a huge bang from down the hall from the entrance

three of us go silent, tensely turning towards the