Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 427 – A Mating Gift

“What?” Roger asks, going suddenly rigid and raising his head, his alpha instincts probably anticipating an attack of some kind “No,” I say, gaping up at the sky. ” Roger, look -”

And he turns to follow my gaze, his own mouth falling open as he sees. What looks like a thousand shooting stars cross the sky in a blink, one after the other, chasing each other across the blackness above the sea.

“Oh my god,” he murmurs, his head falling back as he stares upwards. Instinctually, I close the slight distance between us so that my body is pressed seamlessly against his, and I take his hand, and we both stare.

His body, like mine, is still thrumming with the joy of it – of the promises, the s3x, the marking, all of it – but this – the awe we both feel We’re both silent for a long time as we stare up at the sky, marveling.

“Cora,” Roger says after a long moment, turning his head to me a little but unable to tear his eyes away from the meteors that flash across the sky. ” Did you…do this?”

“What?” I ask, shocked.

“I mean,” he says slowly, “I’m pretty sure that you did the wind, and the earthquake –

“The what?” I gasp.

He turns to me for real now, a wide smile breaking out on his face as his eyes meet mine. “I mean, I know I’m good Cora, but you had to have noticed-

“An earthquake?”

“The ground shook, Cora! What did you think it was?”

“I thought it was just a – a little shake! Not an earthquake.”

laughing, giving me a tiny shrug. “I mean, I don’t think you levelled any cities – though, I mean, I can

“You don’t get

waist, pulling me flush against him again, stomach

as he kisses me back. But then he pulls away a bit, staring into my eyes for a long moment before glancing up at the sky again. “But seriously,”

at the sky, where the meteors continue to streak, leaving behind their long tails of golden light. They’re slower now, more patient, less a frantic rush of stars. Now they

eyebrows, impressed, and I grin to see it. ” Nobody’d better piss you off, Cora,” he says, considering. “Or we’ll get an asteroid and another species-ending event, like

a playful shove. “So, keep

to piss you off every day,”

laugh, inviting it. Because honestly,

not everyone gets him, but with me he walks a very fine line of teasing, bringing me right to the edge of my limits but

It makes us great in

he can study his handywork on my neck. “What’s it look like? Did you do good, or did you

“Nah, it’s real pretty Cora. You’ll like it. And I put it high, where everyone

at him then, spinning my head back, grinning. “Jealous,” I accuse, narrowing my eyes

my collar bone. “I want everyone to know you’re mine. Can you just start wearing

now. “I’m sure that will go over really well with the humans we’re trying to convince that we truly believe human and wolf kind are

grinning down

my head at him. “Only if you wear a matching

he says, his voice full of mischief as he brings his face again close to mine. “I already have to beat the women off with a stick – this will cut my job in

shut up! You so do not have

minutes! Sorry, I’m a mated man sincere apologies, I know, it is a loss for womankind,

then, even as I laugh, grabbing him tight and pulling him against me, letting my nails sink a bit into his skin. “You’re a liar,” I murmur, bringing my lips to his, “but if you push it, I really will

me, a

deep breath,

smile. Roger

“Baby’s up,” I murmur.

replies, “hard to sleep

and send my own little feeling along the bond to the baby. Happy? Happy! Comes the response,

Roger murmurs, smiling with a deep content