Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 439 – The Crowd’s Approval

Ella

We move immediately to the grand hall of the palace, where we met our delegates a few nights ago. Sinclair and I wait quietly in a little room off the side of the entrance for everyone from the first room to move to their chairs in the second, where there are already thousands of people waiting. While there was only room in the first chamber for a small selection of our population, the grand hall is much larger.

And it’s packed.

I squeal a little bit with excitement as I peek through a little velvet curtain that covers a window on the door, excited to see so many people gathered to celebrate with us. I lift Rafe so he can see too, but then I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn to see my sister’s beaming face.

“Ella!” she laughs as I squeal and wrap my free arm around her. She wraps her arms tight around me, rocking me back and forth. “I’m so happy for you both,” she murmurs into my shoulder, laughing a little. ” Unanimous! It’s unprecedented!”

“Happy for all of us!” I laugh, pulling back to grin at her a little. Rafe reaches for her, happy, and Cora gives him a kiss and a cuddle, but doesn’t take him from me. Not yet.

I glance behind Cora to see Roger happy at Sinclair’s side, their father with them. They’re speaking with a couple of the Royal aids, who are showing them something on an ipad.

“What is that?” I ask.

“Probably footage from outside,” Cora says, still smiling. “It’s crazy out there, Ella. The streets are filled.”

my expression suddenly falling with worry as I glance towards the door.

aren’t a ton of humans, but those who are there are celebrating.” She takes a moment to smile at me softly. ” They’ve done a lot of analysis and polling, Ella,

I ask, confused. I mean – I haven’t even been in the public eye for long

– and they love your story orphan girl, who found her mate by chance, and didn’t even know she was a wolf? And they don’t

at this and swat her away. ” That’s ridiculous, Cora,” I murmur. ” I’m

real, Ella. Wolves and humans alike

I find that even as I desperately hope that it’s true, I can’t really

love them and I’m going

over and looking between Cora and I. Roger grins at me from beyond my

Roger laughs, ” She’s been waiting to get her hands on that

raising my chin at him and pretending to be haughty. “Just because you

sighs, pretending grief. “I just

her eyes and moving to his side, looping her arm in his. “If you call it a necklace again I’m

says in a false stage whisper, loud enough for

joke, but Sinclair just glares at his brother and

cheerfully on the shoulder. “Your

looking sternly up at his sons. “If you’re done kidding around?

decency to look mildly ashamed

We rehearsed this all, after all. Sinclair will go first, and then me second, and then Cora will take Rafe and she, Roger, and Henry will go down the long aisle to the front of the room, where the thrones sit. It’s all been timed very precisely, and we’ve got one chance

us as dignified, serious people who take our responsibilities with the gravity that they deserve. And I agree with him – as much as our family likes to

collectively, we all pull