Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 445- Wedding Preparations

Ella

“Ella!” Cora shouts from the closet, her voice a little frantic. “Ella, help! Please!”

I turn quickly towards the closet, a biscuit and a cup of coffee in each of my hands and Rafe strapped to my chest in his little carrier. “What’s wrong?” I call as I hurry towards her.

But I see the problem immediately as I come to the door, with Cora wrapped up in yards of fabric and one of the stylists tugging fervently at the buttons which close the back.

“It doesn’t fit,” Cora says, her face worried.

“What?” I say, my eyes going a little wide. “But we did a fitting two days ago did you -”

“I guess I got bigger,” Cora sighs, looking down at the little baby bump that makes me so happy to see. “I don’t know – it would be a ridiculous thing to consider with a human baby, but with the way these wolves grow? In leaps and bounds?” She looks back up at me, shaking her head. “I’m sorry Ella what the hell are we going to do?”

“We’re going to use the back-up dress,” I say, grinning widely and shoving the rest of the cookie in my mouth while I put my coffee down on a shelf. Then I move for a big white box I’ve kept secretly in the corner under a pile of other big white boxes.

“Oh, thank god,” the stylist murmurs under her breath, making me laugh.

you call the seamstresses?” I say to the second stylist, who nods and steps away

off the box and reveal an identical wedding gown, just one size larger.

pregnancy too!” I say, lifting the dress out and carrying it over. “I remember how unpredictable it is. At least you aren’t being flown over to

to strip off the first wedding dress as I hang up her second and

head and glancing over my shoulder at her. “So,” I say,

her

to her now. “You’re not excited

her head at me as she steps fully out of the dress and the stylist takes it away. ” You know that none of this has been important to me, and that Roger and I already had the mating ceremony to

moving to my sister, the steamer still in my hand. “Don’t

He burbles up at her, happily kicking his legs, making her laugh. “You’re more comfortable in the limelight than me, sis,” she

a mess at the coronation!

her eyebrows at me with a

I say, grinning at her, “you just be perfectly you! And it will

Actually, do you have a robe or something I

try this,” I say, pointing the steamer at her and letting out a little burst of warm

even as I point to the robe hanging up in a corner of the closet

feeling it’s going

and like we couldn’t make something special for Cora and Roger, but…well, it’s the biggest space we’ve got, and

little tuxedo with a white jacket. To my chagrin, he wouldn’t consent to wear his little crown today – kept taking it off his head – but…well, I suppose that’s all right. “It’s incredible, Dominic –

laughs, looking around, “when

is dressed to match Rafe, a little surprise I planned that makes him laugh. But they’re already such twins anyway, I think that it’s adorable. Not wanting to show up the bride, I opted for a very pale green that looks pretty with my hair. We decided not to wear our crowns today, wanting to be very much the siblings of the bride and groom instead of King and Queen, but well, we look

“I mean,