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.

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

sighs as I take the top off the box and reveal an identical wedding gown, just one size larger. “How…how

out and carrying it over. “I remember how unpredictable it is.

the first wedding dress as I hang up her second and

little, shaking my head and glancing over my shoulder at her. “So,” I say, eager. “Are you

her voice high

gasp a little and turn fully to her now.

away. ” You know that none of this has been important to me, and that Roger and I already had the mating ceremony to end all mating ceremonies. So,” she shrugs, “this all makes me more

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

at me before dipping her head to kiss Rafe on his. He burbles up at her, happily kicking his legs, making her laugh. “You’re more comfortable in the limelight than me, sis,” she says with a smile. “The way you handled the

a mess at the coronation! I ran backwards!

you though,” she says, raising her eyebrows at me with

her, “you just be perfectly you! And

” Actually, do you have a robe or something I can wear while I wait for the

her and letting out a little burst of warm steam that

she says, swatting at me and laughing, making me turn away and get back to work. But even as I point to the robe hanging up in a corner of the

have a feeling it’s going to

satisfyingly transformed. I was a little hesitant about the choice because I didn’t want everything to look the same, and like we couldn’t make something special for Cora and Roger, but…well, it’s the biggest space we’ve got,

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

that possible,” he laughs, looking around, “when you

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

“I mean, I told them my ideas, but