Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

Chapter 470- War

Ella

The next day, Cora and Roger come over early. Roger and Sinclair head out, their faces solemn, to speak with their aids and their advisors regarding how to respond to the news we know is inevitably coming. Our reconnaissance teams told us that the Atalaxian delegation did indeed return home last night and were apparently in council until dawn.

Which suggests that at any moment now, they’ll declare war.

Sinclair, I know, is spending a great deal of time deciding how to publicly respond. I think that he and Roger right now are recording a message that will go out to the nation as soon as the war is declared. But Cora and I?

Well.

We’re just…being moms.

“Ella,” she says, sighing and holding Rafe out towards me in my closet, wrinkling her nose. “I think you precious future King needs to be changed.”

I sigh, my sweater only half over my head. “So? Go change him.”

When I pull my sweater down and settle it neatly over my stomach, I see her grinning at me, my baby still outstretched in her arms. “Nope,” she says, shaking her head. “Your baby, your diaper.”

“You’re going to regret that policy,” I say, taking Rafe from her with raised brows, “in juuuuust about three and a half months, Cora.”

“And for three and a half months, I will be diaper free!” she calls after me with a laugh as I carry my smelly baby over to his changing table in the bedroom.

Rafe grins at me, looking honestly a little proud of himself, and I can’t help but laugh as I lay him down and quickly change him. “Little Rafe,” I coo, smiling down into his perfect face and tickling his belly, “getting so big! Do you want to try an apple today? Or some avocado?”

As I finish changing Rafe, Cora comes out of the closet, changed into a comfortable set of my clothes. She came to the palace today in more formal clothing, but as soon as Sinclair let her know that she probably wouldn’t be required to appear or speak she immediately expressed her intention to change.

at her, picking up the baby, my eyes going to where her

know,” she says, rolling her eyes and laughing as she comes over to me.

the next door

beneath her on the couch, her hands going to either side of her belly. “It just goes so fast, these wolf pregnancies,” she

eyebrows. “I didn’t

murmurs, still studying her belly, smiling down at her little baby-to-be.”

and holding my baby close to my chest, turning him

I laugh at her displeased tone. “I’d like to know, to

control the chaos, sis,” I murmur, resting my head against my baby’s. ” And with children – and this family?” I

me now. “With war on the horizon? And Roger looking like he’s going to be in the midst of it all?” she

and Sinclair come through, their hands shockingly empty of tablets, phones, paperwork – any of the

frowning up at my mate as he comes to stand

do,” he murmurs. “Budge over

draping her legs over the side of the armchair on which

look at Sinclair, finding his eyes already on me. “Is it

and presses a few buttons, turning on the television that hangs on the far wall. The channel immediately turns to a news venue, and words stretch

WAR DECARED

to hear the details he already knows, Sinclair presses mute and wraps his arms more tightly around me. I sigh, pressing myself against him, and then I dip my head again to press another kiss to Rafe’s soft

so hard to avoid it,”

I can feel him shake his head, feel his disappointment down the bond. “It’s a gamble – but if they win? The rewards will be worth it. Moon Valley is incredibly valuable, both in land

fight very hard to take it,” Roger sighs.

I murmur, looking down at the top

says quietly behind me, “that it’s unlikely

I am. Knowing that he needs me to be strong for him, as