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

eyes and laughing as she comes over to me. ” I’m

area through the next door and settle onto the couch. “Trust me, you’ll know you’re huge when you can’t even see your

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

say, raising my eyebrows. “I didn’t even make it

long mine will be,” she murmurs, still studying her belly, smiling down at her little baby-to-be.” No way of

exciting,” I say, resting back on the couch and holding my baby close to my chest, turning him a little so

results in a pup,” Cora murmurs, and I laugh

this family?” I shake my head a little. “Maybe it’s better to just lean into the unknown. There’s no way of predicting or controlling what

Roger looking like he’s going to be in the midst of it

opens and Roger and Sinclair come through, their hands shockingly empty of tablets, phones, paperwork – any of the usual accoutrements of running the nation

up at my mate as he comes

more we can do,” he murmurs. “Budge over

over the side of the armchair on which he settles. I lean back against my mate, pleased when he slips an arm around me. My smile grows when I see Roger press a kiss

say, turning a little to look at Sinclair, finding his eyes already on me.

remote and presses a few buttons, turning on the television that hangs on the far wall. The channel immediately

WAR DECARED

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

to avoid it,” I

have the upper hand,” “Sinclair replies, and 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.

fight very hard to take it,” Roger sighs.

murmur, looking down at the top of Rafe’s

says quietly behind me, “that it’s unlikely he’ll

to be strong for him, as he is for me. I work to put a smile on my face, to make myself