Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

Chatper 486

#Chapter 486- Mothers and Fathers

Ella

“Ella, you can’t just demand

But I glare at Sinclair, slicing my hand through the air and shaking my head as I realize that he can’t hear what I’m hearing.

And the first thing that comes to my ears…

Is a laugh.

“All right, little daughter,” a soft voice says, and I instantly recognize it as my mother. “I stopped there for a reason, but if you get out of my pool, I’ll give you one more.”

I narrow my eyes at the moon but do as the Goddess bids, stepping out of the pool.

“I ended there because I do not know the outcome,” she says, her voice sorrowful. “His mission will be…his own. But, I do know this…”

And I reach out and put a hand on Sinclair’s arm, very tense. I gasp a little as a new vision forms very fleeting, very brief –

But in it, Jesse is an old, old man wrinkles crinkle around his eyes as he smiles down at a child in his arms

His grandchild, or maybe his great- grandchild or maybe not a child of his blood at all, but certainly one he loves very, very much –

It’s gone as soon as it comes, but it’s enough.

Jesse – he lives. And it’s enough.

turned up now towards the sky, the tension

Thank you.”

were before. “Even if you don’t trust this world, or me,

nod, understanding,

was here lifts,

pool fades until it’s just…a lake, or a pond

just happened?” Sinclair asks, staring down

see?” I ask,

“See you plunge into the

me I let out a deep breath. “Okay. Guess that one

“She showed you more!?”

nod slowly. “She knew I was upset when the vision ended with Jesse in darkness. So, she showed

glances up at the moon, as if he wants to get mad now but he’s a

down at his shoes, “have warm dry feet. So. Fair

peaceful now, his eyes starting to drift shut.

the baby from Sinclair’s arms when he offers him to me, probably knowing that I’m upset

to you,” Sinclair sighs, wrapping a warm arm around my shoulders. “Come on. Let’s go get

his promise and comes out of Cora and Roger’s closet, tossing a pair of fluffy

frowning down at me with her baby

told you,” I say on a

wet hem of my gown, my ruined shoes, and Sinclair’s pale face when we came out of the forest and went totally still. We tried to put on a good show, ensuring the group of all the wonderful things we saw which is true! – but Cora didn’t say much at all, ushering everyone into the waiting vans so that

drink so Jesse’s celebration could continue, but I could tell: the entire time, she

as worried, though he’s doing a bit better playing

Cora,” he says,

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