Falling for the Alpha as a Surrogate Novel

Ella I take deep breaths, working to breathe through the contraction. Sinclair is seated on the bed next to me, one hand on my lower back, the other clutching my left hand as I squeeze his fingers, hard. “You’re doing great, Ells,” Cora says, there on my right, coaching me through it. She was the…

“Why are you here!?” I shout, terrified, still wracked with the pain of labor. “Because it is my right to be here,” he snaps, leaning down a little, holding my gaze. “You are the child of my beloved, my wife – you should have been mine, had she not been foolish enough to go choosing…

Cora snaps immediately back into doctor mode, moving down on the bed to position herself between my knees, nodding. “All right, Ella,” she says, pulling me a little lower so that I’m flatter on my back now. “When you’re ready, you push.” “Ella,” Sinclair growls next to me, and even as the contraction takes hold…

And Ariel stretches her mouth in a wide yawn before snuggling down in her father’s arms, happy and content. Sinclair and I both laugh to see it, and I know that his heart, like mine, is so very full. I pass my joy and love down the bond to both of them, and am totally…

“I have…heard of something like it,” Henry murmurs quietly before looking around at us. “Though it wasn’t between siblings and cousins, and I’m not fully sure it applies.” “Really,” Sinclair says, looking at his father eagerly, wanting to know more. Henry nods and looks consideringly at the kids. “Will you let me do a bit…

The crowds go absolutely wild as we walk into the sunlight and a huge smile bursts onto my face. Honestly, it was a little touch-and-go for a few months there, with the media continually debating if I was a good or a bad Queen after the murder on the front steps. But I laid low,…

“Ella,” Sinclair says, interrupting my train of thought as he sits on the side of the bed and places a hand on my knee. ” I want to talk about all of that, of course. But you really, really need to tell me more about what happened when you were visited by the Dark God.”…

“All right,” I sigh, holding baby Ariel close to my chest as I follow my family through the door and shut it behind me. Then I curl up on my favorite place on the couch, Dominic in the corner behind me, and turn my attention to Henry. Because he, I’m coming to realize, has been…

“I don’t know,” Henry says, tilting his head and considering his grandchildren with interest. “But,” Sinclair says, clearly thinking it through as he talks, “that’s not how bonds work, right? I mean, Cora and Ella are blessed with Goddess gifts, but Roger and I aren’t any stronger for it.” I click my tongue, offended, and…

I look down in my arms and realize that Cora’s right – Ariel’s drifted off without me noticing. “Oh shoot,” I mutter. “I wanted to feed her…” “We’ll leave you to it,” Cora says, leaning down and kissing me on the cheek. “I’m just a phone call away anything you need, sis.” “Thanks, Cor,” I…