Accidental Surrogate for Alpha novel Chapter 201

Ella

I’m staring at Sinclair in utter shock, wishing I could unhear the words that just came out of his mouth.

You’re saying that my father is King Xavier?” I gape, all the joy from the last hour slipping away.

The King who died without an heir and led to your father’s campaign against Damon’s? The one who k!lled your mother?”

(We don’t know for sure that he k!lled my mother.”

Sinclair soothes, “And even if he did, it’s not as though that changes anything.”

“It means that my father is a murderer – a dead murderer!” I cry, feeling my stomach rise into my throat. It means he ruled over the city where I grew up in terrible conditions and never… never did anything to make sure I was alright.”

It hadn’t even occurred to me that the Goddess’s tale essentially made me a Princess. I’d latched onto the fact that my parents wanted me and glossed over everything else she said- like the fact that my father was a King and that I was chosen to unite humans and wolves. Now that I remember it feels like the entire world is crashing down around me. Baby, we don’t have all the answers yet.” Sinclair quickly gathers me back into his arms, sensing my quickly fraying nerves. “This was only your third session and for all we know, your parents never knew where you ended up. Servants of the goddess might have taken you and given you to the orphanage, just like they handled binding your wolf and… whatever the incident in the forest was about.”

But he’s dead.” I repeat, hating that this fact bothers me more than the rest. “I always thought that if I found my parents I’d get to meet them… and now I never can.”

“Xavier is dead.” Sinclair confirms, turning my face up to his. “But your mother lives, Ella. Queen Reina left Moon Valley after Xavier died and the last I heard, she dedicated herself to the Goddess. When this is all over we can find her.”

“Reina?” I murmur realizing I’d never heard the Queen addressed by her name. That’s the surname they a.ssigned me at the orphanage. I always went by Ella Reina. “

“Maybe that was her gift to you… a clue to find her when the time came.” Sinclair suggests.

“And the Goddess?” I ask, feeling suddenly so overwhelmed with emotion that everything seems numb, too convoluted to identify any single feeling from the tangled mass. “She called herself one of my parents too… and she knew all of it, she sent those wolves to bind me, like you said.”

She also said it all happened for a reason.” Sinclair reminds me tenderly. “I know it feels like no reason could ever be worth such terrible trauma, but she must have thought it was necessary. I can’t believe she would have done it otherwise.”

“So you’re taking her side?” I sniffle, burying my face in his neck.

Never.'” He retorts, stroking my spine. “From now until eternity, your side is the only one I will ever take… and If I ever come face to face with that b!tch I’ll punch her right in her beautiful face. We’l just see how long she stays prettier than me once I get my hands on her.”

I hiccup a laugh, sliding my arms around his neck.«

Thank you.” I whisper, tilting my face up for a k!ss.

He doesn’t disappoint me, and we sink down onto the bed together, determined to make the most of the time we have left in the dream.

3rd Person

Roger was lying in his suite, trying to wrap his brain around the day’s events when a knock sounded at his door. He rose and crossed the room, his nose picking up on his new favorite scent, though he could scarcely believe it was real.

But sure enough, when the door swung open, Cora leaned in the doorframe, her dark eyes wide and vulnerable. “You still wanna have that drink?”