Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 384-Road Trip
Ella
I watch Cora struggle with her choice, biting her lip and trying to figure out how
she feels. My heart goes out to her now, because I know that she thinks it is an
impossible ask to tell us that she wants to put a coronation on hold so that she
can visit a temple.
But suddenly, quite suddenly, it’s all I want for her. Because Cora has been here
for us through all of this – and she deserves answers to these questions. And I
open my mouth to say this, but Sinclair beats me to it.
“I think we should go,” he says, and I whip my eyes up to see him giving a
casual shrug. “It will only take a few days,” he adds, looking down at me to see
how I feel. “And, quite frankly, we could...use a break before the madness
begins again.”
A little smile creeps over my mouth. “Would it,” Cora begins, and then hesitates
again. But we all wait, letting her find her voice. “Would it be safe?” she asks.
“We think it would,” Roger says steadily at her side. “Xander’s on the run, which
means he’s scrambling. He’s an old man and we took out the forces that he was
using to physically attack us. Even if he’s working to get more, we think that we
have...at least a small window of time.”
“We would have to move quickly and quietly,” Henry adds, more cautious now

than he’s been in the past – I think spooked, still, by the disastrous results of our
last plan. “No planes or anything flashy – just...a small, anonymous family trip.”
I turn my attention back to Cora, wanting to know what she thinks. But she’s still
sitting perfectly still and quiet, clearly putting her thoughts together.
“I can’t ask you to do this,” she says after a long, quiet minute. “I – we need to
get the coronation going, to keep us all safe.”
“You don’t have to ask us to do it, Cora,” Sinclair answers quietly, and I turn my
eyes up at my mate. “We’re telling you we want to do it. Right?” he looks at me
now and I nod eagerly.
“Honestly, Cora,” I say, leaning forwards her. “It’s what I was thinking. I think it’s
right – I think we should go.”
Roger says nothing, simply staying steady at Cora’s side, letting her make up
her own mind. But she just continues to shake her head. “But there’s already so
much to do here.” She sighs, putting her head down in her hands for a moment
as she collects her thoughts.
“The Cult, and the priests, and Xander – it was already a distraction from the
aftermath of a war with the humans that has been terribly complicated. There is
still so much work to do here, and Ella,” she looks up at me now, “we could be
spending this time going to the refugee camps, actually helping people, now that
we have the gift -“

My face falls when I realize that she’s right. That there is so much to do here,
that it’s perhaps selfish to consider this possibility –
“Two days, Cora,” Roger says quietly next to her, taking her hand. “Two days,
and then you can come back and save the world, and take on those problems
and surely everything else that’s going to come along with them. But,” he gives
her hand a little squeeze, “it would be okay to take two days. You deserve that.
You’ve earned that.”
And I find myself nodding, agreeing. Because as I consider what the rest of our
lives are going to look like...it’s going to be a lot of dedication to the people of
this nation, of this world. And it will make me so happy to do that work – to help
people.
But Cora is one of the people I want to help. She deserves it as much as
anyone else. Plus, she’s my sister. And that has to count for something.
“Let’s go, Cora,” I say, leaning forward and giving her an encouraging smile.
“Two days.”
She bites her lip and I can see that she’s tempted, even if she hasn’t given in
yet.
“Would it help,” Sinclair continues, cocking his head to the side, “if I told you that
we’d be going in a very fancy RV? With a real bed that you and Roger could
sleep in, and not be wedged together in a hospital bed?”

Cora sits up straight at the idea. “You should have started with that,” she says,
her eyebrows going up almost to her hairline. “I was sold at ‘real bed.’ Let’s do
it.” And then a little smile creeps onto her face.
I let out a little cry of joy, throwing up the hand that’s not holding my baby to my
chest. “Yes!” I shout, laughing now. “Road trip! This is so exciting! I’ve never
been on a road trip in my life!”
“Really?” Sinclair asks, smirking down at me, pleased to see me so excited.
“Really!” I cry, looking excitedly between him and Cora. “This will be so cool! I’ve
always wanted to go on a road trip! This will be the best vacation ever!”
“Well,” Henry says, laughing a little along with me. “It’s not precisely a vacation
-”
“Nope!” I say, getting to my feet, carried away a little by my excitement. “We get
two days,” I say, holding up two fingers to everyone in the room. ” Two days
before we dedicate our lives to helping the people of this world, and destroying
our enemies, and running a nation. So if I get two days respite from all of the
awful things that have been happening to us lately? They’re going to be the best
two vacation days we’ve ever had!”
And then I’m laughing and dancing around the room, holding Rafe up in the air
and asking him if he’s excited for his first vacation. I think my joy is infectious,
though, because when I turn back to my family everyone is smiling, laughing a

little, and chatting as we start to make plans.
Cora bites her lip again, but I can tell it’s with excitement this time as I move to
her side, swooping down to give her a kiss on the cheek. “I’m so excited,” I say,
grinning down at her. “You’re going to get to talk to mom! And get all of the
answers to your questions!”
“I know,” she says, a hesitant excitement building in her now. “I just hope...well,
I hope that she tells me what I want to hear, you know?”
“She will,” I say, smiling and placing a hand on her cheek. “Things are going to
start looking up for us, sis. I can feel it. Now let’s get packed! Because we’re
going on a road trip!”
And then I whoop again and throw my hand up in the air. Sinclair laughs as he
comes to my side, his phone already in his hand as he starts putting the plan
into action. ”
Come on, trouble,” he says, glancing at me. “Let’s go get packed – we’re going
to have to move fast now if we want to make this work.”
“Okay,” I say, and then I glance back at Cora, wanting to make sure she’s all
right before I go. But she waves me off, standing up to start making her own
plans with Roger. Henry, likewise ready to get started, starts to roll for the door
to make his own plans. Excited, I take Sinclair’s hand. “So, where do we get an
RV?” I ask, pleased.

“You leave it to me,” he says as we head out of the room and start to walk down
the hall. “You go pack our things and I’ll get our ride.”
“Okay,” I say, heading for our little room. But before we part ways, I turn sharply
and tug at his hand, making him pay attention to me for just one more moment.
“That offer of the big bed,” I say, looking up at him with a frown. “That had better be on offer for me as well. Because if I have to
squeeze into another single bed
with your gigantic self for one more night,” I add, pointing a finger into his face, “I am out.”
He laughs and grabs my accusing finger, placing a kiss on the tip of it before turning away from me and heading down the hall.
“Your wish!” he calls over his shoulder. “My command!”
“Damn straight,” I mutter, smirking and watching him as he walks away from me.
And then I sigh a little in excited content. Because my mate has stolen me two
days away from this crazy world and I couldn’t be more excited for this trip.