Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 500

Chapter 500 – A Story to Come

Cora

The images of Ariel’s future come in quick flashes, and somehow I get the impression that the Goddess is eager to share these glimpses of her life.

The ones that come first are what I sort of expected, especially after seeing some images of Rafe’s childhood and hearing about the ones that Ella and Sinclair saw during Jesse’s baptism. But these ones focus on an angelic little girl with rose-gold hair who is just… ridiculously happy.

My ears fill almost instantly with tears to see her running and playing with the boys who are so clearly Rafe and Jesse. Ariel – she’s always at the center of their games, always laughing so heartily her eyes are barely open above her rosy cheeks. In one flash, Jesse’s climbed up onto the branch of a tree and is reaching a hand down for her as Rafe boosts her up from below. In another, Ariel is cuddled between her brother and her cousin, all wrapped up in a big blanket as the three sit around a campfire, their eyes wide and bright as they roast marshmallows and look with awe up at Roger, who is clearly in the midst of telling a scary story.

Roger laughs beside me at the sight and I press myself close to them as we get more insight into her life as she grows older, her teenager years as she becomes the Nation’s princess, as she grows into a beautiful, graceful young woman but still one full of pranks, running through the halls of the palace with her brother and Jesse chasing behind.

And then I gasp, a little, to see our little girl dressed as a bride –

My hand goes to my mouth- because she looks so young and so afraid –

My stomach drops when I see her what looks like a moment later, her back pressed to a door as she sobs in her wedding gown as two young men who are so clearly my son and my nephew jump to her side.

The images move faster than I can truly process them next, but my hand falls from my mouth, and my jaw drops in awe as I realize that

That she didn’t get married after all, but instead that she ran, that she’s…

She’s with Jesse and Rafe, as they attend some kind of military school dressed up in fatigues, her hair tucked up beneath a cap, looking for anything like…like a boy…

“Oh my god,” I mutter, and then I laugh because it just gets stranger after that-

Ariel, mixing potions in a chemistry class, her eyes going wide as one goes awry and explodes in front of her –

Ariel, an expert sniper, crouching on top of a tower and hitting the bullseye of a target that must be half a mile away

Ariel, curled up in a chair by the fire, sitting in the lap of a very handsome young man whose jaw could cut glass and whose adorable dimples are

And joy swells in me, because I know it instantly, that that boy – he’s her mate

But then I gasp again because the image changes – and Ariel is looking up at another young man powerfully built, scowling down at her in some hallway made of stone, but she shoves him, hard, and whips a finger up to point in his face, a defiant snarl on her lips, looking so much like her mother –

little laugh spills from my mouth, anxiety twists in my stomach, because

just as much as I did with the first boy,

can’t help it then, I look down at my little baby niece, who burbles and looks

just

said to me in my

It makes…so much sense.

I see

last image,

All standing together on a battlefield with Ariel at the center, magic welling between her hands and passing to her brother, to her

something gathering above them some

And then…

image disperses.

moment, and I’m only shaken out of it by a little mewling cry from Ariel’s

in her blanket. Ariel tacks her little head against me, closing her eyes and opening her

stares down at our

a little, looking up at him and

running a shocked hand through his hair. “Looks like you’ve got one

laughing and shaking my head at her. “Let’s go tell your mom…only the things she absolutely needs to

asks, raising

and smirking at him. “A

around me as we turn back. But before we go I cast one more look over my shoulder, smiling up at the moon and sending a mental thank-you to

flares, just once, and I smile. Because

Ella

I see Cora and Roger emerging from the dark of the woods with Ariel sleeping in Cora’s arms. Our gathered family and friends shout a cheer, welcoming them

expression warm and rich

as I rest her little head in the crook of my elbow,

me,” Sinclair says, laughing as he comes to join our little circle with Jesse on one hip and Rafe on the

should have been faster then,” I

carrying two kids –

and turning

smiling at me and reaching to take Jesse from Sinclair. “Honestly,

shock and terror and Roger

it was all fine – there’s nothing bad. I mean, both Jesse and Rafe showed us that there’s a war coming – and that affects Ariel’s life, as it

gasp, holding my daughter tight, and looking between my sister and her mate. “You wouldn’t lie to

and reaching out to

over her soft little cheek. But then my mind traces back to what Cora said. “Wait,” I say, my head whipping back up. “What wouldn’t I want to know as

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