idental Surrogate For Alpha Novel Chapter 19


    3rd Person


    E slowly untangled herself from Sinir’s body as he returned her feet to the ground, feeling terribly


    unsure of herself. The audience was still making a huge racket, but the imposing Alpha was studying


    her as if she was some sort of curious anomaly – one he was desperate to figure out. Her cheeks were


    flushed scarlet, but she followed his lead. Sinir hadn’t looked away from her to acknowledge their


    onlookers – so she didn’t either.


    E couldn’t have known how much more meaningful it was for Sinir to be watching her this way,


    rather than smiling. Shifters were creatures of raw passion and intense feeling, there were many


    lighthearted moments of course, but the look of a sessfully mated Alpha and Luna was not the


    lovesick expressions humans so often disyed in rtionships. To those around them, Sinir’sser


    focus on the little human looked like a devoted lover hungry for his mate, and her anxious energy was


    only further proof – a she-wolf who had just provoked her mate’s lust in public, and was going to have


    to face the consequences when she got home.


    The tableau only made them cheer louder, and this eased E’s fears a bit. Sinir might not be happy


    with her, but the crowd certainly was. It can’t have been aplete mistake, could it?


    “How lovely, but not exactly the point of the game.” The Prince’s drawling criticism finally broke the


    spell, atst tearing E and Sinir’s attention away from one another.


    “Wasn’t it?” E asked innocently, feeling less intimidated by the Prince than the wolf still holding her in


    an iron grip. “He told me to kiss him – was I supposed to refuse?”


    The spectatorsughed and apuded, and Sinir turned glowing eyes in their direction. “No doubt


    you’ll forgive us taking our leave.” He dered rakishly, earning a fresh surge of wolf whistles. “My


    mate is in need of some attention.”


    E blinked, wondering if he meant what she suspected. Were wolves really so open about sex?


    Before she could think about the matter any further, the King stood and offered them a toast, “To the


    happy couple.”


    Sinir led E back through the flood of congrattions and well wishes, past the media frenzy and


    back into the safety of his limousine.


    She slid into the far end of the vehicle, hiding from all the camera shes behind cked out windows.


    When Sinir slid in a moment afterwards, he zeroed in on E immediately. The corner of his mouth


    tilted up when he saw her sitting as far away as possible. “Is there a reason you’re all the way over


    there?”


    “Are you angry?” E murmured in reply, wrapping her arms protectively around her middle. She was


    painfully aware that if she messed up badly enough, it might cost her the baby.


    “How could I be angry?” Sinir eximed, truly shocked. “E, you saved the day. That was brilliant.


    None of the Alphas on the council will question me now. Even the King liked you. My campaign is safe


    because of your quickl thinking.”


    “Oh,” she rxed slightly, feeling silly now. “You looked so severe after the kiss, I just… I thought I


    messed up.”


    “Far from it.” Sinir announced as the car slowly began to move. “But I am curious what inspired you


    to kiss me.”


    E stared at herp. “It was the first thing that came into my mind. I knew we were going to fail if we


    actually had to y the game.”


    “But why a kiss?” He pressed. “You were already feeling ill, you could have easily given morning


    sickness as an excuse. No one would have faulted you.”


    “I don’t know.” She shrugged, fidgeting nervously.


    “Did you like it?” He pressed, his deep voice like velvet cloaked steel.


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    “What?!” E chirped, her gold eyes going wide. “Of course not, it was just for show. Besides, I’m not a


    good kisser anyway.”


    Sinir’s brow furrowed. “Why the hell do you think that?” He asked.


    “Mike told me, more than once.” She admitted, her voice barely louder than a whisper.


    Sinir rose from his seat, having heard more than enough. He migrated over to where E sat,


    kneeling down onto the floor of the car so he could look her in the eye. Is he going to touch me? E


    wondered anxiously. Why do I want to feel his hands on me so badly? She got her answer a moment


    later, when he took her chin between his thumb and forefinger, and titled her face up to his.”Your ex


    was a fucking idiot.” He murmurs. “For more reason than one.”


    Her heart sank, it hadn’t escaped her notice how many people hadmented on her beauty that


    evening, or how proud Sinir had seemed to have her on his arm. “Because I’m pretty?”


    Sinir shook his head. “You’re gorgeous, E, but so are lots of people. He’s an idiot because he


    couldn’t see past it – to the force of nature underneath.”


    “I’m not a force of nature.” E protest. “I’m poor and weak and –”


    His finger moves to cover my lips. “You are what I say you are.” E bristled beneath his intimate touch


    and domineering manner. She wanted to challenge him, to insist that she knew herself better than he


    did. With great effort, she kept her mouth shut because she knew it wasn’t an argument she could win.


    Nodding in approval, Sinir continued. “And I say you are brave, clever, so sweet I can’t stand it, and


    so much stronger than you know.” He offered her a wolfish grin then, “Not not mention the best kisser


    I’ve ever had the pleasure of tasting.”


    E blushed scarlet, and Sinir chuckled, taking the seat next to her. He slung an arm over her


    shoulders, encouraging her to lean into his warmth. “Thank you.” E murmured, sinking into his


    embrace.


    “I didn’t say it to please you.” Sinir remarked simply, brushing off her thanks. “I said it because it’s


    true.”


    “Bossy wolf.” E muttered, earning herself another rumblingugh.


    Before long her eyelids were growing very heavy, and the exhaustion of the stressful evening


    threatened to take holdpletely. She tried to stay awake until they returned home, but the little voice


    in her head told her not to be silly. Sinir would make sure she woke up when the time came.


    Sinir watched as E slowly sumbed to sleep, feeling a stab of guilt for putting her through so


    much when she needed her rest. He couldn’t help ducking his head to press a kiss to her hair, thinking


    again of their kiss. For all her ws, he’d thought he’d been to heaven and back with Lydia when it


    came to sex – after all the Goddess fated couples together based on sexuallypatibility. She’d been


    the best lover he’d ever had, but kissing her hadn’t felt anything like kissing E.


    She threw herself into the act so freely, without any inhibitions or reluctance. E was clearly an


    incredibly affectionate woman, and it made him even angrier to imagine the world denying her the love


    she deserved for so many years. He couldn’t wait until Mike was finally in front of him. He’d teach that


    feckless human a lesson he’d never forget.


    Sinir breathed in the fragile human’s scent, calming his temper with E’s bewitching fragrance. His


    wolf purred with approval, his voice rising in the back of Sinir’s head. She smells better and better


    every day. This one is special.


    It’s probably just the baby. Sinir reasoned, knowing exactly what his wolf was talking about. The


    more time that passed, the more E smelled like a she-wolf. Frankly it had been driving him crazy –


    pushing him to scent mark her far more frequently and intimately than was necessary, toying with his


    senses at every turn. He wasn’t even sure how to describe her aroma – one moment it was like fresh


    rain and wild orchids, the next like sultry summer nights and sweet honey.


    Completely different from the pup. His wolf pointed out. You know it’s not the same scent.


    That’s true, but there’s no other reason her scent would be changing. You forget this has never


    happened before, we don’t know what happens to humans carrying shifter pups. I’m sure it’s just the


    baby.


    Sinir’s wolf rolled his eyes. Fine, stick your head in the sand if you’re so determined. The Alpha


    wasn’t sure what to make of this – of any of this. Why was his wolf being so difficult, arguing and being


    contrary just to be contrary. This had never happened before. His wolf had been with him from birth,


    and they’d never butted heads this way.


    What on earth did it mean? And why was E the one to bring out this side of his inner animal? Was


    his wolf right? Was there something special about her? Or was it just the fact that she was carrying his


    baby, making his dreamse true when no one else had been able to do so? Did that alone make


    her special? Sinir was not a man who was used to feeling uncertain, and he didn’t like it one bit. At


    the same time, he couldn’t bring himself to me E for making him feel this way, even though she


    was certainly the cause.


    Instead he found himself watching her sleep the rest of the ride home,pletely transfixed, and


    perfectly content to watch her do nothing at all.