idental Surrogate For Alpha Novel Chapter 31


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    Sinir was tired of fighting his instincts. E was looking up at him with heavy-lidded eyes, the scent


    of her arousal heavy in the air. Why was he fighting his desire for her? So she was human – she was


    also beautiful, spirited and bright, everything he could want in a woman. It was exhausting trying to rein


    in his wolf, and he was tired of denying himself. The fact was that Sinir wanted E more intensely


    than he could remember wanting anyone. The logical part of his brain insisted it was just the pup


    growing in her womb, but the more time that passed the more the Alpha believed it was the woman


    herself.


    Sinir dipped his head until their mouths were mere inches apart, and E sighed and tilted her chin


    up – offering her lips for the taking. He was about to im them when a knock sounded at the door,


    followed by a low squeak and a familiar man’s voice, “What on earth?”


    Sinir turned to look at Hugo, who was frozen in the doorway, staring at the food-sttered kitchen


    and the couple on the floor in abject shock. “Not now.” Sinir growled, his wolf moring just beneath


    the surface of his skin.


    Hugo met the Alpha’s piercing gaze, “Dom –”


    “I said not now.” Sinir repeated fiercely.


    “Trust me.” Hugo stated resolutely, “you want to hear what I have to say.”


    Grumbling with annoyance, Sinir looked back to E, sorely tempted to tell her not to move a muscle


    until he returned. However he knew that if Hugo was being this persistent, he probably wasn’t going to


    be back anytime soon. It filled him with regret that he wouldn’t be able to lick all the chocte from


    E’s sweet body himself, or even help her wash away the remnants in a steaming shower. His mind


    was overflowing with all the sensuous possibilities, but the best he could do was promise the little


    human that, “we’ll finish thister.”


    He helped E to her feet before taking his leave, grabbing a dish towel on the way out to wipe the


    flour, chocte and syrup from his face. “What’s up?” He asked Hugo, once they were alone.


    “There’s been a rogue attack in old town.” The Beta shared gravely. “It looks like there’s quite a few


    fatalities.”


    Sinir cursed, “any hints on who’s responsible?”


    “Witnesses say the attackers came out of nowhere. They burst onto the canals and started wreaking


    havoc.” Hugo exined. “It’s clear they were sent to harm, no one reported having anything stolen.”


    Sinir’s wolf – already fighting for control – reared up inside him, overwhelmed by urgent concern for


    his pack members. There hadn’t been a rogue attack in a very long time, and he highly doubted that


    the timing of this incident was a coincidence. “I’ll shower as fast as I can, and I’ll be right there.”


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    The scene of the attack was worse than Sinir could have imagined.


    Moon Valley’s old town was normally an enchanting ce at this time of year. With its idyllic maze of


    canals woven through historic buildings and nketed in thick white snow, it should have looked like a


    winter wondend – if it weren’t for all the blood. Ever since the river froze a few weeks earlier, the


    waterways became bustling thoroughfares dotted with pop up shops to be navigated by humans and


    shifters on ice skates. They weren’t as grand as they’d be after the solstice celebrations began the


    following week, but they certainly shouldn’t have looked like this.


    At least a dozen bodies littered the ice, and thick crimson pools steamed then froze solid on the ssy


    surface. Keening filled the air as shifters mourned and injured beings suffered on the sidelines, tended


    to by concerned bystanders and emergency responders. Sinir scanned the carnage – noting that all


    the victims were wolves, not that this came as a surprise. This part of the city was dominated by


    estates passed down through generations of wealth which,bined with the steep rents on new


    properties and high end businesses, all but guaranteed the inhabitants were shifters.


    Moon Valley’s human mayor was already on the scene, but she was only there for appearances sake.


    Human tourists might visit to take in the natural splendor, but old town was strictly under Sinir’s


    jurisdiction. Sighing with resignation, Sinir approached the austere woman. “Madame Mayor.”


    “Alpha,” She replied tersely, “I presume this was your kind’s doing?”


    “Definitely a wolf attack.” He confirmed, ignoring the clear disdain in her voice. “My investigators are on


    the case.”


    “You know this isn’t the kind of press our city needs – just before the holidays too. It’s high tourist


    season.”


    “It’s the holidays for us as well,” Sinir reminded her. “And you would do well to recall that I don’t


    me you when humans wreak havoc in the territory.”


    “That’s because my kind is no threat to yours.” The mayor quipped.


    Sinir scoffed, “Right, that’s why we exist in secret – because humans are so epting of those who


    are different.”


    The Mayor, like all human mayors of Moon Valley, had been less than amused to discover the


    existence of shifters when she took office two years earlier. Nor could she ever fully wrap her mind


    around the power dynamics. It never ceased to confuse her that the monarchy resided in Moon Valley


    but did not rule the pack directly, rather delegating power to the territory’s Alpha. Sinir, on the other


    hand, thought it was pure stubbornness on her part – since she had no problem understanding state


    versus federal governance in her own society.


    “And I suppose this has nothing to do with your campaign?” She questioned. “The Prince’s statement


    yesterday was quite damning.”


    Sinir blinked. What statement? Had he really been so distracted by E that he missed an important


    development in the race? It was a silly question. As soon as he asked it of himself he knew the answer


    was yes. He’d be so preupied with the lovely human over thest couple of weeks that he’s


    thought of little else – including the campaign. Sure he kept his appointments and appearances, but his


    mind was rarely focused on the matter at hand. It was permanently locked on E. In fact, now that he


    reflected on it – he’d scarcely thought of anything else since she’de begging for her sister’s job –


    even before he knew about the pup.


    If he’d missed a major statement by the prince, then she wasn’t only a distraction, but a dangerous


    one. If he’d been paying attention, would he have seen this attacking? He could imagine the kind


    of drivel the statement included – was the Prince behind the attack too? He wouldn’t put it past him,


    and there was no doubt this was going to hurt him. At the end of the day this was his city, not the


    Prince’s and the attack would make him look like an Alpha who couldn’t protect his people.


    Guilt washed over him in a tidal wave. The criticism would be true either way. Whether a political


    scheme, or a genuine rogue threat, he had failed to secure old town. He had failed to protect his


    people, and the death surrounding him was his fault. The lives of all Moon Valley shifters were in his


    hands, and he’d let these slip through his fingers – worse, he hadn’t even noticed it happening.


    If not for E this might never have happened. He wasn’t ming her, far from it – he knew he was the


    only one to me. It was his distraction with the human beauty which allowed this to happen, and if it


    was a princely plot, then it was his heir and his campaign which were responsible.


    The mayor, seeing Sinir had disappeared into his thoughts, shifted away to make a statement to the


    media, leaving the Alpha with his guilt. He’d always hated seeing any of his people hurt – but this was


    the first time he knew without a doubt that they were hurt because of him. Suddenly the reasons that


    he’d been fighting his instincts when it came to E and his desire, came rushing back to him like a


    wildfire. His wolf might want her, but taking his eye off the ball at this stage in the game was dangerous


    to all of them.


    Even as he thought this morbid fact, his eye caught on a sh of silver in his periphery. Turning, he


    looked up at the raised street running parallel to the canal. There was a sleek town car parked near the


    bridge, and a crowd of shifters gathered at the railing, looking down on the bloody tableau so many feet


    below them.


    Sinir recognized the Prince immediately, with his sleek blonde hair and gaudy clothes. The other


    man gazed over the crime scene with cold disinterest, until he finally met Sinir’s gaze. He arched


    one blond brow and shook his head, as if in disappointment, but he couldn’t keep the smirk from his


    face. A momentter the human mayor appeared at his side, murmuring in his ear.


    Ice froze the blood in Sinir’s veins, and he looked to Hugo, a grave expression on his handsome


    face. “Tighten E’s security as soon as possible.” Hemanded. “I want eyes on her at all times.”