Accidental Surrogate for Alpha
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 –
And even as a shocked little laugh spills from my mouth, anxiety twists in my stomach, because I know…
I know just as much as I did with the first boy, that this one – he’s her mate too.
I can’t help it then, I look down at my little baby niece, who burbles and looks up at the moon –
Two fated mates, just like her f