Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 355

#Chapter 355 – The Problem

Ella

Cora blinks rapidly in disbelief and my own mouth falls open. I see Roger go tense in his chair and feel Sinclair do the same beside me.

“Wha- what?” Cora asks, aghast, leaning forward to stare more closely at Henry. “The problem that is HankJ; FJA

Hank? What the hell kind of problem is Hank?”

I grimace a little when I see her get defensive and dart my eyes to Roger, seeing him rankle at it, just a little bit. Roger, I know, is jealous of Hank – not very jealous, not in a bad way. Just…as much as he doesn’t blame Cora for her previous hesitations, or hold them against her…

…well, he’s not going to be thrilled about Cora’s ex’s continued presence in our lives, is he? Especially when he sees Cora defend Hank like that..

“Please, Cora,” Henry says, putting a peaceful hand out towards her. “Just… hear me out.”

“What is wrong with Hank,” she insists, continuing to be angry, which just upsets Roger more. I glance at Sinclair, worried. His face is a mirror of my own.

“Please “Henry says again, leaning forward and staring at Cora only at Cora intensely. “I mean no insult. I just want to…discuss.”

back against her chair and crosses her arms over her chest again, not happy about it but willing

“about this

turned down towards the table. Cora shoots Roger a dirty look he pretends

– he did such a good job

did a very good job taking care of Rafe. He was at your beck and call. He was very conveniently available when you were hurt after the temple and worked incredibly hard to keep you and Rafe alive beyond the point when other doctors would have given

figure it out. “No,” Cora says, breaking

a frightened hand going to

is ridiculous!” Cora cries, but Henry speaks as if he didn’t hear

says to me and to Sinclair. “We also know that they tend to place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We

to see him again covering his face with his hand. “How did we

Cora cries, standing up now. “Hank is not part of this – he – he’s

clearly working hard to keep his temper even. “At a clinic that we pay for. This man is…very suddenly very

has good things in his heart, and wants to help, and to bring wolf and human culture together.”

sorry because Cora has a point. Henry does too we need to be careful, especially because we know that the Cult has a history of deploying sleeper

quietly look away from Cora, not saying the words that echo in the back of my mind as

things about Hank because she got so close to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that would be a horrible

all ridiculous,” Cora growls, and when I look up at her I see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut and strides from the

her cool off. It’s…harder for her to hear

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