Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 69

Sinclair

It’s mid-morning by the time I leave Roger’s house, and I dial Cora’s phone number, both because she needs to know about what happened, and because I need help caring for Ella. Despite the doctor’s promises, I’m worried that Ella won’t recover as quickly as he’s predicting and if anyone knows what to expect, her sister surely must.

“Mr Sinclair?” She sounds uncertain as she answers, as if she suspects her caller lD might be lying to her.

“Good morning, Cora.”I greet her, taking a deep breath. “l’m sorry to disturb you when you’re at work, but I’m calling with some bad news.”

I can feel the anxiety in her sharp intake of breath, and worry imbues her soft voice, “ls Ella okay? Is the baby?”

“They’re both at home resting.” I share, hoping this will assuage the worst of her fears. “But there was another attack last night.”

“Another one?” Cora squeaks, indignation bleeding into her voice as she continues. “I thought you were supposed to be this all powerful Alpha? You’re supposed to be keeping her safe! My sister has known you for a month and she’s already had people trying to kill her twice!”

I understand her outrage, and I agree with it completely. “I know. You have every right to be upset with me. I’m not very happy with myself right now. I failed her.” I confess, exhaling heavily. “I’m not turning out to be a very good father so far.”

“I..” Cora doesn’t seem to know what to makę of this. “Tsk,” She clears her throat. “Well is she alright?

Does she need anything?”

“She’s a bit scraped up, but I’m afraid the worst damage was psychological.It wasn’t Iike last time. She… she didn’t recognize me afterwards.'”I wonder if the human can hear how upsetting I find this particular detail, but when she remains silent I forge on. “She’s in a deep state of shock- the doctor used the word dissociative, like she completely disconnected from her body to protect her mind.”

Cora swears, but she doesn’t sound surprised. “I’ll leave work right now.” She offers, “I can be there within a half hour.”

been sedated and I’m not sure when she’ll wake up.” For a moment I debate whether or not I should voice my next thought. Ella hasn’t spoken to me much about her childhood, but I know

I know you love Ella and want

thinks about this for a minute. “You’re probably right about that. Ella has always been the caretaker… she really doesn’t know how to deal with having the tables turned

aloud. “So l think it would

her creature comforts, the things that soothe her best. I can send you

decided to make this call before Ella wakes. By the time she returns to consciousness I can have all her favorite

Sinclair -” Cora interrupts

call me Dominic,

my place to tell you the details.. but I think you

I don’t want to hear whatever it is

through a lot when we were still children… she endured some of it to protect me and the other kids.” Cora trails off for a moment, sounding positively miserable. My mind immediately

surprised… when l told you she dissociated.” I

not wrong either. She wants to protect

have in common. I

instead. “Whether she’s doing it to protect herself from the pain or put on a brave

tone of

L inquire, not liking this one

mean maybe that’s how it started, but at the end of the day it still means she never learned

understanding crashes into me. If Ella has only ever repressed the bad things in her life, it won’t matter if her sister is there or not, she’ll try to do the same with this – because it’s all she knows. Only now do I realize that Ella didn’t

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