Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 316

#Chapter 316 – Determination

Ella

I gasp and quickly reach out my hand to clasp Roger’s. I feel that he is just as tense as I am as we

both sit on the end of the bed, staring at Cora.

Leon flicks his gaze to me and gives me a very subtle shake of his head and a tiny frown. It’s a small gesture, but the meaning is clear: I absolutely must not disturb Cora’s state. As a precaution, I raise a hand to my mouth and cover it, knowing that in the upcoming moments I may hear

details that make me react involuntarily.

Roger squeezes my other hand tightly as Leon continues.

“Cora,” Leon continues, curious. “I admit that I am intrigued by this man, this priest. Can you tell

me more about him? What details do you remember?”

“It’s…hard,” Cora says, and I see her brow ruffle. “He…he didn’t want me to remember.”

“That’s very frustrating,” Leon continues, his voice like honey. “Just tell me what you see.”

“He’s tall,” Cora says, her frown deepening. “He has pale skin and dark hair…he’s not old, but not

young. His robe is black.” She gives a little shrug and huffs a sigh through her nose. I can see that

she’s frustrated, even in her hypnotic state.

“That’s all right, Cora, that’s wonderful detail,” Leon says soothingly. I hear Roger’s mouth pop

open and snap my head to him, but Leon holds up one finger towards us, begging patience while

he continues.

“What happened next, my dear?” Leon asks.

“He told me,” she says, sighing, “to destroy the sample in my hand – to wash it down the sink, and then discard the vial. And then, once I did that,” she sighs, almost peaceful again, “he had me go to the other freezer – the one with the shifter samples and to take out number 7285692. So I did. And then I prepared that, and tested it for motility, and when it was ready,” she shrugs, “I went into the exam room and helped Ella.”

“Thank you, Cora,” Leon says smoothly, smiling at her. “That is wonderful detail. You’ve

remembered it all so beautifully.” Then, he turns to Roger and nods, giving him permission to take control of the investigation.

“Cora,” Roger says, releasing my hand and crossing his arms over his chest. “Can you hear me?”

“Roger?” she asks, her eyes still closed. “What are you doing here in my lab?”

“I’m just…visiting…” he says awkwardly, clearly not very good at the kind of play acting that Cora’s

hypnosis requires.

to be back here,” she says, frowning.

had

took control of her will and made

me. I give Roger a hard nudge with my elbow and when he turns to

nice

her fault.

he continues, “what did the priest say

left? Did he ask you to…forget anything?

her head to the side and considering. “He simply…took my hands, before

was a white light…and then he

“and

she says, folding her hands in her lap, looking if anything a

it was the right sample. I thought it was

to her.

comes onto

ever see the priest again?” he

simply, with a little shrug. But then, a

peering at her closely,

say, intuiting that Roger may have hit on something here but…..perhaps, just asked

wrong question.

her voice a little

standing up and moving to her side, sitting back down on the bed and taking her hand. I’m probably blocking the remote

her voice wavering a little bit, afraid.

as gently as I can. “You said you don’t remember seeing the man in the black robe

that day…but did you ever see him

my sister says, her lip starting to tremble. She turns to me, unseeing,

tightly. “Ella…”

say, worried, glancing between her and Leon, desperate.

eyes flying open, and she tilts back her head and

screams.

– she barely draws breath before the next one begins

her, working to hold her, to keep

at her side, his hands shaking. But suddenly Roger is there,

– leaning over and injecting Cora in the arm where Leon

and all the time she’s

—

for her face, calling her name – and

and she comes back to us.

raising both of my hands to her cheeks as tears slip down her

to sob.

sister in my arms, climbing fully

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