Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 329 – Reconnaissance

Ella

“As happy as this is,” Sinclair says, folding his arms over his chest and looking around at the four of us. “And it is happy,” he says, looking at Cora and Roger to let them know that he’s sincere. They nod their understanding. “We do still have a problem on our hands,” he says, nodding to Rafe

in my arms.

“Yes,” I say, looking eagerly up at Cora. “Henry found out some more about the cult – I’ll tell you

all about it. It’s…not good,” I say, with a little grimace.

“Oh,” she says, drawing her brows together. “Okay – yes, I want to hear everything.” I nod, tugging at her waist so that she’ll follow me into the house. Sinclair and Roger come close behind.

“Did you find anything else out?” Sinclair asks Roger.

“No,” Roger replies, a little apologetic. “Just what we sent you from the library. Was it useful?”

“Incredibly,” Sinclair confirms, thankful. “But yes, we found out more…”

”

My mate and I take Roger and Cora into the little office and tell them everything, seating Rafe in

a little swing that we’ve placed there temporarily since we’ve been spending so much time here.

working on this issue. They’re both as horrified as we were to discover that we likely have

someone in our midst who is working for the cult, who either has already betrayed us or will soon.

Though both wrack their minds they, like us, can’t come up with a viable candidate for who it is.

“We need more information,” Sinclair growls, thoughtful, as he flips through what paperwork his

investigators have produced for the case, as if he might find something else there. I nod, agreeing,

but I look at Cora and see her fading a bit.

“You haven’t slept, have you?” I ask, concerned.

She smiles at me, apologetic, but shakes her head. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says. “I want to help but I

think…”

“Upstairs,” I say, my voice definitive, swatting her on the rear. “Immediately, sleep.”

take her,” Roger says, stepping forward to take

on his chest and shoving

stop him, Roger complies, laughing and falling back a bit. “I said

just want to see my

it all out when you wake up, okay?” I

then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door and up the stairs with him.

I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my shoulders, dipping his

says, holding me tight against him. “They’re idiots

anything for a moment, considering all the things that held

easy for them,” I sigh. “Not like it was for us.”

back of my neck. “You

I say, turning in his arms and looking sincerely up at him.

out that we loved each other, and especially that I

least with us, it was always smooth

he says, looking calmly down into my eyes. “But their

“Like ours. They’re

my head against his chest and closing

both of them.”

next five days pass with that seeming like a very

because I keep making up reasons why they can’t go, and

day to see them growing closer. To see the tiny little touches he places on

down to say something in her ear, to see the way she turns her face up to

of his dark,

the shoulders and gives me

back to the

tiling my head back on my neck and groaning. “Just

need you!”

”

need me,” she says, taking her hands back and folding

little love bubble with Roger so that I don’t change my mind

something.”

and

laughs, shaking her head at me. “I’m not changing my mind, Ella. I’m in love with him.” I

she holds a finger up, stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who I never

to go deal with all of that! Okay?”

shoes.

ask, glancing

raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading her eyes,

I need to be a big girl and go…do it.”

on the arm in what I hope is

right? I like Doctor