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.”

stepping forward to take Cora by the arm.

a hand on his chest and shoving him back.

to stop him, Roger complies, laughing and falling back a

putting his hands up. “I promise,” he says, “I just want to see my mate comfortably tucked

on her cheek. “We’ll figure it

we will.” And then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door

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

me tight against him.

anything for a moment, considering all the things that held them back in

going to always be easy for them,” I sigh. “Not

and I can feel him shake his head against the back of my neck. “You almost died like, four times

his arms and looking sincerely up at

loved each other, and especially that I was a wolf

it was always

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

he says, nodding to me. “Like ours.

hope so,” I sigh, resting my head against his chest and

both of them.”

five days pass with that seeming like a very real

reasons why they can’t go, and

to see them growing closer. To see the tiny

the way she turns her face up to him and

dark, wry

the shoulders and gives me a little shake,

must go back to the

head back on my neck and groaning. “Just stay here with us.

need you!”

”

her hands back

a little love bubble with

something.”

eyebrows at her and giving her a too–innocent smile. “Is it working?”

“I’m not changing my mind, Ella. I’m in love with him.” I

it but she holds a finger up, stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who I never broke up with. And a job

deal with all of that!

at my shoes.

I ask, glancing up at

her forehead and shading her eyes,

to be a

the arm in what I

to him, all right? I like Doctor Hank.”