Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 313 – Sister Support

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

Suddenly she scowls, turning fully to glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell –”

wasn’t exactly

eyes at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his

the investigators.

anything on my phone when I woke up from my

arm with Cora’s at the elbow,

to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were

they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed to text

me?” Cora asks,

mouth pulling into a

out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in

exasperated look as op my am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and

everything!” Cora says,

my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move on

to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a

know I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora

I say, shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this

Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just

sighs and I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I

Sinclair says, his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember

But don’t your investigators

“Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I pa*ses the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms.

drops along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you

me to do hypnosis?”

too–big smile still pasted on my face. “It just makes you