Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 315 – 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.

be back here,”

a little, as if remembering that she had no protests about a

of her will

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

he needs to be nice to my sister. This

her fault.

to my terms. “Cora,” he continues, “what

left? Did he ask you to…forget anything? Or do anything

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

was a white light…and

you took the sample,” Roger asks, “and you didn’t know to whom

says, folding her hands in her lap, looking if

sample. I thought

murmurs rea*suringly next

comes onto

ever see the priest again?” he asks, “after that

simply, with a little shrug. But then, a darkness pa*ses over her face,

Leon sits up, peering at her closely, and then looks at me,

may have

wrong question.

says, her voice a little

bed and taking her hand. I’m probably blocking the remote investigators‘ view of Cora now, but I

Ella,” she says, her voice wavering a

can. “You said you don’t remember seeing the man

that day…but did you ever see him

her lip starting to tremble. She

tightly. “Ella…”

worried, glancing between her and Leon,

my sister goes rigid with terror, her eyes flying open, and she tilts

screams.

– she barely draws breath before the

I shout, throwing my body across her, working

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

hands – leaning over and injecting Cora in the arm where Leon

first shot and all the time she’s screaming, a

—

reaching for her face, calling her name – and then slowly, so

screams subside, and she

hands to her cheeks as tears slip down her face. She looks

panting, starting to sob.

cries, reaching for me, and I wrap my sister in my arms, climbing fully onto the bed so

anxiety of the situation, watches us for a second as

him bursts open

all right?” he gasps, moving briskly