Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

#Chapter 328 – 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.”

“I’ll take her,” Roger says, stepping forward to take Cora by the arm.

chest and shoving him back. Though I’m not

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

“I just want to see my mate comfortably tucked in.

and then giving Cora a peck on her cheek. “We’ll figure it all out when you wake up,

look. “Really, we will.” And then she

we watch them disappear form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my shoulders,

he says, holding me tight against him. “They’re idiots for not

all

always be easy for them,” I sigh. “Not like it

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

turning in his arms and looking sincerely up

other, and especially that I

with us, it was always

what you mean,” he says, looking calmly down into my eyes. “But their love is a

me. “Like ours. They’re going to work it

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

both of them.”

pa*s with that seeming like a very real

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

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

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

his dark, wry little

day six, Cora takes me by the shoulders and gives

must go back to the

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

need you!”

”

need me,” she says, taking her hands

in a little love bubble with Roger

something.”

my eyebrows at her and

“I’m not changing my mind, Ella. I’m in

stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who I never broke up with. And

to go deal with all of

petulantly down at my shoes. “Did you seriously never break

I ask, glancing up at

raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading

be a big girl and go…do

rubbing her on the arm in what I hope is a comforting

to him, all right? I

says, shaking her head. “I feel terrible,

Okay?”