Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 329: Missing 

Sinclair

“Where is she,” Roger growls, pacing through our living room as Ella sit on the couch feeding

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Rafe, watching him anxiously. “I’ve been everywhere looking for her – at the clinic, at her

apartment –”

“You must have just missed her, Roger,” Ella says, as worried as he us but wanting to calm him

down. “She calls me every morning and night to fill me in. It sounds like she’s just super busy at

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the clinic it got very overwhelmed when she disappeared with us for a few days.”

“He’s keeping her there,” Roger murmurs suspiciously, his anxiety really doing a number on him.

“She broke up with him, and he pretended to accept it, but he’s keeping her trapped in the clinic

so she’ll agree to give him another shot –”

“You know she’s not doing that, Roger,” I say, leaning against the fireplace mantle and taking a

deep breath. Honestly, I don’t want to be in here handling my brother’s paranoia, but Ella sent me

a little shout down the bond letting me know that she needed some help. He’s been worked up for

days, of course, but really seems to be going off the deep end now. Not that I wouldn’t be too,

honestly, if I was freshly mated to Ella and then she disappeared for five days.

“How do you know,” Roger snaps at me, his eyes flashing with rage.

“Because,” I reply, my wolf responding to the challenge in his voice by raising his hackles. “I

know Cora. She wouldn’t do that. You have to trust her.” I stand up straight, my body language

communicating to Roger that I can take him, and if he needs someone to pin him to the floor, that

I’ll do it. After all, my mate and my infant child are in this room. If he flips out… their safety is my

priority. Not his.

“He’s right, Roger,” Ella says, trying to keep her voice even. “Honestly, she sounds fine, she’s just

really busy. She told me to… tell you she loves you.”

“But why won’t she pick up my calls?” Roger snaps, spinning on her, “why, when I go to the clinic

to see her, is she conveniently not there? Why is she never in her apartment when she says she

is!?”

take a step forward, interposing my body between

mate and my

turn away and stalk to the window, looking for Cora, hoping she’ll

leaning back against the

upstairs,” Ella sighs, nodding to the baby, who has finished eating.

get him down for a

nod to her, watching her carry our little boy out

turn my attention back to my brother.

to come back, Roger,” I say,

digging his fingers into the windowsill and not turning towards me.

talked to me for days.

wrong.”

long pause, considering. “Did you do anything

Rodger spits, spinning

and meeting his furious eyes.

question

Dominic!” he shouts. “I didn’t

with a little shrug. “If you didn’t do anything, then

choice is to keep reaching out, and wait for her to

There’s literally nothing you can

away from me

I reply, sighing. “Because my answer wasn’t ‘go rip the world

her over your shoulder so you can

“Obviously that’s what I would do, if

where she was.”

hand on his shoulder that makes him jump a little bit.

I don’t move away – I’m bigger than he is, anyway. I can take

her, Roger,” I say quietly. “She’ll thank you for it, in the end, if you approach this

of suspicion. And in the meantime,

work harder on this cult problem,” he sighs, closing his eyes and hanging

head, giving into my advice a little

I say, slipping my arm

when you finish it, your reward is

a great

and covering his eyes with his hand. “But you get maybe three

he continues, “before I’m out there looking for her again.”

my teeth. Because

looking for Cora when he’s like this. He’ll completely

him, my arm still around

office to sort through the evidence we’ve sorted through

wearing ourselves out looking for

team together to

the front door to the

feet and moving towards the door, only one person clear on his mind

the possibilities and my muscles bunch

him, pushing behind me as we reach the office door together

in case it’s a threat

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a black–robed figure trapped in their arms with a sack over his head. I think several things at once, the

never, ever come through the first door if they didn’t have to

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