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!?”

interposing my body

and my

Roger growls, forcing himself to turn away and stalk to the window, looking for Cora, hoping she’ll magically appear in the driveway. “I’m not going to hurt

better not,” I murmur, leaning

upstairs,” Ella sighs, nodding to the baby, who

down for a nap.”

boy out of the

they’re gone, I turn my attention

you to come back, Roger,” I say, my voice soft. “We need you here.”

the windowsill

when she hasn’t talked to me for days. And I don’t even know what

wrong.”

say after a long pause, considering. “Did you

Rodger spits, spinning on me.

Roger,” I say, shrugging and meeting his furious eyes. “Did you do

her question

“I

there’s your answer,” I reply with a little shrug. “If

out, and wait for

literally nothing you can do now except

ridiculous,” he snarls, turning away from me

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

over your shoulder so you can more

arrogant and angry. “Obviously that’s what I would do, if I even

where she was.”

over to him, putting a hand on his

away – I’m bigger than he is, anyway. I can take what he

I say quietly. “She’ll thank you for it, in

suspicion. And in the meantime, let me

on this cult problem,” he sighs, closing

giving into my advice a little bit.

a puzzle,” I say, slipping my arm around

squeeze, “and when you finish it, your reward is that my son doesn’t

that a great

his head and covering his eyes with his hand. “But

I’m out there looking

teeth. Because there’s no way I’m letting him

he’s like this. He’ll completely freak her out, and

I turn him, my arm still around his

office to sort through the evidence we’ve sorted

ourselves out looking for loopholes that we haven’t explored

together to

to

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

more aware of the possibilities and my muscles bunch as I sprint to get

pushing behind me as we reach the office door together so that I can get into the

in case it’s a threat

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black–robed figure trapped in

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