Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

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 –”

hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton soup

his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my

the investigators.

he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all

say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at

in his team

they wanted to…clear you. Before

me?” Cora asks, confused.

my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

My sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry,

siynı, yiving me an 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 you were the last one who we know had the sample! It makes sense, from an investigative standpoint!”

everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less

because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!”

minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath

I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as

at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this just….please, let

my investigators – they were just

see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding.

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 anything from that afternoon that could help.”

everything. But don’t your investigators have

wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying a little

her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed.

to do hypnosis?”