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 –”

he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into

a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his head and goes into the office, where Sinclair is still talking to some of

the investigators.

on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s pounding on

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

to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the switched

to…clear you.

Cora asks,

mouth pulling into a grimace.

the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in my arm.

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!

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now,

my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly,

hands to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood when she was truly upset.

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

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

Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following process and

“Okay,” she says,

need to go back to that day,” 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

hand through her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time we talked? I told

Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do

you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you –

to do hypnosis?”