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 –”

his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which

up,” Cora huffs, narrowing her eyes at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him 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

the investigators.

phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and

arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my

“Sinclair brought in his team of

you. Before I was allowed to text you.”

Cora asks, confused.

pulling into

out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled

my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to

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

was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move

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

know I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her

with apology. “You know

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

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

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 from that

your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time we talked? I told

voice 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

drops along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you – you

do hypnosis?”