Chapter 315 – Determination

Ella

I gasp and quickly reach out my hand to clasp Roger’s. I feel that he is just as tense as I am as we

both sit on the end of the bed, staring at Cora.

Leon flicks his gaze to me and gives me a very subtle shake of his head and a tiny frown. It’s a small gesture, but the meaning is clear: I absolutely must not disturb Cora’s state. As a precaution, I raise a hand to my mouth and cover it, knowing that in the upcoming moments I may hear

details that make me react involuntarily.

Roger squeezes my other hand tightly as Leon continues.

“Cora,” Leon continues, curious. “I admit that I am intrigued by this man, this priest. Can you tell

me more about him? What details do you remember?”

“It’s…hard,Cora says, and I see her brow ruffle. “He…he didn’t want me to remember.”

“That’s very frustrating,” Leon continues, his voice like honey. “Just tell me what you see.”

“He’s tall,” Cora says, her frown deepening. “He has pale skin and dark hair…he’s not old, but not

young. His robe is black.” She gives a little shrug and huffs a sigh through her nose. I can see that

she’s frustrated, even in her hypnotic state.

“That’s all right, Cora, that’s wonderful detail,” Leon says soothingly. I hear Roger’s mouth pop

open and snap my head to him, but Leon holds up one finger towards us, begging patience while

he continues.

“What happened next, my dear?” Leon asks.

“He told me,” she says, sighing, “to destroy the sample in my hand – to wash it down the sink, and then discard the vial. And then, once I did that,” she sighs, almost peaceful again, “he had me go to the other freezer – the one with the shifter samples and to take out number 7285692. So I did. And then I prepared that, and tested it for motility, and when it was ready,” she shrugs, “I went into the exam room and helped Ella.”

“Thank you, Cora,” Leon says smoothly, smiling at her. “That is wonderful detail. You’ve

remembered it all so beautifully.” Then, he turns to Roger and nods, giving him permission to take control of the investigation.

“Cora,” Roger says, releasing my hand and crossing his arms over his chest. “Can you hear me?”

“Roger?” she asks, her eyes still closed. “What are you doing here in my lab?”

“I’m just…visiting…” he says awkwardly, clearly not very good at the kind of play acting that Cora’s

hypnosis requires.

not allowed to be back here,”

little, as if remembering that she had no protests about

her will and made her switch sperm samples

with my elbow and when he turns to me

needs to be nice to my sister. This

her fault.

he continues, “what did

Did he ask you to…forget anything? Or

turning her head to the side and considering. “He simply…took my

was a white light…and then he was

the sample,” Roger asks, “and you didn’t know to whom

her hands in her lap, looking if anything a little bored.

the right sample. I thought it was

Cora,” Leon murmurs reassuringly next to her. “You’re

onto her face.

again. “Did you ever see the

little shrug. But then, a darkness passes

sits up, peering at her closely, and then looks at me, worried.

intuiting that Roger may have hit on something here but…..perhaps, just asked the

wrong question.

says, her voice a

to her side, sitting back down on the bed and taking

Ella,” she says, her voice wavering

said you don’t remember seeing the man in the

day…but did you ever see

tremble. She turns to me, unseeing, and grasps

tightly. “Ella…”

between

then, my sister goes rigid with terror, her eyes flying open, and she tilts back her head and

screams.

she barely draws breath before the next one

antidote!” I shout, throwing my body across her, working to hold her, to keep

the shot at her side, his hands shaking. But

leaning over and injecting Cora

time she’s screaming, a sound of pure terror

for her face, calling her name – and then slowly, so slowly,

and she

raising both of my hands to her cheeks as tears slip down her face.

starting to

sister in my arms, climbing fully

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