Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 328 – Reconnaissance

Ella

“As happy as this is,” Sinclair says, folding his arms over his chest and looking around at the four of us. “And it is happy,” he says, looking at Cora and Roger to let them know that he’s sincere. They nod their understanding. “We do still have a problem on our hands,” he says, nodding to Rafe

in my arms.

“Yes,” I say, looking eagerly up at Cora. “Henry found out some more about the cult – I’ll tell you

all about it. It’s…not good,” I say, with a little grimace.

“Oh,” she says, drawing her brows together. “Okay – yes, I want to hear everything.” I nod, tugging at her waist so that she’ll follow me into the house. Sinclair and Roger come close behind.

“Did you find anything else out?” Sinclair asks Roger.

“No,” Roger replies, a little apologetic. “Just what we sent you from the library. Was it useful?”

“Incredibly,” Sinclair confirms, thankful. “But yes, we found out more…”

”

My mate and I take Roger and Cora into the little office and tell them everything, seating Rafe in

a little swing that we’ve placed there temporarily since we’ve been spending so much time here.

working on this issue. They’re both as horrified as we were to discover that we likely have

someone in our midst who is working for the cult, who either has already betrayed us or will soon.

Though both wrack their minds they, like us, can’t come up with a viable candidate for who it is.

“We need more information,” Sinclair growls, thoughtful, as he flips through what paperwork his

investigators have produced for the case, as if he might find something else there. I nod, agreeing,

but I look at Cora and see her fading a bit.

“You haven’t slept, have you?” I ask, concerned.

She smiles at me, apologetic, but shakes her head. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says. “I want to help but I

think…”

“Upstairs,” I say, my voice definitive, swatting her on the rear. “Immediately, sleep.”

Roger says, stepping forward

and

to stop him, Roger complies, laughing and falling back a bit. “I said sleep.

he says, “I just want to

it all out when you wake up, okay?”

And then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door and up the stairs

to Sinclair’s side as we watch them disappear form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my

holding me tight against him. “They’re idiots for not doing it sooner.”

a moment, considering all the things that held them back in the

not going to always be easy for them,” I sigh. “Not like it

him shake his head against the back of my neck. “You almost died like, four times since we’ve

arms and looking sincerely up at him. “We always had Rafe.

each other, and especially that

it was always

says, looking calmly down into my eyes. “But their love is

“Like ours. They’re going

I sigh, resting my head against his chest and closing my eyes. “That’s all I want.

both of them.”

that seeming like a very real possibility. Cora and Roger stay with

partially because I keep making up reasons why they can’t go, and it fills my heart

to see them growing closer. To see the tiny little touches he

down to say something in her ear, to see the way she turns her

of his dark,

then, on day six, Cora takes me by the shoulders and gives

go back

whine, tiling my head back on my neck and groaning. “Just stay here with us. We

need you!”

”

don’t need me,” she says, taking her hands back and folding her arms across her chest.

keep me in a little love bubble with Roger so that I don’t

something.”

her and giving her a too–innocent smile. “Is it working?”

“I’m not changing my mind, Ella.

a little to hear her say it but she holds a finger up, stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who I never broke up with. And a job that requires me to

to go deal with all of

shoes. “Did you seriously never break up with

ask, glancing up at

she says, raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading

But I need to be a big girl

I say, stepping forward and rubbing her on the arm in what I hope