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.”

forward to take Cora by the arm.

I say, putting a hand on his chest and

laughing and falling back

just want to see my mate

“We’ll figure it all out when you

giving me a steady look. “Really, we will.” And then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door and up the stairs

form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my shoulders, dipping his head to give me a

says, holding me tight against him. “They’re idiots

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

for them,” I sigh. “Not like it

can feel him shake his head against the back of my neck. “You almost died like, four times since we’ve been together. How is that

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

each other, and especially that I was a wolf too, then…”

it

down into my eyes.

“Like ours. They’re going to work it out.”

I sigh, resting my head against his chest and closing my

both of them.”

next five days pass with that seeming like a very real possibility. Cora and Roger stay

up reasons why they can’t go, and it fills my heart

see the tiny little touches he places on

see the way she turns her face up to him

of his dark, wry

the shoulders and gives me a little

go back to the

on my neck and

need you!”

”

she says, taking her hands back and

keep me in a little love bubble with Roger so that I

something.”

eyebrows at her and

shaking her head at me. “I’m not changing my mind, Ella. I’m in love with

stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who

deal with all

looking petulantly down at my shoes.

glancing up

raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading her eyes, embarrassed. “I

him. But I need to be a big girl

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