Chapter 329 – Missing

Sinclair

“Where is she,” Roger growls, pacing through our living room as Ella sit on the couch feeding

Rafe, watching him anxiously. “I’ve been everywhere looking for her – at the clinic, at her

apartment –”

“You must have just missed her, Roger,” Ella says, as worried as he us but wanting to calm him

down. “She calls me every morning and night to fill me in. It sounds like she’s just super busy at

the clinic it got very overwhelmed when she disappeared with us for a few days.”

“He’s keeping her there,” Roger murmurs suspiciously, his anxiety really doing a number on him.

“She broke up with him, and he pretended to accept it, but he’s keeping her trapped in the clinic

so she’ll agree to give him another shot –”

“You know she’s not doing that, Roger,I say, leaning against the fireplace mantle and taking a

deep breath. Honestly, I don’t want to be in here handling my brother’s paranoia, but Ella sent me

a little shout down the bond letting me know that she needed some help. He’s been worked up for

days, of course, but really seems to be going off the deep end now. Not that I wouldn’t be too,

honestly, if I was freshly mated to Ella and then she disappeared for five days.

“How do you know,Roger snaps at me, his eyes flashing with rage.

“Because,” I reply, my wolf responding to the challenge in his voice by raising his hackles. “I

know Cora. She wouldn’t do that. You have to trust her.” I stand up straight, my body language

communicating to Roger that I can take him, and if he needs someone to pin him to the floor, that

I’ll do it. After all, my mate and my infant child are in this room. If he flips out… their safety is my

priority. Not his.

“He’s right, Roger,” Ella says, trying to keep her voice even. “Honestly, she sounds fine, she’s just

really busy. She told me to… tell you she loves you.”

“But why won’t she pick up my calls?” Roger snaps, spinning on her, “why, when I go to the clinic

to see her, is she conveniently not there? Why is she never in her apartment when she says she

is!?”

interposing my

mate and

off, Dominic,” Roger growls, forcing himself to turn away and stalk to the window, looking for Cora, hoping she’ll magically appear in the

leaning back

nodding to the baby, who

down for a

little boy out of the

I turn my attention back to my

need you to come back, Roger,” I say, my voice soft. “We

into the windowsill and

for days. And

wrong.”

long pause, considering.

Rodger spits, spinning on me.

I say, shrugging and meeting his furious eyes. “Did you do something

make her question your

shouts. “I didn’t do

answer,” I reply with a little

keep reaching out, and wait

you can

ridiculous,” he snarls, turning away from

don’t like the truth,” I reply, sighing. “Because my answer wasn’t

your shoulder so you can more

replies, arrogant and angry. “Obviously that’s what I

where she was.”

on his shoulder that makes him

– I’m bigger than he is, anyway. I can take

her, Roger,” I say quietly. “She’ll thank you for it, in the end, if you approach this with faith

of suspicion. And in the meantime, let me distract

this cult problem,” he

my

it as a puzzle,” I say, slipping my

finish it, your reward is that

that a

sighs, shaking his head and covering his eyes

this,” he continues, “before I’m out there

through my teeth. Because there’s no way I’m letting

for Cora when he’s like this. He’ll completely freak her out, and it sounds

turn him, my arm still around his shoulders, towards the

office to sort through the evidence we’ve sorted

spend hours doing this, wearing ourselves out looking for loopholes that we haven’t explored

team together to better speculate about

the front door to

towards the door, only one person clear on his

possibilities and my muscles bunch as I sprint to get in

as we reach the office door

it’s a threat –

dark as I see my reconnaissance team forcing their way in, a black–robed figure trapped in their arms with a

would never, ever come through the first door if they didn’t

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