Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 354

Chapter 354 – The Problem

Ella

Cora blinks rapidly in disbelief and my own mouth falls open. I see Roger go tense in his chair and feel Sinclair do the same beside me.

“Wha- what?” Cora asks, aghast, leaning forward to stare more closely at Henry. “The problem that is HankJ; FJA

Hank? What the hell kind of problem is Hank?”

I grimace a little when I see her get defensive and dart my eyes to Roger, seeing him rankle at it, just a little bit. Roger, I know, is jealous of Hank – not very jealous, not in a bad way. Just…as much as he doesn’t blame Cora for her previous hesitations, or hold them against her…

…well, he’s not going to be thrilled about Cora’s ex’s continued presence in our lives, is he? Especially when he sees Cora defend Hank like that..

“Please, Cora,” Henry says, putting a peaceful hand out towards her. “Just… hear me out.”

“What is wrong with Hank,” she insists, continuing to be angry, which just upsets Roger more. I glance at Sinclair, worried. His face is a mirror of my own.

“Please “Henry says again, leaning forward and staring at Cora only at Cora intensely. “I mean no insult. I just want to…discuss.”

Cora leans back against her chair and crosses her arms over her chest again, not happy about it but willing

“about this man’s continued connection to this

face turned down towards the table. Cora shoots

ask, confused. “He’s he’s our doctor – he did such a

of Rafe. He was at your beck and call. He was very conveniently available when you were hurt after the temple and worked incredibly hard to keep you and Rafe alive beyond the point when other doctors would have

me, letting me figure it out. “No,” Cora says, breaking in and shaking her head

god,” I whisper, a frightened hand going to my mouth. “Do

Henry speaks as if

that the Cult is incredibly good at infiltrating lives,” Henry says to me and to Sinclair. “We also know that they tend to place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We also know that Xander, if he is behind

I turn to see him again covering his face with his hand. “How did we not see this

“Hank is not part of this –

clearly working hard to keep his temper even. “At a

has good things in his heart, and wants to help, and to bring wolf and human culture together.” She pauses, furious, glaring around at all of us.

especially because we know that the Cult has a history of deploying sleeper agents. But Hank himself? He hasn’t

along with me. Instead, they just quietly look away from Cora, not saying the

got so close to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that would be a horrible thing

and when I look up at her I see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her

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