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.”

leans back against her chair and crosses her arms over

am just concerned,” Henry continues, “about this man’s continued connection to

down towards the table. Cora shoots

he did such a good job caring for

a very good job taking care of Rafe. He was at your beck and call. He was very conveniently available when you were hurt after the

letting me figure it out. “No,”

frightened hand going to

ridiculous!” Cora cries, but Henry speaks as if he didn’t

place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We also know that Xander, if he

see him again covering his face with his

not part of this – he –

keep his temper even. “At a clinic that we pay for. This man

know that he only has good things in his heart, and wants to help, and to bring wolf and human culture together.” She pauses, furious, glaring

has a point. Henry does too we need to be careful, especially because we know that the Cult has a history of deploying sleeper agents.

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

want to believe bad things about Hank because she got so close to him. That if he tricked

see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut and strides from the room, slamming the door shut behind her. Roger gets to his feet to follow but I

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