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.”

against her chair and crosses her arms over her chest again, not

“about this man’s continued connection

Roger mutters, his face turned down towards the table. Cora shoots Roger a dirty look he

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

and call. He was very conveniently available when you were hurt after the temple and worked incredibly hard to keep you and Rafe

figure it out. “No,”

hand

Cora cries, but Henry speaks as

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 this, is very

to see him again covering his face with his

is not part of this

points out, clearly working hard to keep his temper even. “At a clinic

her head around at all of us.” Hank is a good person who has only done wonderful things for this family. I know him. I know that he only has good things in his heart, and wants to

careful, especially because we know that the Cult has a history of deploying sleeper agents. But Hank himself? He hasn’t given us a single reason to doubt

Roger don’t nod along with me. Instead, they just quietly look away from Cora, not saying

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

intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut and strides from the room, slamming the

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