Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Chapter 313: Sister Support

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on

Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful

but I reach out and give him a little

the investigators.

earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s pounding on

I say, hesitating and looping my arm with

what I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the

to…clear you. Before I

me?” Cora

say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches

in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one who

Cora says,

a suspect for like, three hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more

deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her

Ella,” Cora says, her voice as

my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I

Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following

says,

his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of

course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time we talked? I told

“Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands.

serious? Ether?”

do hypnosis?”

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