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

–

glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell

frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful

and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his head and

the investigators.

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

and looping my arm

what I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of

– and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed

Cora

say, my mouth pulling into a grimace.

out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to

Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team

can’t believe I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora

were a suspect for like, three hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move on from

breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in

would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading as it

wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with

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

“Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it.

over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like

hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?”

both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying a little

you serious? Ether?”

do hypnosis?”

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