Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Ella

“As happy as this is,” Sinclair says, folding his arms over his chest and looking around at the four of us. “And it is happy,” he says, looking at Cora and Roger to let them know that he’s sincere. They nod their understanding. “We do still have a problem on our hands,” he says, nodding to Rafe

in my arms.

“Yes,” I say, looking eagerly up at Cora. “Henry found out some more about the cult – I’ll tell you

all about it. It’s…not good,” I say, with a little grimace.

“Oh,” she says, drawing her brows together. “Okay – yes, I want to hear everything.” I nod, tugging at her waist so that she’ll follow me into the house. Sinclair and Roger come close behind.

“Did you find anything else out?” Sinclair asks Roger.

“No,” Roger replies, a little apologetic. “Just what we sent you from the library. Was it useful?”

“Incredibly,” Sinclair confirms, thankful. “But yes, we found out more…”

”

My mate and I take Roger and Cora into the little office and tell them everything, seating Rafe in

a little swing that we’ve placed there temporarily since we’ve been spending so much time here.

working on this issue. They’re both as horrified as we were to discover that we likely have

someone in our midst who is working for the cult, who either has already betrayed us or will soon.

Though both wrack their minds they, like us, can’t come up with a viable candidate for who it is.

“We need more information,” Sinclair growls, thoughtful, as he flips through what paperwork his

investigators have produced for the case, as if he might find something else there. I nod, agreeing,

but I look at Cora and see her fading a bit.

“You haven’t slept, have you?” I ask, concerned.

She smiles at me, apologetic, but shakes her head. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says. “I want to help but I

think…”

“Upstairs,” I say, my voice definitive, swatting her on the rear. “Immediately, sleep.”

“I’ll take her,” Roger says, stepping forward to take Cora by the arm.

hand on his chest and shoving him back.

Roger complies, laughing and falling back

his hands up. “I promise,” he says, “I just want to see my mate comfortably

and then giving Cora a peck on her cheek. “We’ll figure it all out when

she agrees, giving me a steady look. “Really, we will.” And then she

move to Sinclair’s side as we watch them disappear form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my shoulders, dipping his head to give me a kiss on the

tight against him. “They’re idiots for not doing

all the things that held them back in

easy for them,” I sigh. “Not like

shake his head against the back of my neck. “You almost died

looking sincerely up at

loved each other, and especially that I was a wolf too, then…”

with us, it was

what you mean,” he says, looking calmly down into my eyes. “But

ours. They’re going to work it

hope so,” I sigh, resting my head against his chest and closing my eyes. “That’s

both of them.”

five days pass with that seeming like a very real possibility. Cora

they

them growing closer. To see the tiny little

say something in her ear, to see the way she

his dark, wry

then, on day six, Cora takes me by the

back

on my neck and groaning. “Just stay

need you!”

”

me,” she says, taking her hands back and folding her arms across her chest.

keep me in a little love bubble with Roger so that I don’t change my mind

something.”

I say, raising my eyebrows at her and giving her a too–innocent smile. “Is it working?”

laughs, shaking her head at me. “I’m not changing my mind, Ella. I’m in

her say it but she holds a finger up, stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who I never broke up with. And a job that requires me to actually help people.

deal with all of that! Okay?”

my shoes. “Did you seriously never

glancing up at

she says, raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading

be a big girl and go…do

I say, stepping forward and rubbing her on the arm in