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.

his chest and shoving

complies, laughing and falling back a bit. “I said

up. “I promise,” he says, “I just

I say, narrowing my eyes and then giving Cora a peck on her cheek. “We’ll figure it all out when you wake up,

giving me a steady look. “Really, we will.” And then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door and up the stairs

say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my

says, holding me tight against him. “They’re idiots for not doing

all the things that held them

them,” I sigh. “Not like it was

Sinclair says, and I can feel him shake his head against the back of my neck. “You almost died like, four times since we’ve been together. How is that

and looking sincerely up at him. “We always

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

us, it was always smooth

he says, looking calmly down into

nodding to me. “Like ours. They’re going to

head against his chest and

both of them.”

pass with that seeming like a very real possibility. Cora and Roger stay

reasons why they can’t go, and

To see the tiny little touches he places on her back

say something in her ear, to see the way she turns her face up

of his dark, wry

the shoulders and gives me a little shake,

must go back to the clinic.

my neck and groaning. “Just stay here with us.

need you!”

”

her hands back and folding her arms across her

keep me in a little love bubble with Roger

something.”

my eyebrows at her and giving her a too–innocent smile. “Is it

me. “I’m not changing my mind, Ella. I’m in love with him.” I

up, stopping me. “But I have a life. And a boyfriend who I never broke up with.

go deal with all of

looking petulantly down at my shoes. “Did you

I ask, glancing up

raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading her

I need to be

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