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 him back. Though I’m

laughing and falling back a bit. “I said sleep. Not

promise,” he says, “I just want to see my

Cora a peck on her cheek. “We’ll figure it all out when you wake up, okay?” I say, giving her a little nudge towards the

“Really, we will.” And then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door and

disappear form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my

too,” he says, holding me tight against him.

the things that held them back in the

them,” I sigh. “Not

head against the back of my neck. “You almost died like, four times since

in his arms and looking sincerely up at him. “We always

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

us, it was always

down into my eyes. “But their love is a

to me. “Like ours. They’re going

sigh, resting my head against his chest and

both of them.”

with that seeming like a very

they can’t go, and it fills

growing closer. To see the tiny little touches he places on

ear, to see the way she turns her face up to him

of his dark, wry little

day six, Cora takes me by the shoulders and gives me

back

I whine, tiling my head back on my neck and groaning.

need you!”

”

need me,” she says, taking her hands

a little love bubble with Roger so that I don’t change my mind or

something.”

my eyebrows at her and giving

shaking her head at me. “I’m not changing my

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

with all of

shoes. “Did

ask, glancing up at her.

she says, raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading her eyes, embarrassed. “I kind

I need to be a big girl and go…do

on the arm in what I hope is a comforting way.