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.

chest and shoving him

to stop him, Roger complies, laughing and falling back a bit.

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

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

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

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

too,” he says, holding me tight against him. “They’re

a moment, considering all the things that held them back

be easy for them,” I sigh.

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

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

we figured out that we loved each other, and especially that I

it was

into my eyes. “But their love is

nodding to me. “Like ours. They’re

chest and closing my eyes.

both of them.”

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

partially because I keep making up reasons why they can’t

tiny

down to say something in her ear, to see the way she turns her face up to him and laughs at

of his dark, wry

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

go back to

my neck and groaning. “Just

need you!”

”

says, taking her hands back and folding her arms

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

something.”

at her and

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

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

with

looking petulantly down at my shoes. “Did you seriously never break

I ask, glancing up at

guilty hand to her forehead and shading her eyes, embarrassed. “I

But I need to be a big girl and go…do it.”

rubbing her on the