The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 316 – Safe?

Ella

Forty–five minutes later, I back out of the bedroom, snicking the door shut behind me. Then, I

stand up, closing my eyes and exhaling a long breath.

“Is she all right?” a voice hisses, right behind me.

I leap about a foot in the air, managing to muffle my shriek as I spin to see my mate standing

about six inches from me, looking down with a worried expression. I smack him, hard, against the

chest – more to get my adrenaline out than to actually hurt him – and glare up at him, mad at him

for scaring me like that. Sinclair just blinks at me, waiting, my smack having had no effect on him

at all.

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“Back up,” I whisper, putting my hands on his wide, muscled chest and pushing backwards. “She’s

asleep, finally – where is the baby?”

“He’s here,” Roger says, standing at the end of the hall with his godson in his arms. I smile, a little,

at the sight as I move forward with my arms open. Roger quietly passes my baby to me and I smile

down at my son, something in my body that has been anxious without him in the same room as

me finally coming to rest.

“Seriously, Ella,” Sinclair says, looking back towards the closed door of our guest room. “Is Cora

okay?”

don’t know,” I say, looking towards the door anxiously. “Leon came back about ten minutes later, offering a

dreams. Or any dreams.”

asks, still facing the

Dominic,” I snap, my own emotions a bit on edge. “You could show a little more concern for her welfare, and not just see

“I’m sorry, Ella,” he says, sincere. “I didn’t mean it like that. You know her health and safety are

closer to my mate, leaning my body against him. “I’m sorry,” I

and stressed,” he murmurs against my hair. “You haven’t had any

-eight hours…”

her,” Roger says suddenly,

with his hand

from my

do anything, Ella,” Roger bites

emotion. “I’m just going to…be there, all right? In case she needs anything. You two go get some sleep,” he says, his face softening. “The house is guarded – Cora

to sit with her. It makes sense. Okay?”

brother–in–law and, seeing them, Sinclair wraps an arm around my shoulder. “Come on, trouble,” he murmurs to me, nodding to Roger – who disappears into the bedroom – and guiding me towards our

–

shaky, wiping a tear from my face. “How

Sinclair murmurs, ushering Rafe and I into the room and closing the door behind us. Then he takes me by the shoulders and moves me towards the bed, taking

arms and then sitting me down on the mattress, tugging off my leggings. When I’m in my underwear he leaves me for a moment,

front of me, which absurdly brings his head basically eye- level with mine. “You trust me, right?” he asks, and, sniffing, I

you know I’d never let anyone

Again, I nod.

a hand to my

so you can be strong

a little in overwrought exhaustion then. A little part of me knows that Sinclair is talking to me like a child, and resents it, but a larger part of me…god, it needs it. It needs the simple reassurance, the warm reminder that – at my most basic level – I am cared for, and

he sleeps in the bed with us, okay?” I murmur, laying the swaddled baby down flat on the mattress between where Sinclair

him close.”

Sinclair murmurs, stripping down to his underwear and climbing into

us. Then, he leans forward, kissing Rafe softly on the

on the pillow.

scared, I open my eyes again, looking around.

Ella,” he whispers. “We

comforted,