The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 328 – Reconnaissance

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…”

definitive, swatting her on the

take her,” Roger says, stepping forward to take Cora by

hand on his chest

complies, laughing and falling back

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

cheek. “We’ll figure it all out when

then she takes Roger’s

form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest

me tight against

for a moment, considering all the things that held them

“It’s not going to always be easy for them,” I sigh. “Not

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

I say, turning in his arms and looking sincerely up at him. “We always had

each other, and especially that I was a wolf too,

it was always

calmly down into my eyes.

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

his chest and closing my eyes. “That’s

both of them.”

like a very real possibility. Cora and

keep making up reasons why they can’t go, and it

to see them growing closer. To see the

in her ear, to see the

dark, wry little

Cora takes me by the

go back to the

whine, tiling my head back on my neck and groaning. “Just stay here

need you!”

”

taking her hands back and folding her arms across her

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

something.”

say, raising my eyebrows at her and giving her a

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

life. And a boyfriend who I never broke up with. And a job that requires

to go deal with all

down at my shoes. “Did you seriously never break up

glancing up

raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading

be a