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…”

say, my voice definitive, swatting her on

stepping forward to take Cora by the

a hand on his chest and shoving him back. Though I’m not actually

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

just want to see my mate

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

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

we watch them disappear form our sight. “I’m so happy,” I say, leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps

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

considering all the things that held them back in the

be easy for them,” I sigh. “Not like it

of my neck. “You almost died like,

and looking sincerely up at him. “We always had Rafe.

out that we loved each other, and especially

us, it was always

looking calmly down into my eyes. “But their

“Like ours. They’re going

resting my head against his chest

both of them.”

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

reasons why they can’t go, and it fills my heart with

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

see the way she turns her face up

dark,

takes me by the shoulders and

go back to the

my neck and groaning. “Just

need you!”

”

her hands

bubble

something.”

say, raising my eyebrows at her and giving

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

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

with

mumble, looking petulantly down at my shoes. “Did you

I ask, glancing

she says, raising a guilty hand to her forehead and shading

him. But I need to be a big