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…”

my voice definitive, swatting her on the rear. “Immediately,

forward

his chest and shoving him

laughing and falling back a bit. “I said

he says, “I just want to see

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

then she takes Roger’s hand and walks

to 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 give

too,” he says, holding me tight against

anything for a moment, considering all the things that held

always be easy for them,” I sigh.

head against the back 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 that I was a wolf too, then…” I

us, it was always smooth

you mean,” he says, looking calmly down into my eyes.

he says, nodding to me. “Like ours.

his chest and closing my eyes. “That’s all

both of them.”

like a very real possibility. Cora

reasons why they can’t

the tiny

say something in her ear, to see the way

his dark, wry

by the

go back to

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

need you!”

”

she says, taking her hands back and folding her arms across her

in a little love bubble with Roger so that I

something.”

and giving her

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

to hear 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 requires me to actually

with

looking petulantly down at my shoes.

glancing

to her forehead and shading her eyes, embarrassed. “I kind

I need to be a big girl