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,” Roger says, stepping forward to take Cora by

his chest

laughing and falling back a bit.

laughs, putting his hands up. “I promise,” he says, “I just want to see my mate

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

will,” she agrees, giving me a steady look. “Really, we will.” And then she takes Roger’s hand and walks out the door and up

leaning against his chest and sighing contentedly. He wraps his arms around my shoulders, dipping his

me tight against him.

all the things

for them,”

him shake his head against the back of my neck. “You almost died like, four times

arms and looking sincerely up

other, and especially that I was

least with us, it

calmly down into

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

resting my head against his chest and closing my eyes. “That’s

both of them.”

with that seeming like a very real possibility. Cora and Roger

because I keep making up reasons why they

to see them growing closer. To see the

to say something in her ear, to see the way she turns her face

of his dark, wry

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

go back to

head back on my

need you!”

”

she says, taking her hands back

in a little love bubble with Roger so

something.”

at her and

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

little 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

to go deal with all of that!

my shoes. “Did you seriously never break

I ask, glancing up at

says, raising a guilty hand to her forehead and

to be a big girl