Chapter 329 – Missing

Sinclair

“Where is she,” Roger growls, pacing through our living room as Ella sit on the couch feeding

Rafe, watching him anxiously. “I’ve been everywhere looking for her – at the clinic, at her

apartment –”

“You must have just missed her, Roger,” Ella says, as worried as he us but wanting to calm him

down. “She calls me every morning and night to fill me in. It sounds like she’s just super busy at

the clinic it got very overwhelmed when she disappeared with us for a few days.”

“He’s keeping her there,” Roger murmurs suspiciously, his anxiety really doing a number on him.

“She broke up with him, and he pretended to accept it, but he’s keeping her trapped in the clinic

so she’ll agree to give him another shot –”

“You know she’s not doing that, Roger,I say, leaning against the fireplace mantle and taking a

deep breath. Honestly, I don’t want to be in here handling my brother’s paranoia, but Ella sent me

a little shout down the bond letting me know that she needed some help. He’s been worked up for

days, of course, but really seems to be going off the deep end now. Not that I wouldn’t be too,

honestly, if I was freshly mated to Ella and then she disappeared for five days.

“How do you know,Roger snaps at me, his eyes flashing with rage.

“Because,” I reply, my wolf responding to the challenge in his voice by raising his hackles. “I

know Cora. She wouldn’t do that. You have to trust her.” I stand up straight, my body language

communicating to Roger that I can take him, and if he needs someone to pin him to the floor, that

I’ll do it. After all, my mate and my infant child are in this room. If he flips out… their safety is my

priority. Not his.

“He’s right, Roger,” Ella says, trying to keep her voice even. “Honestly, she sounds fine, she’s just

really busy. She told me to… tell you she loves you.”

calls?” Roger snaps, spinning on her, “why, when I

she conveniently not there? Why is

is!?”

take a step forward, interposing

and my

stalk to the window, looking for Cora, hoping she’ll magically appear in the driveway. “I’m not going to hurt

better not,” I murmur, leaning back against the

to take Rafe upstairs,” Ella sighs, nodding to the

him down for

her, watching her carry our little boy out of the room, my heart surging with

turn my

back, Roger,” I say, my voice soft. “We need

fingers into the windowsill and not turning towards

she hasn’t talked to me for days. And I don’t even

wrong.”

after a long pause, considering. “Did you

spits,

and meeting

her

he shouts.

there’s your answer,” I reply with a little shrug. “If you didn’t do anything, then

to keep reaching out, and

literally nothing you can do now except be

turning away

reply, sighing. “Because

sling her over your shoulder

“Obviously that’s

where she was.”

laugh and move over to him, putting a hand on his shoulder that

away – I’m bigger than he is, anyway. I can take

you for it, in the end, if you approach this

in the meantime, let me distract

work harder on this cult problem,” he sighs, closing his eyes

into my advice

slipping my arm around

little squeeze, “and when you finish it, your

that

sighs, shaking his head and covering his eyes with his hand.

this,” he continues, “before I’m out there looking for her

reply, nodding and lying through my

looking for Cora when he’s like this.

turn him, my arm

through the evidence we’ve sorted through

wearing ourselves out looking for loopholes that we haven’t

to better

the front door to the house slams

is instantly on his feet and moving towards the door, only

I’m more wary, more aware of the possibilities and my muscles bunch as I sprint to

of him, pushing behind me as we reach the office door together so that I can

in case

eyes go dark as I see my reconnaissance team forcing their way in, a black–robed figure trapped in their arms with a sack over

never, ever come through the first

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