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.”

Roger snaps, spinning on her, “why, when I go

she conveniently not there? Why is she never in her

is!?”

forward, interposing my body

mate and

to the window, looking

better not,” I murmur, leaning

sighs, nodding to the baby, who has finished eating. “See if

get him down for

nod to her, watching her carry our little boy

turn

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

the windowsill and

for days. And I don’t even know

wrong.”

pause, considering. “Did you do anything

spits, spinning

Roger,” I say, shrugging and meeting

her question

shouts. “I didn’t

reply with a little shrug. “If you didn’t do

out, and wait for her to come to you

literally nothing you can do now except

snarls, turning away

don’t like the truth,” I reply, sighing. “Because

then sling her over your shoulder so you can

and angry. “Obviously that’s what I would do, if I even

where she was.”

hand on his shoulder that makes him jump a

he is, anyway. I

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

of suspicion. And in the meantime, let me distract

this cult problem,” he

head, giving into my advice a little

think of it as a puzzle,” I say, slipping my arm around his

it, your reward is that my

that a great

his eyes with his hand.

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

I reply, nodding and lying through my teeth. Because there’s no way

he’s like this. He’ll completely freak her out, and

him, my arm still around his

through the evidence we’ve sorted through a

wearing ourselves out

to better speculate

door to the house

is instantly on his feet and moving towards the

more wary, more aware of the possibilities and my muscles

as we reach the office

in case

my reconnaissance team forcing their way in, a black–robed figure trapped in their arms

would never, ever come through the

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