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.”

why won’t she pick up my calls?” Roger snaps, spinning on her, “why, when I go to

is she never in her apartment

is!?”

interposing my body

and my

turn away and stalk to the window, looking for Cora, hoping she’ll magically appear

I murmur, leaning back

Ella sighs, nodding to the baby, who

down for

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

turn my attention

I

growls, digging his fingers into the windowsill and

for days. And I

wrong.”

I say after a long pause, considering.

spits, spinning on

a question, Roger,” I say, shrugging and meeting

make her question

Dominic!” he shouts. “I

little

your only choice is to keep reaching out, and wait for

nothing you can do

ridiculous,” he snarls, turning away from me again,

truth,” I reply, sighing. “Because my

then sling her over your shoulder so you can more

Roger replies, arrogant and angry. “Obviously that’s

where she was.”

to him, putting a hand on his shoulder that makes him jump a

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

you for it, in the end, if you

in the meantime, let me

work harder on this cult problem,” he

into my

puzzle,” I say, slipping

little squeeze, “and when you finish it, your reward is that my

Isn’t that a

he sighs, shaking his head and covering his eyes with his hand. “But

“before I’m out there looking for

nodding and lying through my teeth. Because there’s no way I’m letting

the streets looking for Cora when he’s like this. He’ll

she’s spooked already. So I turn him, my arm still

to the office to sort through the evidence we’ve sorted through

out looking for loopholes

together to better speculate about the

door to the house

instantly on his feet and moving towards the

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

the office door together so that I can

case it’s

go dark as I see my reconnaissance team forcing their way in, a black–robed figure trapped in

come through the first door

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