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.”

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

not there? Why is she never in her apartment

is!?”

a step forward, interposing

mate and

off, Dominic,” Roger growls, forcing himself to turn away and stalk to the window, looking for

not,” I murmur, leaning

Ella sighs, nodding to the baby, who has

down for a

her carry our little boy out of the room,

When they’re gone, I turn my attention

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

windowsill and not turning towards me. “How can

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

wrong.”

after a long pause, considering. “Did you

Rodger spits, spinning on

shrugging and meeting his furious eyes.

her question your

shouts. “I didn’t

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

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

literally nothing you can do now except

snarls, turning away

just don’t like the truth,” I reply, sighing. “Because my answer wasn’t ‘go

your shoulder so you can more easily

replies, arrogant and angry. “Obviously that’s what I

where she was.”

putting a hand on his shoulder

I’m bigger than he is, anyway. I can take what he throws at

I say quietly. “She’ll thank you for it, in the

And in the meantime, let me distract

just want me to work harder on this cult problem,” he sighs,

into my advice a

of it as a puzzle,” I say, slipping

little squeeze, “and when you finish it, your

that a

covering his eyes with his hand. “But

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

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

he’s like this. He’ll completely freak

spooked already. So I turn him, my arm still around his shoulders, towards

to sort through

spend hours doing this, wearing ourselves out looking for loopholes

together to better speculate about the

door to the

towards the door, only one person clear

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

of him, pushing behind me as we reach the office door together

just in case

figure trapped in their

never, ever come through the first door if they didn’t have

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