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.”

won’t she pick up my calls?” Roger snaps, spinning on

she conveniently not there? Why is she never in her

is!?”

I take a step forward, interposing my body

mate and

growls, forcing himself to turn away and stalk to the window, looking for Cora, hoping

I murmur,

to the baby, who has finished

down for a

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

gone, I turn my

to come back, Roger,” I say, my

his fingers into the windowsill and not turning towards me. “How

when she hasn’t talked to me for days. And

wrong.”

after a long pause, considering. “Did you do

spits, spinning

a question, Roger,” I say, shrugging and meeting his furious eyes. “Did you

her question your

he shouts. “I didn’t

with a little shrug.

choice is to keep reaching out, and wait for her

nothing you can do now except

ridiculous,” he snarls, turning away from me

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

and then sling her over your shoulder so

yeah,” Roger replies, arrogant and angry. “Obviously that’s what I would

where she was.”

a hand on his shoulder that makes him jump a little

I don’t move away – I’m bigger than he

Roger,” I say quietly. “She’ll thank you for it, in the end, if you approach this with

the meantime,

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

giving into my advice a little

puzzle,” I say, slipping my arm around his

it, your reward is

that

covering his eyes with his hand. “But you get

I’m out there looking for her

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

streets looking for Cora when he’s like this. He’ll completely freak her out, and

turn him, my arm still around his shoulders, towards the

to sort through the evidence we’ve sorted through

out

interrogative team together to

the front door to the

on his feet and moving towards the door, only one person clear

more wary, more aware of the possibilities and

me as we reach the office door together

just in case

their way in, a black–robed figure trapped in their

through the first door if they

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