The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Ella

Dawn lights the horizon when the door creeks open and Sinclair comes back into the room. My eyes go immediately to him from my place sitting up in bed where I’ve spent way, way too many hours alone gazing down at my little baby.

Sinclair pushes the broken door shut and sighs before he raises his eyes to mine. “I’m sorry,” he says, his voice thick with guilt.

“You’d damn well better be,” I murmur to him, because honestly? I’m pissed.

He moves closer to me now and I can see that he’s absolutely exhausted, but my eyes rove over him, looking for blood. Because if he killed Calvin, surely there would be –

“I didn’t kill anyone,” he murmurs with a sigh as he sinks onto the bed next to me, burying his head in his hands. “Though I wanted to, and I would have.”

“He didn’t do anything, Dominic,” I say, my voice determined.

“He did, Ella,” Sinclair snaps, glaring at me. “I get that we’re in uncharted territory here with the possibility of both of us having two fated mates, but honestly? It’s not like there isn’t some precedent. If a couple are chosen mates and one of them meets their fated mate? There’s a protocol to be followed.”

I pause for a moment, a little shocked. “Really?” I ask, curious. “What is it?”

“Well it’s damn well not keep it a secret from everyone and take her out on a romantic date where you touch her face -”

And I can’t help myself from laughing a little at this, a dark, angry little laugh.

He turns to glare at me but I just shake my head. “Dominic, if the man thinks that he’s my fated mate and all he does is touch my face – is that honestly a crime worth his death?”

“Yes,” he growls, completely sincere, “when it’s my mate it sure as hell is.”

“Did you find him?” I ask, because I have a lot I want to say to this man, but I need the details first.

“I did not,” he murmurs.

“Did you try?” I ask, pushing him.

did, yes,” he confesses. “And then I came to my

realized that you were overreacting

“I was not overreacting

feel about this. “And then you just…stayed out all night? And left me here, all alone, even though you knew I was upset and

and I see his shoulders slump with guilt. “That’s why

because you hunted

snaps his gaze to me now. “I don’t regret that, Ella,” he says, his voice low with anger again. “He is very lucky I didn’t find him, and if

go wide as I realize

what did you do all this time?” I

and…kind of ripped his door

“What!?”

growls, and I groan because I knew that was going to

“Was he there?”

frightened him, but I just… confirmed the

think I was

give me a glare. “I just worried that you missed something, Ella

unhappy, but I nod. “Then

burn out my energy and my anger. But,” my mate continues, turning to look at me, “I do regret leaving you here all alone. I honestly don’t know how I could have stayed, Ella – I’m not…I wasn’t strong

my heart wrenches to see it because – I mean, because I know we’re going to get

was so baffled, and so confused, and I needed him to hold me and talk to me last night

way to be that stronger man, Dominic,” I say quietly, shaking my head at him. “For me, for your children,” I shrug, looking down at sleeping Rafe. “Because this isn’t going to be the only challenge we face, and your only solution can’t be to shift into your wolf and go out to murder the

again, and he nods, because

him have a moment to sit in it, clenching my teeth against my own instinct to comfort him. When I can’t bear it any longer,

I ask, my voice

to me,

flipping out? Can we finally have the conversation that we should have had hours ago? Because I have

tears come back to my eyes now and my lower lip starts to

click as he shifts towards me then, reaching out across the bed and cupping my cheek in his palm. Instantly, wanting his touch, I press my face into his hand. “Yes,” he says

as I sniff back my tears and we both lay down on our soft mattress, the