Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 312 – Reinforcements

Cora

Hank and I are tangled in the sheets of my bed, talking softly to each other about nothing, when suddenly I hear a pounding on my door – a dangerous, feral, fervent sound.

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“What the hell is that,” Hank gasps, sitting up and whipping his head to look towards the front of

my apartment.

“I–I don’t know “I stutter, fear racing through me. The pounding halts for a moment and we both sit there, frozen, not knowing what to do. Then, suddenly, a voice breaks through the silence.

“Cora!” it shouts, and my jaw drops a little because…well, because I know that voice. “Open the

damn door, Cora!”

“Oh my god,” I murmur, standing up and wrapping my naked body in my sheets – weirdly bashful in this moment. As I do, the pounding starts again.

“Do you know who it is?” Hank asks, hurriedly getting out of bed and pulling his pants on

“Yes,” I breathe, quickly switching the sheets for my robe hanging on the back of my door and

then rushing through the living room. “It’s fucking…”

But Hank, standing at the doorway to my bedroom, sees for himself the moment I pull the door

open.

Roger’s fist is still raised as my door flies open, but he drops it as he glares down at me.

“God damn it, Cora,” he growls, storming past me into the apartment, “don’t you ever check your

pho-

Roger turns slowly and looks at me, taking me in from head to toe in my bathrobe.

I slamming the door shut and stalking forward to give him a shove.

Roger growls, snapping out of his shock and turning his attention to me as he blatantly ignores Hank. “It’s a crisis – Ella and

hour –”

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looking all over – and then finally spotting my phone, wedged between the pillows of the couch. I dash to it and grab it and see that Roger is right that Ella has been calling me for the past hour, as well as sending texts. I quickly flick through them, glancing at Roger

1. do.

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my heart suddenly in my throat. I can’t grasp the whole situation – but there’s something about Rafe, and kidnapping, and a note “Is

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you. It’s something about the sperm bank, they think they

1, SIUCkEU.

mayo!?

he almost yells. “God, Cora, let’s go – you can ask all of these questions in

I’m coming!” I rip my arm from

my phone as I move to my dresser. “Can you give me a summary of

my heart wrenches to think of what my sister is going through as I hurriedly pull on some sporty leggings

shouts, banging on my door, interrupting one of Hank’s readings. “Seriously!? What’s taking so

my sneakers, not bothering to tie the laces. Then, I stand

of the messages,” he says softly, rubbing his thumb over my cheek and looking into my eyes. “Are you going to be all right? Is there any way I can

shaking my

of course Roger has wolf hearing and is using it to spy on our conversation.

at the door, hate in my eyes, but then I nod towards it. “Come on,” I say, moving away from Hank. “We’d better get moving before he rips it down.”

I hear Roger growl, disgruntled, but I just roll my eyes

ask, breezing past him.

he snarls, walking swiftly to keep up with me. We pass through the door

say, giving him a smile as I lean down to

smile in his voice even as I concentrate on my keys.