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.

–

“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-

And then Roger turns slowly and looks at me, taking me in

here, Roger?!” I hiss, filling the void that his silence left as I slamming the

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

hour –”

—

pillows of the couch. I dash to it and grab it and see that Roger is right that Ella has

1. do.

–

stutter in fear, my heart suddenly in my throat. I can’t grasp the whole situation – but there’s something about Rafe,

–

his hand around my upper arm, “but they need you. It’s something about the sperm

SIUCkEU.

mayo!?

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

“Fine!” I shout.” God, Roger, give me ten seconds! Obviously I’m coming!” I rip my arm from his hand and glare at him as I move towards my bedroom door, giving Hank a not–too–gentle nudge back into the bedroom and

least he’s good in a crisis. I hand Hank my phone as I move to my dresser.

texts aloud to me, skipping through the ones that he deems less important. Overall I get the gist and my heart wrenches to think of what my sister is going through as I hurriedly pull on

my door, interrupting one of Hank’s readings. “Seriously!? What’s

shout towards the door, fed up with his impatience. “God damn Alpha bullshit…” I mutter as I pull on my sneakers, not bothering to tie the laces. Then, I stand up, tucking my hair behind my ears as Hank crosses the room to me and hands me my phone, lifting one

the messages,” he says softly, rubbing his thumb over my cheek and looking into my eyes. “Are you going to

his and shaking

yell and a single pound comes again and I realize, suddenly, that of course Roger has wolf

on,” I say, moving away

disgruntled, but I just

breezing past

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

smile as I lean down to lock my apartment door. “For the food and…the nice time.”

even as I concentrate