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-

he sees Hank standing in the doorway to my bedroom, pulling on his shirt. And then Roger turns slowly and looks at me, taking

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

shock and turning his attention to me as he blatantly ignores Hank. “It’s a crisis –

hour –”

that Roger is right that Ella has been calling me for the past hour, as well as sending texts. I quickly

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

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

up at 1, SIUCkEU. Vildt? ne spe

mayo!?

“God, Cora, let’s go – you can ask

ten seconds! Obviously I’m coming!” I rip my arm

on?” Hank asks, all steady cool and deliberation. I glance at him, my stomach warming. At least he’s good in a crisis. I hand Hank my phone as I move to my dresser. “Can

some of the 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

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

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

he says softly, rubbing his thumb over my cheek and looking into my eyes. “Are you going to be all right?

to cover his and shaking my

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

glare at the door, hate in my eyes, but then I nod towards it. “Come on,” I say, moving away from Hank.

Roger growl, disgruntled, but I just roll my

ask, breezing past

We pass through

say, giving him a smile as I lean down to lock my apartment door. “For the food and…the

he replies, and I can hear the smile in his voice even as I concentrate on my keys. “You’ll let

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