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-

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

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

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

hour –”

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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

1. do.

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

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wrapping his hand around my upper arm, “but they need you. It’s something about the sperm bank, they think they want to talk to you about what happened that

at 1, SIUCkEU.

mayo!?

you can ask all of these questions in the

in me is defiance. “Fine!” I shout.” God, Roger, give me ten seconds! Obviously I’m coming!” I rip my arm from his

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 you give me a summary of Ella’s texts

and my heart wrenches to think of what my sister is going through as I hurriedly pull on some sporty leggings and a t–shirt. After all that she went through with the pregnancy, I had thought this

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

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 hand

over my cheek and looking into my eyes. “Are you going

lifting my hand to cover his and shaking my head a little. “Thank you, Hank, but –”

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

I nod towards it. “Come on,” I say, moving away from Hank. “We’d better

I hear Roger growl, disgruntled, but I just roll my eyes and pull the door open.

breezing

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

as I lean down to lock my apartment door.

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