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-

the doorway to my bedroom, pulling on his shirt. And then Roger turns

void that his silence left as I slamming the door shut and

his shock and turning his attention to me as he blatantly ignores Hank.

hour –”

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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

1. do.

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about “I stutter in fear, 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 the baby –”

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his hand around my upper arm, “but they need you.

SIUCkEU.

mayo!?

– you can ask all of these questions in the car!”

it breeds in me is defiance. “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

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

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 some sporty leggings and a t–shirt. After all that she went through with the pregnancy, I had thought this was over for her –

shouts, banging on my door, interrupting one of Hank’s readings.

not bothering to tie the laces. Then, I stand up,

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

to cover his and shaking my head a little. “Thank you,

comes again and I realize, suddenly, that of course Roger has wolf hearing and is using it to

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

it down,” I hear Roger growl, disgruntled, but

breezing past him.

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

Hank,” I say, giving him a smile as I lean down to lock

and I can hear the smile in his voice even as