The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

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, Coral”

“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 freezes and goes silent, though, the moment he sees Hank standing in the doorway to my bedroom, pulling on his shirt. And then Roger turns slowly and looks at me, taking me in from head to toe in my bathrobe. He doesn’t say a word, rendered, apparently, speechless.

I slamming the door shut and stalking forward to give

blatantly ignores Hank. “It’s a crisis – Ella

couch. I dash to it and grab it and see that Roger is right – that Ella

heart suddenly in my throat. I can’t grasp the

me and wrapping his hand around my upper arm, “but they need

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

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

and deliberation. I glance at him, my stomach warming. At least he’s good in a crisis. I hand Hank

I get the gist and my heart wrenches to think of what my sister is going through as I

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

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

summary 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

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

of course Roger has wolf hearing and is

towards it. “Come on,” I say, moving away from Hank.

growl, disgruntled, but I

past him. “I’ve been ready,” he snarls, walking swiftly to keep up with me.

smile as I lean down to lock my apartment door. “For the food

in his voice even