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.

his silence left as I slamming the door shut and stalking forward to give him a shove. ” You scared the

growls, snapping out of his shock and turning his attention to me as he blatantly ignores

spotting my phone, wedged between 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 hour, as well as sending

my throat. I can’t grasp the whole situation – but there’s something

around my upper arm, “but they need you. It’s

months ago!?” “Yes!” he almost yells. “God, Cora, let’s go – –

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

my stomach warming. At least he’s good in a crisis. I hand Hank my phone as I move to my dresser. “Can you

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

interrupting one of Hank’s readings.

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

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

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

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

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

disgruntled, but I just roll my eyes and pull the door

ready,” he snarls, walking swiftly to keep up with me.

I lean down to lock my apartment door. “For the food and…the

and I can hear the smile in his voice even as I concentrate