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.

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

attention to me as he blatantly ignores Hank. “It’s a crisis – Ella and Sinclair have been blowing up your phone for

grab it and see that Roger is right –

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

for now,” Roger growls, moving close to me and 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

shocked. “What? The sperm months ago!?” “Yes!” he almost yells. “God, Cora, let’s go – – you

seconds! Obviously I’m coming!” I rip my arm from his hand and glare at him as I move towards my bedroom door, giving

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

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

interrupting one of Hank’s

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

his thumb over my cheek and looking into my eyes. “Are you going to be all right? Is there any

and shaking my head a little. ”

again and I realize, suddenly, that of course Roger has wolf

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

Roger growl, disgruntled, but I just roll my eyes and

ask, breezing past him. “I’ve been ready,” he snarls, walking swiftly to keep up with me. We pass through the door together and then awkwardly wait for Hank to catch

as I lean down to lock my apartment

I can hear the smile in his voice even as I concentrate on my

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