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.

you doing here, Roger?!” I hiss, filling the void that his silence left as I slamming the door shut and stalking forward to give him a shove. ” You scared the hell

me as he blatantly ignores Hank.

see that Roger is right – that Ella has been calling me for the past hour, as well as sending texts. I quickly

in fear, my heart suddenly in my throat. I can’t grasp the whole situation – but there’s something about Rafe, and kidnapping, 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 that

up at him, shocked. “What? The sperm months ago!?” “Yes!” he almost yells. “God, Cora,

“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 closing the

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

and my heart wrenches to think of what my sister is

one of Hank’s readings. “Seriously!? What’s taking so

as I pull on my sneakers, not bothering to tie the laces. Then, I

he says softly, rubbing his thumb over my cheek and looking into my eyes.

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

pound comes again and I realize, suddenly, that of course Roger

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

disgruntled, but I just roll my eyes and pull

walking swiftly to keep up with me. We pass through the door together and then awkwardly

smile as I lean down

even as I concentrate on my keys. “You’ll let