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.

silence left as I slamming the door shut and stalking

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

wedged between the pillows of the couch. I dash to it and grab it and see that Roger is right – that Ella

in fear, my heart suddenly in my throat. I can’t grasp

“but they need you. It’s something about the sperm bank, they think they want to talk to

yells. “God, Cora, let’s

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 door behind

glance at him, my stomach warming. At least he’s 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 as I

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

door, interrupting one of Hank’s

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

and looking into

shaking my head a little. ”

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

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

it down,” I hear Roger growl, disgruntled, but I just roll my eyes and pull

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

giving him a smile as I lean down to lock my

and I can hear the smile in his voice even as I concentrate on my keys. “You’ll