#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, Cora!”

“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-

bedroom, pulling on his shirt. And then Roger turns slowly and looks at me, taking me in from head to toe in my

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

damn it,” Roger growls, snapping out of his shock and turning his attention to me as he blatantly ignores Hank. “It’s a crisis –

hour –”

between the pillows of the couch. I dash to it and grab it and see that Roger

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this all about “I stutter in fear, my heart suddenly in my throat. I can’t grasp the whole situation – but there’s something about Rafe, and kidnapping, and a note “Is the baby

my upper arm, “but they need you. It’s something about the sperm bank, they think

up at 1, SIUCkEU. Vildt?

mayo!?

you can ask all of these

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

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 get dressed? I

as I ask, reading some of the texts aloud to me, skipping through the ones that he deems less important. Overall I get the gist and my heart wrenches to think of what my sister is

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

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

softly, rubbing his thumb over my cheek and looking into my eyes. “Are you

sigh, lifting my hand to cover his and shaking my head a little.

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

then I nod towards it. “Come on,” I say, moving away

growl, disgruntled, but I just

I ask,

keep up with me. We pa*s through the door together and then awkwardly wait for

him a smile as I lean down to lock

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

“I respond, turning towards him, but suddenly I’m almost yanked off my feet by someone grabbing

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