#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-

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

that his silence left as I slamming

turning his attention to me as he blatantly ignores Hank. “It’s a crisis – Ella and Sinclair have been blowing

hour –”

over – and then finally spotting my phone, wedged between the pillows of the couch. I dash to it and grab it and see that Roger is right

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“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

need you. It’s something about the sperm bank,

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mayo!?

almost yells. “God, Cora, let’s go – you can ask all of

and his impatience, but all it breeds in me is defiance. “Fine!” I shout.” God, Roger, give me ten seconds! Obviously I’m coming!” I rip my arm

he’s good in a crisis. I hand Hank

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 going through as I hurriedly pull on some sporty leggings and a t–shirt. After all that

shouts, banging on my door, interrupting one of Hank’s readings.

I pull on my sneakers, not bothering to tie the laces. Then, I stand up, tucking my hair behind my

good summary of the messages,” he says softly, rubbing his thumb over my cheek and looking into my

my hand to cover his and shaking my head

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

hate in my eyes, but then I nod towards it. “Come on,” I

I hear Roger growl, disgruntled, but I just

ask,

snarls, walking swiftly to keep up with me. We pa*s through the

say, giving him a smile as I lean down to lock my apartment door. “For the food and…the nice

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

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

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