Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Cora

“You’ve got this, Cora!” Ella cheers at my side while I squeeze Roger’s hand, panting and shouting as I give what the nurse has told me is one last, final push.

I put everything I have into this final moment, squeezing my eyes shut and pushing as hard as I can, wanting this done – wanting to feel my little baby in my arms

And suddenly the pressure lessens, and my eyes fly open as I gasp And there’s a little baby’s cry ringing out through the room.

“Here!” I gasp, leaning forward fervently, some motherly demand in me needing my little baby now even as I see him in the nurse’s hands. “Give him to me!”

The nurse hesitates, looking towards her colleagues. I moan a little, still reaching, wanting him now

“Do it,” Ella snaps suddenly up from my side. She stands and moves towards the nurse, putting a hang on her shoulder and gesturing towards me. ” He needs his mother – ”

Roger is completely still at my side, his eyes focused totally on the baby, who starts to cry his little heart out.

“Please,” I beg, reaching for him.

“All right,” the nurse says, nodding and bringing him forward. “We’ll clean him up in a minute – ”

And she takes two steps forward, and leans down, and places my little baby in my arms

And I burst immediately into tears.

of him against my arm-his little head curled against my elbow-my heart just breaks to feel him close to me, so strange and new and

down at my little baby, tears dripping down my face as I take in every ounce of him, every tiny finger and toe, his wide and crying

side, his arms wrapped

he’s here,” I whisper in complete

believe he’s so mad,” Roger replies, his

back my tears, grateful that his strange sense of humor has at least stopped my crying. “You know, Roger,” I say quietly, “most new parents say something nice about their kid when they meet him for the first time, like

with an expression somewhere between shock and awe.

and pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Welcome

couldn’t have come up with something that good. He needed

he’s got me,” I sigh. “My whole heart,

my whole body is aching, I just feel such rich, complete

like Roger and the baby and I are the only three people in the world. I almost jump in surprise when I feel Ella’s hand on

when I look up at her. “What do you think, Cora?” she asks quietly. “Will you let the nurses clean him up and wrap in him in a blanket? And I’ll check you out, see if I can heal you

remembering that – yeah, the baby needs to be checked. And I laugh as the nurse comes close, reaching for him. “I’m sorry,” I say, shaking my head. “I didn’t mean to

the baby from my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom and

be weighed and checked out by the doctor. But the nurse is right – everything went well, and the baby looked fine to me.

down next to me and holding her hands out,

hers and laughing a

up at me with wide eyes, and I turn my head to the side, not understanding her reaction. But then she just grins and shakes her

leaning my head on Roger’s shoulder, starting to feel my exhaustion now more

to sweep through me, and I sit up a little with curiosity. This isn’t the first time Ella has healed me, of course, but this is the most conscious I’ve been for

I