The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 290

Chapter 290 – Contractions

Ella

Slowly, I breathe through my contractions, taking deep breaths in through my nose and huffing them out of my mouth. The pain is…well, I suppose I can’t say like anything I’ve felt before, can I? Not after all I’ve been through in the past five months. But it’s incredible, the way it radiates through my body, making me grit my teeth against it.

I can feel my body moving, changing along with the contractions. The pain in my pelvis, particularly, is insane, as the bones shift to make room for the baby to pass through. My eyes flash open during one particularly difficult contraction and I hear myself cry out against the pain. God, I would have thought that being a wolf made this easier – wolves seem to have a whole litter of pups without much trouble, by themselves out in the woods.

Passingly, I consider shifting into my wolf form to ease this

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But then, suddenly, Sinclair bursts into my room, dashing for me.

“What,” he gasps, almost skidding to the side, looking me all over for what is wrong. “What is it, Ella – I heard you scream –”

“No,” I say, gasping a little as the contraction starts to come to its end. “No, it’s just the contraction – god, Dominic, these suck – ”

He shakes his head, still panicked, trying to put it all together as he kneels by the side of the bed and takes my hand. “Cora is coming, she’s close,” he murmurs. “She’ll be allowed in.”

“And Hank?” I ask, looking at my mate. “And Roger?”

“Roger?” Sinclair asks, confused.

“Yes, Dominic! Roger! I want him here as well!”

Sinclair’s eyes are wide with wonder

And his godfather!

the pillows, taking deep

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is going to be as perfect as I can make it for Rafe!” I snap, determined. “And if I have to give birth

without any further questions. I hear him tapping on his phone and then he shifts. I watch him stand,

pillows from the other side of the bed, quickly taking the pillowcase between

C

water that’s just in the movies. I’m sure Cora will bring something else to sterilize any instruments

sweat from my brow with the little square of pillowcase folded in

yet. “I feel… determined,” I say, gazing up

my chin between the fingers

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that I’m strong even though I’m scared and in pain. I

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pressing my eyes shut again, my hands moving low on my stomach. “Here

to breathe in

closer together. I’m moving through this birth process fast, and I don’t have any control over it. If I could wait, just hold

like Rafe and my

process, helping me get ready in the moments between contractions. He helps me change into a cotton nightgown instead of the travel clothes I was wearing on the way here. He brings me two cool cups of water, one for drinking, the other for dipping more strips

face the worry and guilt that he’s done something horrible in not getting me to the hospital. I hold his gaze steadily whenever I can, letting him know, silently, that we’re all going to be all right. We’re going to make

her shoulder. I almost spill the glass of tap water Sinclair just handed me all over myself as I

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