The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 473: Awake

Ella

I’m groggy, a few hours later, when I wake up because I honestly haven’t gotten much sleep. But still, I’m instantly aware that I’m awake because something in my body is…different.

s my eyes crack open, I have absolutely no idea what it is, and no real interest in finding out. Because nothing feels wrong or off…just… different…

So, I yawn and snuggle my body back against my naked mate, my spine pressed to his warm stomach. Sinclair gives a deep, sleepy little growl as he tightens his arm around me, holding me close even as he sleeps. I smile at this, happiness sweeping through me as I think about how lovely it is to have a mate that holds me and protects me even when he’s mostly unconscious.

And he’s so warm, and the bed is so soft, and the sheets are so smooth under my bare skin that I almost…

Almost fall back asleep…

But then? My eyes suddenly fly open.

Because there is…there is something new within me.

As I start to put the pieces together, I am instantly, starkly awake – and so is Rafe, I realize, as I peer through the dark over the side of the bed. My sweet baby is peering at me curiously through the slats of his crib – almost as if he can feel it too

This new…new thing within me, a bond that wasn’t there hours ago – but which is there now, just a tiny silver thread of something new

My hands fly to my mouth and my eyes instantly fill with tears because even though I didn’t experience this with Rafe – my wolf wasn’t awake then, after all, to help me feel it – I suddenly know precisely what it is.

My voice is shaky as I breathe the word, hardly daring to voice it.

“…baby – ”

Rafe burbles something, smiling at me and leaning forward, grabbing the edges of his crib, trying to pull himself up so that he can be closer – almost like he knows it too –

me, rich with joy. “Baby!” I

I spin to him, pushing him onto his back and throwing a leg

because of it, completely unable to contain myself, or think coherently, or make any

tightening on my hips as he stares up at me, confused – worried but one look at my thrilled

and giggling as I lean

confused for a

go wide and I

tight around me as he stares

my hands in

with tears as a mystified smile finds his lips. “Oh my god,

head against my neck and takes a few shaky, happy breaths, passing all of

and pride, and a thrilled

cheek and pull his face up to mine, grinning at him with abandon and wiping away

as he sniffs his tears away, still laughing a little in shock. He pulls away from me just a little bit, looking down at my stomach almost like he will

Because this moment – I’ve been waiting for

holding me close and rocking

says, his voice eager and thrilled,

little anxious – is the

I do as he says, loosing a deep breath and draping my arms lightly around his neck before I close my eyes. I feel Sinclair connect to me down our bond, and then together we turn to the little silver bond that runs between both of us, just as Rafe’s bond does

if he puts a mental finger out and strokes it,

rush, I suddenly know…so, so

sweetness and determination within it not that that Rafe lacks those traits, but there’s just

I open my eyes they’re filled with tears and my

all this?” I ask quietly, completely overwhelmed. “When Rafe was still growing? When he was

Slowly, Sinclair nods.

tell me!?” I ask, smacking him on

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