The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 474: Sharing the News

Ella

“Cora?” I gasp the minute I get the phone to my ear, still scrambling out of bed and tangled in the sheets.

“Hey, Ells,” she says, her voice somehow both tight and bored at once. “Sorry to wake you up – ”

“You didn’t wake me – ” I say quickly, reaching for Rafe in his crib and scooping him up in my arms. Behind me, I hear Sinclair climbing out of bed too, coming to my side.

“I didn’t?” Cora asks. “Why actually.” Her voice goes stony. “Don’t tell me. Knowing you and Dominic, I probably don’t want to know.”

A little laugh bursts from me as I shake my head, trying to get back on track with this conversation. “Cora,” I say, looking down at Rafe’s bright, wide -awake face, “what’s up? Why are you calling? Is the baby -”

“Yeah,” she says on a sigh. “Roger insisted I call. Baby’s on its way!”

“Oh my god!” I shriek, spinning to Sinclair and beaming at him for the second time this morning. “It’s time for the baby! We’ll come right away -”

“No, take your time,” she says on a sigh and I frown at her even though she can’t see me.

“Cora, what is going on? Why are you calling in the middle of the night for us to come but then also telling us not to hurry?”

“Because my stupid mate made me call you,” Cora says, her voice annoyed. She lowers her voice to a whisper. ” He’s completely freaking out, Ells, even though everything is progressing totally normally -”

“Awww,” I say, passing Rafe to Sinclair’s waiting hands and smiling up at him. “Go easy on him, Cora! He’s a first-time dad!”

she mutters, making me laugh again, “if he’s this annoying every

well, should we come?” I ask, looking up into Sinclair’s face, a silent question in my eyes. Can we go? Is there any pressing national business that means we

sigh. “Do you mind? Honestly, Ella, I don’t think my body is anywhere close to ready to push but

say cheerfully, nodding up to Sinclair who gives me a wink and starts to walk away to the closet to get himself and Rafe dressed. “Honestly, Cora, if he’s freaking out this much how did you ever talk him into a

out of it – anyway,”

in the background, his voice thick with anxiety though I can’t hear what he’s saying. My heart swells a little for my secretly-sweet brother-in- law,

“we’ll be there as soon as

sigh. “See you

I call through the phone before hanging up and tossing it onto the bed. Then I practically skip into the closet in my excitement,

right?” he asks, cupping my face

him. “Apparently she’s still got

when it comes to things that are completely out of his control. It’s going to drive him crazy to have to

I say, nodding and pressing a quick kiss to his chest before flitting off to my side of the closet and selecting some

place on the shelf and sitting down with him in our little arm chair

I laugh, because the way he looks at me when I talk –

a few quiet moments with my son, thinking about how he’s going to react when there’s a little

suddenly my eyes fill with tears when I realize that in my

title has already passed to my

is it?” Sinclair asks, and I whip my head up to see that I was so lost

I say, sniffing even as I laugh at my own ridiculousness. “I

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