The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

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.

him against my arm-his little head curled against my elbow-my heart just breaks to feel him close

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

tight to my side, his arms wrapped around me, staring down

believe he’s here,”

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

my head at him, sniffing 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

baby with an expression somewhere between shock and awe. “I doubt he’d even hear me wasted compliment.” it’d be

I murmur to the baby, cuddling him close and pressing a kiss to his forehead.

have come up with something that good. He needed

got me,” I sigh. “My whole heart, forever,

whole body is aching, I just feel such rich,

minutes where it feels like Roger and the baby and I are the only three people in the world. I

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

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

baby from my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom and the birth went beautifully, no complications, so there’s no harm in wanting to hold him

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

hands out,

jealous, Ells,” I sigh, placing my hands on top of hers and laughing a little. “I’m sure

to the side, not understanding her reaction. But then

one who usually asks that?” I murmur in reply, leaning my head on

gift. I feel it when it starts 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

until I