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 to me,

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

side, his arms wrapped around me, staring down at our

he’s here,” I whisper in complete

so mad,” Roger replies, his voice

my mate and shaking 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 meet him for the first time, like how beautiful he is, or how much

noise, Cora,” Roger murmurs, still staring at the baby with an expression somewhere between shock

close and pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Welcome to the world. You are very, very

up with something that

sigh.

is aching, I just feel such rich, complete

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

tears of joy when I look up at her. “What do you think, Cora?” she asks quietly. “Will you let the nurses clean him

to be checked. And I laugh as the nurse comes close, reaching for him.

okay, you didn’t,” the nurse says, grinning at me as she takes the baby from my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom and the birth went beautifully, no complications, so there’s no

as she carries the baby across the room to be weighed and checked out by the doctor. But the nurse is right –

sitting down next to me and holding her hands out, palm

Ells,” I sigh, placing my hands on top of hers and laughing a little. “I’m sure your next one will be perfectly

eyes, and I turn my head to the side, not understanding her reaction. But

one who usually asks that?” I murmur in reply, leaning my head on Roger’s shoulder, starting to feel my exhaustion now more than

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 it and I can really feel it this time – the way

I feel