The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

“What do you mean I made it snow?” Cora frowns at me as she bustles around the kitchen, making mimosas. ” That’s ridiculous – you must have imagined it.”

“It totally snowed!” I protest, laughing and shaking my head at her, turning to Sinclair at the table for support.

“It did,” he says, raising his eyebrows at Cora even as he hands Rafe another slice of apple. “”The news is completely baffled by the sudden cold-snap that immediately disappeared by morning. They’re calling it the duke’s miracle.”

“What!?” Cora gasps, spinning to stare at Sinclair wide-eyed.

“That’s so cool,” Roger says, grinning at baby Jesse in his arms, who peers up at his dad with sleepy eyes.” Mom’s magic, Jesse,” he whispers. ” It’s very cool.”

“You guys are just teasing me,” Cora sighs, leaning against the counter as I turn the knob on the stove, cutting off the fire beneath the pan of eggs, sausage, and bacon that I’ve finished frying up.

“Dominic is dead serious,” I say, nodding to Cora eagerly with raised eyebrows. “Seriously, word got to the media that the nation’s beloved duchess had her baby and that night it snowed unseasonably early – people are freaking out.” I laugh a little as I starting to portion our breakfast out onto plates.

“Oh my god,” Cora says, covering her face with her hands. “I didn’t even mean to do that – do you really think it was me?”

“You tend to affect the weather when you’re emotional,” Roger says, grinning at his magical mate with a happy shrug. “I think it makes a lot of sense.”

“Oh, that’s so weird,” Cora says with a sigh, shaking her head at Roger and then at me. “People are going to start figuring out what we can do, Ella,” she says. “We’re going to need to have some sort of story.”

“I think my secrets kind of already out,” I say, giving a little grimace. ”

And why do we have to tell anyone anything? Just let the rumors fly – it’s not anyone’s business but ours.”

“Yeah,” Cora says, rolling her eyes at me before turning back to her previous task of adding the world’s tiniest amount of orange juice to nearly-full glasses of champagne. “Until they burn us at the stake for being witches or something.”

smirking a little as he focuses his attention

says, shrugging at Cora as if it’s inconsequential, “it’s not like it will work. You can

out laughing at this and Cora, despite

it doesn’t really matter

all of us in a toast. The rest of us raise our

the bubbles of the champagne press against my lips before putting the drink down on the

as I would usually love to toast my nephew’s birth with a festive

so much better. Still, it’s Cora’s day, and I don’t want to steal her thunder

I ask, raising

says, crossing her arms and frowning over at him.

find his patterns soon, don’t worry. How did you

a little smile. “I kept waking up every time

the early days of a new

glancing over

Cora,” Roger says, looking at her completely unashamed of himself.

baby to care for now,” she throws at him, though she smiles. I grin, truly appreciating their teasing relationship. “You need to be

care for the baby during the day,” Roger says, gesturing to

will certainly do his share of childcare without complaint, day or night. He’ll just

you take care of the baby all day,” Sinclair asks, turning mischievous eyes on his

you run the military from

bring him with me,” Roger says, grinning down at Jesse like it’s

admiral’s uniform with a baby asleep on his shoulder, a little barf dribbling down his back. And honestly, I don’t mind it as much as

true when there’s a girl in the picture. Would Roger have said the same thing – that it’s never too early for the child

are barely a year older than her, and I’m damn well going to have a word with them if they try to cut her

into my mind but keeping his eyes on Rafe as Cora sets out the breakfast plates that I forgot