Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 479 – Meeting the Family

Cora

“He’s amazing,” Roger says, beaming as he raises his head look at me in wonder. “I didn’t – damn it, Cora, I didn’t know I could love someone this much -”

“What about me!?”

“Someone besides you,” Roger says, rolling his eyes. “You’re my mate, Cora, obviously that’s different.”

“Damn well better be,” I murmur, bending over the baby and stroking the skin of his perfect, tiny face with the tip of my finger. Roger leans close, giving me a kiss on the cheek.

“Thank you,” he says, his voice so quiet I barely hear him. “You’re amazing Cora. I’m so grateful for you, and for him, and everything you did to bring him into this world.”

I smile as I raise my eyes to my mate’s and then I kiss him for real, passing all of those sentiments back down the bond. Because this little baby – he really is both of ours, equal parts of both of us, the perfect embodiment of everything we mean to each other.

And quite suddenly, he’s our entire world.

“So, what do you think,” I say a moment later when I break the kiss, looking back down at the baby. “Does the name still fit?”

“Yeah, I think the name still fits,” Roger says, his lips turning up in a smile as he looks the baby over. “I think it’s perfect.”

“All right,” I say, beaming down at our kid. “Then welcome, to the world, little J-”

But then, the door opens, and I see Ella peeking in.

five minutes,” she squeaks. “But I don’t think I can bear

a hand towards her. “Come

to set their eyes on the baby. Only Rafe isn’t excited, but he has

over to peer at the little baby in his brother’s

and giving him a

looking over at his family with a big smile. “But I’m afraid to move. I don’t want to

him in Ella’s waiting

as she looks down at our perfect little baby boy. “Oh, he’s so perfect! And so little! And so cute – oh I didn’t think he’d be

against the pillows and crossing his arms over his chest.

ridiculous – I just – I expected him to be dark, like Rafe – like you and Dominic -” she grins, studying

I watch my sister fall in love with her nephew, as I watch Sinclair look over her shoulder at him with

sudden surprise and looking between Roger

sudden. ” Ella, Dominic, Henry – Roger and I are very pleased to introduce you

to her mouth. “Oh my god,” she murmurs, pressing her eyes shut against her sudden tears, ” it’s so perfect – oh, I can’t handle it, Dominic, you have to take him

Henry and then reaching for Jesse, taking my tiny baby into the crook of his gigantic arm and beaming down at the newest member of the Sinclair tribe as Ella wipes at her tears with the

Sinclair murmurs, grinning at Jesse and running

Henry asks, eager to meet his grandson. And Sinclair smiles, waiting patiently as Ella darts over to

little baby who fusses in his arms once Sinclair passes him over. “Don’t worry, I’ll send you back to your mother soon I know she’s the one you want. I just want to get a

much we’re going to love him. Somehow, inevitably, he ends up back in my arms and though I’m glad his family all got a chance to say hello, I admit that there’s a great deal of relief to have him

starts to drift off to sleep, frowning a little and making me laugh. “Here

little after that and the room is busy, though I admit I don’t catch much of it, too distracted by the sight of my sleeping baby and my own exhaustion. Roger gets up from the bed to go and fill out the