Chapter 478 – 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.

“But I don’t think I can

laugh, reaching out a hand towards

on the baby. Only Rafe isn’t excited, but he has an excuse because he’s curled

little baby in his brother’s arms. “He’s beautiful,

him a little shove. “Let them

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

Roger and then turning to place him in Ella’s waiting arms, which are practically vibrating with their eagerness to hold

to her mouth as she looks down at our perfect little baby boy. “Oh, he’s so

pillows and crossing his

like Rafe – like you and Dominic -” she grins, studying her nephew. “But his

sister fall in love with her nephew, as I watch Sinclair

did you -” Ella says, lifting her head in sudden surprise and looking between Roger and I. “What did

formal all of a sudden. ” Ella, Dominic, Henry – Roger and

god,” she murmurs, pressing her eyes shut against her sudden tears, ” it’s so perfect – oh, I can’t handle it, Dominic,

and then reaching for Jesse, taking my tiny baby into the crook of his

murmurs, grinning at Jesse and running a broad palm

grandson. And Sinclair smiles, waiting patiently as Ella darts over to lift Rafe out of

she’s the one you want. I just want to get a good look at you. Do you know who I am? Grandpa?” Henry smiles and lowers his face to kiss the baby’s head. ” I’ve been waiting a long time to meet you, little Jesse,” he murmurs. “We’re all

to love him. Somehow, inevitably, he ends up back in my arms and though I’m glad his family all got

you belong, little baby,” I murmur, staring down into my son’s face as he starts to drift off to sleep, frowning a little

of my sleeping baby and my own exhaustion. Roger gets up from the bed to go and fill out the birth certificate paperwork and do some other things – I don’t know what – while I stay in the bed, just

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