Chapter 247
I didn’t think I had anything left. My body felt wrung out, every muscle screaming. But then Regis’s hands tightened on mine, his voice
fierce in my ear: “You can do this. I believe in you.”
And through our bond, I felt it–his absolute faith, his unwavering certainty. He believed I was strong enough. Maybe that could be
enough for both of us.
The next contraction built like a storm. “Now!” Cora commanded.
I bore down with everything I had, screaming until my throat went raw. The pressure was impossible, unbearable, and then-
“Again!” Cora urged. “One more, Eileen. She’s almost here!”
Regis’s voice joined hers, a low chant of encouragement. Nina’s magic pulsed stronger. Mira gripped my ankle, grounding me. And I pushed again, my vision going white with the effort.
Suddenly, the pressure released.
A thin, piercing wail split the air.
“She’s here!” Mira’s voice broke with wonder. “Oh, Moon Mother, Eileen, you did it!”
Through tears and exhaustion, I watched Cora lift a tiny, squirming bundle. Our daughter. She was so small, her skin flushed pink, her little face scrunched as she cried her outrage at being thrust into the cold world. Perfect. Impossibly perfect.
‘Let me see her,” I sobbed. “Please-”
The weight of her was everything. Solid and real and mine. She continued to cry, but the moment she felt my warmth, my heartbeat–the rhythm she’d known her entire existence–her walls began to quiet. She blinked up at me with unfocused eyes that were already shifting from newborn blue to something crystalline. Silver–blue. The exact shade of Regis’s wolf form.
VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABEL
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Mated to Her Alpha Instructor (Eileen and Regis)