Chapter 391: Conversations with the Goddess

Cora

My heart is pounding as I follow my mother into the chamber beyond, as Roger

shuts the door behind us. My mother crosses the room with ease almost

seeming to float. And then I blink in surprise as I realize that…she probably is

floating. I mean, she’s here – she’s corporeal – but it’s all a show, isn’t it? She

doesn’t need to walk on her feet if she doesn’t want to.

And something about that idea makes me laugh a little, easing my tension. My

mother turns when she hears the sound of my laugher and smiles at me, at both

of us, before sitting down before a tiny table with a tray of tea on it.

Roger and I cross the short room together, sitting down across from her.

Thoughtfully, Roger pours two cups of tea, which is hot and smells minty and

fresh. Then, hesitating at the sight of the third cup, he raises an eyebrow at

my mother. She laughs a little too, and I’m shocked to hear that her laugh

sounds just like my own – the same rhythm, the same cadence. Something

about that makes me smile.

“Yes, Roger,” she says, nodding towards it. “I can’t drink the tea – but it is nice to

have an offering of it.”

Nodding, Roger pours the cup of tea for the Goddess and slides it across the

table towards her. Then he places a sugar cube in my teacup – knowing I’ll want

it and sits back in his chair, folding his hands in his lap.

“You’ve had a long journey, Cora,” my mother says, looking at me warmly. “In

more ways than one.”

“Yes,” I reply, smiling at the understatement in her words. And then I look down

at my stomach and place my hands on it, shaking my head. “A journey that has

raised…a lot of questions for us.’

“I understand,” she says. “It will bring me a great deal of joy to help you answer

those questions, if I can.”

ask, looking back up

I need to tell her that I’m pregnant?

says, smiling at us. “Your lives are…open to me.

your hearts. I’m very pleased that you have found each

says, and I grin to hear her

Then she turns to smile at Roger,

would have saved you both a great

pain.”

blushes and looks down. “Cora’s the

“You should have sent her

things to worry about,” the Goddess

everything to your mate.”

blush deepens, but

his face, and we

turns to me then. “You wish to know?”

child?”

breathe, leaning forward, eager. “Do you know? Is

child is perfectly healthy, Cora,” my

hear the heartbeat now.

in relief. I mean

a wide smile at me and reaches out to take

I slide my hand

I ask, turning back to

is like you,” my mother

me, curious.

bite my lip, glancing at Roger,

my disappointment I realize that we were

much that our child would be a

for

mother laughs again, snapping our attention

daughter,” she says, smiling and shaking her head.

mean to say here is that…hmm,” she

to put into

starts to pound again as she

word that you would use for it,” she

baby is…both

little and Roger looks between us

forward in my curiosity. ” But you said

me…”

eyes back down again and focuses on my face.

across her

human and a wolf, but it

drops open suddenly as I stare at her, trying…trying to

about my confusion makes her laugh – not in a cruel way, but

of a mother who watches her

about the world.

my voice hardly louder than

shock.

Cora,” my mother says, leaning forward to make

– your father was a human. But your mother

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