Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 393: Do You Know what I Know?

Cora

“What?” I ask, confused. I – I have a gift? I quickly search for it within myself

but….it’s not there. I mean, I know how Ella’s feels – she passed it to me before,

I carried it – but there is nothing in me now that feels anything like that…

“Yours is different from your sisters,” the Goddess explains. “Ella’s soul is that of

a healer, and so that is her gift. Yours,” she smiles lightly, “reflects you. You’ve

used it before,” she says, turning her head to glance at Roger with a little laugh.

“I’m surprised you did not notice it then.”

“What?” I ask again, still baffled. But she turns to go and I grab for her hand.

“Please,” I say, shaking my hand, “I don’t understand -”

“Perhaps you should ask your sister for help,” the Goddess says with a shrug.

“She can guide you to it, I think, as hers is already unlocked. But you already

have your gift, Cora.” She assures me. She hesitates then before laughing a

little, “as does your child.”

“What!?” I say for the third time, my mouth falling open now as I stare at her and

then glance down at my stomach before looking back up into her face. ” My

child -”

“All your children,” she says simply, as if it’s obvious, “will be gifted, as you are,

as Ella is. As you, my daughters, are gifts to me – it is my gift to you, and to all

of your children.”

“Whoa,” Roger says, sitting back in his chair and raising a hand to his head in

shock. “All…all are kids are going to be magic?”

The Goddess laughs a little. “Each will be gifted,” she says simply, turning back

to me. “And each gift will be unique, and will reflect each child’s unique spirit. As

yours does, as Ella’s does. They’ll all have pieces in common but -” she sighs

happily now, shaking her head as if it’s too complicated to explain. “You will see,

Cora. I need not explain it all. Your children will show you.”

“Thank you,” I whisper.

“I love you,” the Goddess says, raising her hand and brushing my cheek with

her fingertips. “Carry that knowledge your whole life. I will see you again,” she

promises, and I cling to that prophecy just a little, “but until then carry my love.”

then, as Roger and I watch, my mother

the room – a door that I swear

at each other. And then, as I continue to stare at him, he

as he gets up and

rocking me back and forth as

head against my neck.

still holding me tight. “I knew it was all going

news-”

did not,” I laugh, and finally as the shock leaves my system I feel

a deep and resounding joy in its place.

was!”

he admits, his voice muffled against my skin,

it was going to be all

say, patting his back, letting him think it. But despite

wolf turns in a happy little circle,

her fur, getting used to the feel of

freely.

stands up a little straighter and grins down into my face.

“The baby is going to be a wolf, and you have a wolf, and

mating bond -” he shakes his head, laughing, thrilled at

smiling up at him and raising my

hair. “I feel – I feel crazy different, like expanded

we do it now?” he asks, interrupting

his hand to start to tug at the collar of my

eyeing that soft place between my shoulder

and swat him away. “Ew, Roger!

his mouth dropping open a little bit – but

offended. We’re we’re just…so connected now

both ends. It’s like he

having to look at

asks, and I can sense his

say, slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re

not

back of the

the hell not?” he asks, looking at me like I’m

may be a wolf in spirit, but

more decency than that.” And then as

looking hungrily down at me, I

that my whole body shakes. It takes him a

pass our joy between ourselves down that

me so happy I

we both calm down a little bit, after he

me, soundly, warmly, so that

feel absolutely complete. “But as

he snaps his teeth at

precise intentions.

my nose, just as my wolf does to

an intense hunger

didn’t feel before.

and loosens his arms, his eyes

makes space between us. “So

Sinclair and Ella are going to flip when

them that Rafe -”

suddenly, unable to finish his sentence. I feel his shock and

before he looks up and whispers my name.