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.”

Roger and I watch, my mother passes through a door in

the room – a door that I swear was not there a moment

then, as I continue to stare at him, he starts to laugh –

delighted sound – as he gets up and crosses the small room

in his arms and rocking me back and forth

head against my neck.

knew it,” he murmurs, still holding me tight. “I knew

news-”

as the shock leaves my

joy in its

was!”

muffled against my skin, “but

to be

his back, letting him think it. But despite all of

Inside me my wolf turns in a happy little

fur, getting used to the feel of her

freely.

grins down into my face. “This is

murmurs. “The baby is going to be a wolf, and

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

at him and raising my hands

– I feel crazy different, like expanded – ” my

now?” he asks, interrupting me and looking down at

to tug at the

and then as I see him eyeing that soft

I burst into laughter and

mouth dropping open a little bit – but we’re

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

has snapped together on both ends. It’s

even having to look at

not?” He asks, and I can sense

slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re

that live here! We’re not just going to like, throw

back of

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

gasp, “Absolutely not! I may be a wolf in spirit,

decency than

me closer, looking hungrily down

so hard that my whole body shakes. It takes

with me, and we pass our joy between ourselves

that makes me so happy I

murmurs when we both calm down a little bit, after he presses

kisses me, soundly, warmly,

and makes me feel absolutely complete.

his

precise intentions.

I nudge him with my nose, just as my wolf does to his in

feeling an intense

didn’t feel before.

loosens his arms, his eyes drifting

space between us. “So cool that the baby’s going

And Sinclair and Ella are going to flip when we

them that Rafe -”

finish his sentence. I

up and whispers my name. into my