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 was not there

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

– as he gets up and crosses

in his arms and rocking me back and forth as he buries

head against my neck.

me tight. “I knew

news-”

and finally as the shock leaves

joy in its

was!”

his voice muffled against my skin, “but

to be all right. You

back, letting him think it. But despite all of

wolf turns

out her fur, getting used to

freely.

and grins down into

going to be a wolf, and you have a wolf, and we

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

know,” I murmur, smiling up at him and raising my hands to

– I feel crazy different,

interrupting

his hand to start to tug

as I see him eyeing that

laughter and swat

his mouth dropping open a little bit – but

We’re we’re just…so connected

has snapped together on both

without even having to look at me, even listen

and I can

shoulder playfully. “We’re

not

of

not?” he asks, looking at me like

may be a wolf in spirit,

little more decency than

closer, looking hungrily down at me, I

whole body shakes. It takes him

with me, and we pass our joy between ourselves down that bond,

makes me so happy I

when we both calm down

and kisses me, soundly, warmly, so that the love

me feel absolutely complete. “But

– really alone, Cora…” he snaps his teeth

precise intentions.

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

whisper, feeling an intense hunger for his

didn’t feel before.

arms, his eyes

makes space between us. “So cool that

powers,” he murmurs. And Sinclair and Ella are going to flip

them that Rafe -”

suddenly, unable to finish his

bond before he looks up and whispers