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.”

watch, my mother passes

a door that I

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

delighted sound – as he gets up and crosses

his arms and rocking me back and forth as he buries

head against my neck.

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

news-”

and finally as the shock

deep and resounding joy in

was!”

muffled against my skin,

to be

him think it. But despite all of

smiling. Inside me my wolf turns in a happy little

her fur, getting used to the feel of her

freely.

straighter and grins down into my face. “This is so

to be a wolf, and you have a wolf,

shakes his head, laughing, thrilled at it

up at him and raising my hands to

– I feel crazy different, like expanded –

interrupting

his hand to start to tug at the

eyeing that soft place between

into laughter and swat

says, his mouth dropping open a little bit – but we’re

him to actually be offended. We’re we’re just…so connected now 1- that

bond has snapped together on both ends. It’s like he can intuit

without even having to look at me, even

I can sense his mild

his shoulder playfully.

We’re not just going to

back of

hell not?” he asks, looking at

be a

than

waist and pulls me closer, looking hungrily down

hard that my whole body shakes. It takes him a moment but then

our joy between

me so

when we both calm down a

and kisses me, soundly, warmly, so that

me feel absolutely complete. “But as soon

he snaps his teeth at me, letting

precise intentions.

with my nose, just as my wolf does to his

I whisper, feeling an intense

didn’t feel before.

and loosens his arms, his eyes drifting

stomach as he makes space between us. “So cool that the baby’s going

and Ella are going to flip when we

them that Rafe -”

he freezes, suddenly, unable to finish his sentence. I feel

up and whispers my name. into