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.”

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

door that I swear was not there a moment ago

I continue to stare at him, he starts to laugh

he gets up and crosses the small room

arms and rocking me

head against my neck.

me tight. “I knew it was all going to

news-”

finally as the shock leaves

deep and resounding joy in its place. “You were

was!”

admits, his voice muffled against my skin, “but like… deep

was going to be

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

smiling. Inside me my wolf turns

fur, getting used to the feel of her

freely.

straighter and grins down into my face. “This

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

mating bond -” he shakes his

know,” I murmur, smiling up at him and raising

feel – I feel crazy different, like expanded – ”

we do it now?” he asks, interrupting me and looking

to start to tug

as I see him eyeing

laughter and

open a little

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

on both ends. It’s like he can

meaning without even having to look at me, even listen

I can sense his mild

I say, slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re in my mom’s

not just going to like, throw down here

of

he asks,

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

have a little more decency than that.” And

and pulls me closer, looking hungrily

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

me, and we pass our joy between ourselves down that

makes me so

when we both calm down a

and kisses me, soundly,

and makes me feel absolutely

snaps his teeth at me, letting me

precise intentions.

nudge him with my nose, just as my wolf

I whisper, feeling an intense hunger for his

didn’t feel before.

arms, his

stomach as he makes space between us. “So cool that the

Sinclair and Ella are going to flip

them that Rafe -”

freezes, suddenly, unable to finish his sentence.

looks up and whispers my name. into