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

I swear was not there

I continue to stare at him, he starts to

sound – as he gets up and crosses the small

rocking

head against my neck.

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

news-”

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

and resounding joy in its place. “You were

was!”

against

to be all right.

I say, patting his back, letting him

me my wolf turns

out her fur, getting used to the feel of her

freely.

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

“The baby is going to be a wolf, and

shakes his head, laughing, thrilled at it

up at him and raising my

“I feel – I feel crazy different,

now?” he asks, interrupting me and looking down

to start to tug at the collar of

see him eyeing that soft place between my shoulder

I burst into laughter and swat

dropping open a little bit

be offended. We’re

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

having to look at me, even listen to

I can

slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re in my mom’s house

are people that live here! We’re not just going

of

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

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

have a little more decency than that.” And

looking

whole body shakes. It takes him a

with me, and we pass our joy between ourselves

of it that makes me so happy

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

kisses me, soundly,

me and makes me feel absolutely complete. “But as

alone, Cora…” he snaps his

precise intentions.

him with my nose, just as my wolf does to his

I whisper, feeling an intense hunger for his

didn’t feel before.

Roger exhales and loosens his arms, his eyes drifting down

stomach as he makes space between us. “So cool

murmurs. And Sinclair and Ella are going to flip when

them that Rafe -”

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

he looks up and whispers