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

room – a door that I swear was not

continue to stare at him, he starts to laugh

as he gets up and crosses the

and rocking

head against my neck.

tight. “I knew it was all going to be

news-”

as the shock leaves my system

resounding joy in its

was!”

muffled against

was going to be all right. You

his back, letting him

Inside me my wolf turns in a happy little

out her fur, getting used to the feel of her

freely.

straighter and grins down into my face.

to be a wolf, and

he shakes his

I murmur, smiling up at him and raising

I feel crazy different, like expanded – ” my whole body

he asks, interrupting me and looking down at

to tug at the collar of my

then as I see him eyeing that soft place between

and swat him

says, his mouth dropping open a little bit – but

offended. We’re

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

meaning without even having to look at me, even

and I can sense

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

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

of the

not?” he asks,

I may be

little more decency than that.”

me closer, looking hungrily down at me,

whole body shakes. It takes him a moment but

with me, and we pass our joy

of it that makes me so

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

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

me feel absolutely complete. “But as soon

– really alone, Cora…” he snaps his teeth at me, letting me

precise intentions.

just as my wolf does to his in

I whisper, feeling an intense hunger for

didn’t feel before.

his arms, his eyes drifting

between us. “So cool

murmurs. And Sinclair and Ella

them that Rafe -”

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

bond before he looks up and