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.”

and I watch, my mother passes through a door in

room – a door that I swear was not there a moment

to stare at him, he starts

delighted sound – as he gets up and crosses the

in his arms and rocking

head against my neck.

me tight. “I knew it was all

news-”

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

in its place. “You were

was!”

voice muffled against my skin, “but like…

going to be all right.

letting him think it. But despite all of

stop smiling. Inside me my wolf turns in a

her fur, getting used to

freely.

little straighter and grins down into my

a wolf, and you have a wolf, and

bond -” he shakes his head,

up at him and

feel crazy different, like expanded – ” my whole

asks, interrupting

to start to tug at the collar of

see him eyeing

and

mouth dropping open a little bit

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

both ends. It’s like

and my meaning without even having to

not?” He asks, and I can sense his mild

slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re in my

are people that live here! We’re not just

of

asks,

I may be a wolf in spirit, but I was

than that.” And then as he wraps his

waist and pulls me closer, looking hungrily down at me, I

shakes. It takes

our joy between ourselves down

it that makes me so happy

when we both calm down a little bit,

and kisses me, soundly, warmly, so that the

makes me feel absolutely complete.

really alone, Cora…” he snaps his teeth

precise intentions.

as my

better,” I whisper, feeling an intense hunger for his mark

didn’t feel before.

and loosens his arms,

us. “So

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

them that Rafe -”

his sentence. I feel his

looks up and whispers my name. into