Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 395

Chapter 395: By the Light of the Fire

Ella

That night, again around the fire, Henry leans forward in his chair and rests his

elbows on his knees, smiling around at us.

“So, tell me if I’ve got this right,” he says, clearly tickled by it. “My two sons are

mated to two sisters, who each have the Goddess’ blood in their veins, which

means…” .” he pauses here, putting his thoughts together, “that all of my

grandchildren are going to have mystical powers?”

Cora shrugs, grinning at him. “That’s what she told us,” she says, laughing a

little bit.

“Well,” Henry says, pleased, leaning back in his chair and shaking his head in

disbelief. “This saves me a great deal of worry.”

Sinclair turns to him confused. ” What? Why?”

“Because,” Henry says, shrugging, trying to hold back his grin. “Imagine if just

one of you were mated to a Goddess -born wolf, and only half of my

grandchildren had magical powers. At least this way, I don’t have to pretend that

I like the non-magical ones as much as the others.”

We all laugh at this, but I shake my head at Henry’s streak of dark humor.

Because, beneath it, we all know that it’s not true. He was always going to love

all of the grandchildren equally, no matter what.

“I wonder what your gift will be, little baby,” I say to Rafe, who is awake and

sitting up in my lap, holding my fingers in his little fists and looking interestedly

around at our group. I was very intrigued when Cora told me that all of their gifts

would vary according to their personalities – I, like her, had assumed that they

would be the same. We still haven’t figured out Cora’s gift yet, though we’ve all

be thinking.

“Rafe’s will probably be shooting lasers from his eyes,” Roger murmurs, leaning

forward to study my son. I shoot a little glare at Roger and he grins at me.

“No, he’s going to be a healer, like mommy,” I say, kissing Rafe’s head and

making him look up at me with a little baby smile. I smile back at him, unable to

help it.

“Nah, Rafe’s got a warrior’s soul,” Sinclair says at my side, leaning back in his

chair and proudly considering son. It will be something to do with that.”

“Nooo,” I say in denial, glaring at my mate now. “Rafe is gentle. His powers will

be for peace.”

“What about ours?” Roger asks, turning to Cora. “Are you getting any hints

down the bond?”

“I can’t even figure

baby.” She frowns a little in frustration, even though we’re all

is going to wipe out her joy today. Everything for her – for all of

coming up roses.

I say with my own contented sigh, leaning

“We’ll figure it

says, putting her chin in her

“if my gift had been healing

mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that

be as gentle, and

in my personality -”

false glare, and I laugh,

point. But then Cora cocks her head to

something.

straight and looks around.

you mind if Ella and I had a minute out here

start to stand up but

little. “Why?”

Cora says, turning to

A little sister time, to see if we can

a little and I laugh a little

a bit – but I forgive him, because I know he doesn’t want

a single moment right now

still, when she gives him a

says, wrapping

taking Rafe from my arms so that Cora and

teach you how

but Cora and I laugh as the men help

then head inside the

you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my

can better see each other in the dim light of

looking down

“She said that you

me now, her mouth twisted to

“Do you think I’m like broken, or

my mouth to deny that, but she puts up a hand to stop

need to be healed? With your powers? So that I

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight.

the

to like, do something to

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you want to…give it

for her hands. And then, quite quickly, I run

and over her body. Her wolf raises her nose to the gift

a warm little nudge, and I smile as

brown, from the lightest tawny to

Cora, seeking any places that she’s hurt or tied up

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands

as my gift

in the chair and gnawing at her lip.

as she moves on to the next option. “Um,” she says,

could try healing you?”

ask, my

all the gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal a little?

me

I say, and I hold my hand out to her. “I cut

with a sigh, realizing that I’ve

got distracted. ” My gift could fix this up in a cinch can

my hand in hers, closing her

when I access my

importantly, not to fall

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a

is. I see Cora push and concentrate, but then,

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