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?”

she replies, sighing a little. “I can’t even figure out

She frowns a little in frustration,

out her joy today. Everything

coming up roses.

right Cora,” I say with my own contented

“We’ll figure

says, putting her

been healing too.

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning at her,

can be as gentle, and loving, and

in my personality -”

false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods

But then Cora cocks her head to

something.

looks around. “Actually,” she says to the

mind if Ella and I had a minute out here

immediately agree and start to

a little.

mom said,” Cora says, turning

sister time, to see

little and I laugh

bit – but I forgive him, because I know

moment right now not with

But still, when she gives him a little shove, he sighs and stands

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping

so that Cora and I can concentrate

you how

I laugh as the men

then head inside the

are you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my chair closer to

we can better see each other in the dim light of the

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her hands

said that you could

me now, her mouth twisted to

think I’m like

mouth to deny that, but

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

access the gift?”

straight. “I mean, that would make

get the gift from mom

to like, do something

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do

And then, quite quickly, I run my

body. Her wolf raises her nose

little nudge, and I smile as I sense her. Such a pretty

thousand shades of brown, from the lightest

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

come up with nothing.

hands

as my

back in the chair and gnawing at her lip.

she moves on to the next option. “Um,” she says, “do you think

could try healing you?”

ask, my face

mom also said all the gifts were linked. Maybe I

doing that will allow me to like, access my

I hold my hand out to her. “I

with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to heal it all

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

shrugs and takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes

meditative state I use when I

and, importantly, not to fall into that same meditative state

heal it myself.

little when I do

see Cora

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