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?”

little. “I can’t even figure out what mine is,

She frowns a little in frustration,

Everything for her

coming up roses.

with my own contented

figure it

be convenient,” she says, putting her chin in

bit, “if my gift had been

haughtiness, grinning at her,

as gentle, and

in my personality -”

she gives me a little false

cocks

something.

and looks around. “Actually,” she says to the

if Ella and I had

and start

a little. “Why?” he

Cora says, turning to him,

mind? A little sister time,

I laugh a little when

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

a single moment right now not

when she gives him a little shove, he

Sinclair says, wrapping

taking Rafe from my arms so that Cora and I can concentrate

how to

but Cora and I laugh as

head inside

are you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving

can better see each other in the dim light of

looking down at her hands

she goes. “She said that you could

her mouth twisted to the side as

it. “Do you think

that, but

I mean like, do I need to be healed? With your powers? So

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I mean, that would make

desert to get the gift from mom – or

like, do something to get it going. Some sort

ceremony like that.”

shrugging.” Do

her hands. And then, quite

Her wolf raises her nose to the gift

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

thousand shades of brown, from

scan Cora, seeking any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

dropping her hands and sinking

far as

says, likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her lip.

as she moves on to the next option.

could try healing you?”

I ask, my

also said all the gifts were linked.

allow me to

to her. “I cut

realizing that I’ve been meaning to heal

My gift could fix this up in a cinch can you do

shrugs and takes my hand in hers,

I access my gift. I do my very

and, importantly, not to fall into that same

heal it myself.

a little when I do feel

is. I see Cora push and

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