Chapter 391: Conversations with the Goddess

Cora

My heart is pounding as I follow my mother into the chamber beyond, as Roger

shuts the door behind us. My mother crosses the room with ease almost

seeming to float. And then I blink in surprise as I realize that…she probably is

floating. I mean, she’s here – she’s corporeal – but it’s all a show, isn’t it? She

doesn’t need to walk on her feet if she doesn’t want to.

And something about that idea makes me laugh a little, easing my tension. My

mother turns when she hears the sound of my laugher and smiles at me, at both

of us, before sitting down before a tiny table with a tray of tea on it.

Roger and I cross the short room together, sitting down across from her.

Thoughtfully, Roger pours two cups of tea, which is hot and smells minty and

fresh. Then, hesitating at the sight of the third cup, he raises an eyebrow at

my mother. She laughs a little too, and I’m shocked to hear that her laugh

sounds just like my own – the same rhythm, the same cadence. Something

about that makes me smile.

“Yes, Roger,” she says, nodding towards it. “I can’t drink the tea – but it is nice to

have an offering of it.”

Nodding, Roger pours the cup of tea for the Goddess and slides it across the

table towards her. Then he places a sugar cube in my teacup – knowing I’ll want

it and sits back in his chair, folding his hands in his lap.

“You’ve had a long journey, Cora,” my mother says, looking at me warmly. “In

more ways than one.”

“Yes,” I reply, smiling at the understatement in her words. And then I look down

at my stomach and place my hands on it, shaking my head. “A journey that has

raised…a lot of questions for us.’

“I understand,” she says. “It will bring me a great deal of joy to help you answer

those questions, if I can.”

do you know?” I ask, looking back up at her, wondering if I

need to tell her

smiling at us. “Your lives are…open

your hearts. I’m very pleased that you

I grin to hear her use Roger’s

smile at Roger, “though I’d

believe it would have saved

pain.”

credit, blushes and looks

at me. “You should have sent her

had other things to worry about,” the Goddess says

everything to your mate.”

this and Roger’s blush deepens, but he looks

and we both know that he doesn’t

then. “You wish to know?” she

child?”

I breathe, leaning forward, eager. “Do you

healthy, Cora,” my mother says, looking down

“I can hear the heartbeat

mean – we

wide smile at me

my hand into his,

wolf?” I ask,

hard. “Your baby is like you,” my mother says,

me, curious.

my lip, glancing at Roger, who

my disappointment I realize

a

but for him, for

again, snapping our attention back to

smiling and

What I mean to say here is that…hmm,” she looks up at the ceiling

put into words…I

starts to pound again as she

that you would use for it,”

baby is…both human and

a little and Roger looks between us both, confused.

I lean forward in

me…”

back down again and focuses on my face.

Cora,” she says, a smile spreading across her face, “your child is

but it is not

as I stare

about my confusion makes her laugh –

a mother who watches her

about the world.

ask, my voice hardly louder than a whisper

shock.

my mother says, leaning forward to make

“Your body is human – your father was a

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