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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.”

watch, my mother

– a door that I swear was not there a

at each other. And then, as I continue to stare

as he gets up and

in his arms and rocking me back and forth as he

head against my neck.

it,” he murmurs, still holding me tight. “I knew it was all going to

news-”

finally as

deep and resounding joy in its place. “You were as anxious as

was!”

he admits, his voice muffled against my skin, “but

going to be all right. You

say, patting his back, letting him think it. But despite

my wolf turns in a happy little

used to the feel of her body

freely.

little straighter and grins down into my face. “This

“The baby is going to be a wolf,

he shakes his head, laughing, thrilled at it

know,” I murmur, smiling up at him and raising my hands to

feel crazy different, like expanded –

asks, interrupting me and looking down at my

start to tug at the

him eyeing that

laughter and swat him away. “Ew,

dropping open a little bit –

offended. We’re

bond has snapped together on both ends. It’s like he

my meaning without even having to look at me, even listen to

I

his shoulder playfully. “We’re

We’re not just going to like, throw down here

back of

he asks, looking at me like

gasp, “Absolutely not! I may be a

I have a little more decency than that.” And then as he wraps

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

body shakes. It takes him a

and we pass our joy between ourselves down

of it that makes me

calm down a

kisses me,

and makes me feel absolutely

alone, Cora…” he snaps his teeth at me,

precise intentions.

nose, just as my wolf does

better,” I whisper, feeling an

didn’t feel before.

Roger exhales and loosens his arms, his

stomach as he makes space between us. “So cool that the

and Ella are going to flip when

them that Rafe -”

unable to finish his sentence. I feel his shock

bond before he looks up and whispers my