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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.”

I watch, my mother

room – a door that I swear was

then, as I continue to stare

sound – as he gets up and crosses the

in his arms and rocking me back and forth as

head against my neck.

holding me tight. “I knew it was all going to be

news-”

I laugh, and finally as the shock leaves my system

a deep and resounding joy in

was!”

against my skin, “but like…

was going to be all right.

letting him

Inside me my wolf turns in a happy little

shaking out her fur, getting used to the feel of her

freely.

and grins down into my face. “This is so

going to be a wolf, and you have a wolf,

mating bond -” he shakes his head,

murmur, smiling up at him and

feel crazy different,

interrupting me and looking

his hand to start to tug at the collar of

him eyeing that soft place between my shoulder

into laughter and

his mouth dropping open a little bit

to actually be offended. We’re we’re

on both ends. It’s

to look at me,

asks, and I

say, slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re

people that live here! We’re not just going to

back of

not?” he asks, looking at me

gasp, “Absolutely not! I may be a wolf in spirit, but

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

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

so hard that my whole body shakes.

we pass our joy between

it that makes me

murmurs when we both calm down

my mouth and kisses me,

me feel absolutely complete.

– really alone, Cora…” he snaps his teeth

precise intentions.

I nudge him with my nose, just as my wolf does

feeling an intense hunger for his

didn’t feel before.

loosens his arms, his eyes drifting down my body

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

he murmurs. And Sinclair and Ella are going to flip

them that Rafe -”

finish his sentence. I

looks up