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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.”

my mother passes through

door that I swear was not there a

then, as I continue to stare at him, he starts

sound – as he gets up and crosses

arms and rocking me back and forth as he buries

head against my neck.

knew it,” he murmurs, still holding me tight. “I knew it

news-”

laugh, and finally as the

joy in its place. “You were as anxious

was!”

voice muffled against my skin, “but like…

going to

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

my wolf turns in

and shaking out her fur, getting used to the

freely.

a little straighter and grins down into my face.

“The baby is going to be a wolf, and you have a wolf, and

shakes his head, laughing, thrilled

up at him and raising my hands to

hair. “I feel – I feel crazy different, like expanded – ”

he asks, interrupting me and looking down at

hand to start to tug at

I see him eyeing that soft

burst into laughter and swat him away.

says, his mouth dropping open a little bit –

actually be offended. We’re we’re just…so connected now

on both ends. It’s like he

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

and I can sense his

slapping his shoulder playfully. “We’re in

We’re not just

of the

not?” he asks, looking

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

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

and pulls me closer, looking hungrily down at

shakes. It takes him

with me, and we pass our joy between ourselves down that bond,

makes me so

calm down a little

me,

me feel absolutely complete. “But as soon as

Cora…” he snaps his

precise intentions.

my nose, just as my wolf does to his in the

an intense hunger

didn’t feel before.

exhales and loosens his arms, his eyes drifting down

between us.

And Sinclair and Ella are going to flip when we

them that Rafe -”

suddenly, unable to finish his sentence. I feel his

bond before he looks up and whispers my name. into