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?”

replies, sighing a little. “I can’t even figure out what

in frustration,

Everything for her – for all

coming up roses.

with my own contented

figure

says, putting her chin in

my gift had been healing too. Considering that I’m a

haughtiness, grinning at her, “that

not everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

a little false glare, and I laugh,

fair point. But then Cora cocks her head

something.

up straight and looks

Ella and I

Sinclair immediately agree and start to

a little. “Why?”

said,” Cora says, turning to him,

little sister time, to see

his mouth a little and I laugh a little when

forgive him, because I know he doesn’t want to

single moment right now not with

she gives him a little shove, he sighs and stands

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

so that Cora

how to change

groans but Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry onto the platform

head inside

you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my chair

each other in the dim

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her hands and

she goes. “She said that you could help me figure

twisted to the side as

“Do you think

mouth to deny that, but she puts up a hand to

do I need to be healed? With your powers? So

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I mean, that

go out into the desert to get the gift from mom – or at least to access

to like, do something to

ceremony like that.”

shrugging.” Do you want

hands. And then, quite quickly,

her body. Her wolf raises her nose to the

and I smile as I sense her. Such

shades of brown, from the lightest tawny to

places that she’s hurt or tied up

come up with nothing.

her hands and

far as

back in the

next option. “Um,” she says, “do you

could try healing you?”

ask, my face twisting

the gifts were linked.

doing that will allow me to like, access my full

hand out to her. “I cut

a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to heal

distracted. ” My gift could fix this up in a cinch can

my hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing herself

I access my gift. I do my very best

and, importantly, not to fall into

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a very slight tingling

the cut is. I see

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