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?”

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

little in frustration, even

Everything for her – for all of us

coming up roses.

I say with my own

“We’ll figure it

says, putting her

a bit, “if my gift had been healing

mock haughtiness, grinning at

can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative as me,

in my personality -”

even as she gives me a little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods

then Cora cocks her

something.

straight and looks around. “Actually,” she

Ella and I had a minute out

immediately agree and start to stand

a little. “Why?”

said,” Cora says, turning to him,

time, to see if we can

twists his mouth a little and I laugh a little when I see that

a bit – but I forgive him, because

her for a single moment right now not

a

on, new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an

my arms so that Cora

how

as the men help Henry onto

head inside

eagerly, moving my chair closer to

better see each other in

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

through as she goes. “She said

mouth twisted to the side as

it. “Do you think I’m like broken,

to deny that, but she puts up

I mean like, do I need to be

access the gift?”

curious and sitting up straight. “I mean, that would

to get the gift

do something to get it going. Some

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you want to…give it

And then, quite quickly, I

her body. Her wolf raises her

as I sense her. Such

brown, from the lightest

seeking any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and

as my

she says, likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her

next option. “Um,” she says, “do you think

could try healing you?”

my face twisting

also said all the gifts were linked. Maybe I

allow me to like, access

to her. “I cut my

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

fix this up

takes my hand in hers, closing

I use when I access my gift. I do my

to fall into that

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a

I see Cora push and concentrate,

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