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?”

she replies, sighing a little. “I can’t even

a little in frustration,

Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

with my

“We’ll figure it

says, putting her chin in her hand and scowling

my gift had been healing

haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would

be as gentle, and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

false glare, and I laugh,

then Cora cocks her

something.

and looks

mind if Ella and I had a

immediately agree and start to stand

a little. “Why?” he

says, turning to him, “about

A little sister time, to

mouth a little and I laugh a little when I see that he does

but I forgive him, because I know he

right now not with

gives him a little shove, he

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping

that Cora and I can concentrate on

teach you how to change a

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

then head inside the

what are you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my chair closer

we can better see each other in the dim light of

said,” Cora sighs, looking down

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

her mouth twisted to

think I’m like broken, or

mouth to deny that, but

I mean like, do I need to be healed?

access the gift?”

curious and sitting up straight.

into the desert to get the gift from mom

we need to like, do something to get it going.

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you

And then, quite quickly, I run

raises her nose to the gift

as I

a thousand shades of brown, from

places that she’s hurt or

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and sinking back onto the

fine, as far as my gift

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

as she moves on to the next option.

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face

all the gifts were linked.

will allow me to like, access my

and I hold my hand out to her. “I cut my finger this morning

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

could fix

hand in hers, closing

state I use when I access my gift. I do

importantly, not to fall

heal it myself.

little when I do

the cut is. I see Cora push and

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