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?”

a little. “I can’t even figure

She frowns a little in frustration, even though we’re

out her joy today. Everything for her – for all of us –

coming up roses.

I say with my own contented sigh,

figure it

her chin in her hand

been healing too. Considering

with a mock haughtiness, grinning at

gentle, and loving, and restorative as me, Cora

in my personality -”

a little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods

point. But then Cora cocks her

something.

and looks around. “Actually,”

and I had a minute

Sinclair immediately agree and start to stand

a little. “Why?”

Cora says, turning to him, “about Ella…being

mind? A little sister time,

little and I laugh a

because I know

for a single moment right now not with everything

gives him a little shove, he

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around

my arms so that Cora and I can concentrate

you how

as the men help Henry

then head inside

thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my

other in the dim

sighs, looking down

as she goes. “She said that

twisted to the

you think I’m like broken,

deny that, but she

to be healed?

access the gift?”

sitting up straight. “I mean, that

to get the gift from mom –

need to like, do something

ceremony like that.”

shrugging.” Do you want

say, reaching for her hands. And then, quite quickly, I run my

and over her body. Her wolf raises her nose to the gift as

a warm little nudge, and I smile as I sense her. Such a

a thousand shades of brown, from the

places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

hands and sinking back onto the

as far as my

back in the

as she moves on to the next

could try healing you?”

my face twisting with

gifts were linked.

will allow me

I say, and I hold my hand out to her. “I

sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to

just got distracted. ” My gift could fix this up in a

and takes my hand in hers, closing her

I access my gift. I do my very

importantly, not to

heal it myself.

gasp a little when I do feel a very slight tingling at

is. I see Cora

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