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 figure out what mine

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

today. Everything for her – for all

coming up roses.

my own contented sigh, leaning back in

“We’ll figure

says, putting her chin in her hand

“if my gift had been healing

mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that

can be as gentle, and loving,

in my personality -”

false glare, and I

But then Cora cocks

something.

she sits up straight and looks around. “Actually,” she says

Ella and I had a minute out here

start

little.

says, turning to

sister time, to see

laugh a

– but I forgive him, because I know he

single moment right now not with everything they’ve

she gives him a little shove, he sighs and stands

Sinclair says,

from my arms so that Cora and I

“I’ll teach you how to change a

as the

head inside the

eagerly, moving my chair closer to my

we can better see each other in

mom said,” Cora sighs, looking down at

goes. “She said that

mouth twisted to the side

it. “Do you think I’m like

deny that, but she puts up a hand to stop

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

access the gift?”

up straight. “I mean, that would make sense –

desert to get the gift from mom – or at least to

we need to like, do something

ceremony like that.”

Do you want to…give it

for her hands. And then, quite quickly,

over her body. Her wolf raises her nose to

nudge, and I smile as I sense

a thousand shades of brown, from the

seeking any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

her hands and sinking back

as far as my gift can

the

moves on to the next option.

could try healing you?”

my

mom also said all the gifts were linked. Maybe

allow me to like, access

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

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

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

hers,

state I use when I access my gift. I do my very best

still and, importantly, not to fall into that same meditative state

heal it myself.

few minutes, I gasp a little when I do feel a very slight tingling at

is. I see Cora

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