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

in frustration, even though we’re

Everything for

coming up roses.

all right Cora,” I say with my own

“We’ll figure

putting her

been

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would

be as gentle, and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

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

fair point. But then Cora cocks her head to the side,

something.

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

Ella and I had a minute out

start to stand up but

a little. “Why?” he

said,” Cora says, turning to him, “about

mind? A little sister time, to see if we can

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

because I know he

single moment right now not

a little shove, he sighs and stands

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping

so that

“I’ll teach you how

groans but Cora and I laugh as the

then head inside

ask eagerly, moving my chair closer

better see each other in the dim light

sighs, looking down

“She said that you could help me

at me now, her mouth twisted to the side as she tries to

it. “Do you think I’m like broken, or

deny that, but she puts

I mean like, do I need to be healed? With your

access the gift?”

curious and sitting up straight. “I

to get the gift

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

ceremony like that.”

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

reaching for her hands. And then,

raises her nose to the gift as

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

brown, from the

any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

sigh, dropping her hands

as far as

in the chair and gnawing at her

next option. “Um,” she says, “do you

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face

all the gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal a little?

that will allow me to like, access my

out to her.

T say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been

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

hand in hers, closing her eyes

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

and, importantly, not to fall into

heal it myself.

a few minutes, I gasp a little when I do feel a

is. I see Cora

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