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

baby.” She frowns a little in

is going to wipe out her joy today. Everything for

coming up roses.

I say with my own contented sigh, leaning back

“We’ll figure

says, putting her chin in her hand and

a bit, “if my gift had been healing too. Considering that

haughtiness, grinning at

and

in my personality -”

little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods as

cocks her head to the side,

something.

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

if Ella and I had a minute

and start to

little. “Why?” he

Cora says, turning to him,

you mind? A little sister time, to

and I laugh a little

because I know

single moment right now

a

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

my arms so that

teach you how to

and I laugh as the men

then head inside the

thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving

can better see each other

sighs, looking down at her hands and

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

now, her mouth twisted to the

“Do you think I’m like

deny that, but she puts up a hand

like, do I need to be healed?

access the gift?”

straight. “I mean, that would make sense

desert to get the gift from

we need to like, do something

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you want

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

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

as I sense her.

shades of brown, from the lightest tawny to nearly

any places that

come up with nothing.

sigh, dropping her hands

far as my gift can

back in the chair

to the next option. “Um,” she says, “do

could try healing you?”

my face twisting with

all the gifts were

doing that will allow me to like, access my full

to her. “I cut my

realizing that

My gift could fix this

takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing herself

state I use when I access my

not to fall into

heal it myself.

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

I see Cora push and

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