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

little in frustration, even

out her joy today. Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

say with my

“We’ll figure it

putting her chin in her hand and scowling

gift had been healing

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

not everyone can be as gentle, and

in my personality -”

false glare,

cocks her head

something.

and looks around. “Actually,”

if Ella and I had a

start to stand up but Roger

little. “Why?” he

mom said,” Cora says, turning to him, “about Ella…being able

time,

I laugh a

forgive him, because I know he doesn’t want to

her for a single moment right now not with everything

still, when she gives him a little shove, he sighs and

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

Rafe from my arms so that Cora and I can concentrate on

“I’ll teach you how to change a

I laugh as the men help Henry onto the platform

head inside the

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

see each other in the dim light

looking down at

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

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

it. “Do you think I’m

that, but she puts up a hand to

do I need to be healed? With

access the gift?”

up straight. “I mean, that would make

to go out into the desert to get the gift from mom – or at least to access

something to get it going.

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do

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

over her body. Her wolf raises her

nudge, and I smile as I sense her. Such

a thousand shades of brown, from

any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

dropping her hands and sinking back

as far as my

in the chair

she moves on to the next

could try healing you?”

I ask, my

gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal a

allow me to like,

to her. “I cut my

sigh, realizing that

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

shrugs and takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes

when I access my gift. I do my

to fall into

heal it myself.

I gasp a little when I do feel

is. I see

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