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

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

her joy today. Everything

coming up roses.

say with my own

figure it

she says, putting her

“if my gift had been healing

haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would

and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

even as she gives me a little false glare, and I laugh,

cocks her head to

something.

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

you mind if Ella and I had a minute

and start to stand up

a little.

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

time, to

laugh

a bit – but I forgive him, because I

right now not with

she gives him a little shove, he sighs and

new papa,” Sinclair says,

so that Cora and I can concentrate

you how

Cora and I laugh as

then head inside the

eagerly, moving my chair closer to

other in the dim

sighs, looking down at her hands and

goes. “She said that you

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

it. “Do you think

mouth to deny that, but she puts up a

do I need to be healed? With

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I mean, that

get the gift

do something to get it

ceremony like that.”

says, shrugging.” Do

say, reaching for her hands. And

raises her nose to the gift

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

a thousand shades of brown, from the

seeking any places that she’s hurt or tied

come up with nothing.

sigh, dropping her hands and sinking back onto the chair.

fine, as far as my

back in the chair and gnawing at her lip.

as she moves on to the next option. “Um,” she says, “do you think

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face

gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal

will allow me to like,

to her.

a sigh, realizing that I’ve been

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

hers, closing

when I access my gift.

and, importantly, not to fall into

heal it myself.

gasp a little when I do

the cut is. I see Cora push and concentrate,

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