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 figure out what mine

frowns a little in

is going to wipe out her joy today. Everything for her –

coming up roses.

right Cora,” I say with my own

“We’ll figure

says, putting her chin in

had been healing too. Considering that I’m a

with a mock haughtiness,

gentle, and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

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

then Cora cocks her head to the

something.

and looks

and I

and start to stand up but Roger

a little. “Why?” he

said,” Cora says, turning to him,

sister time, to

laugh a little when I

forgive him, because I know

right now not with everything

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

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around

taking Rafe from my arms so that Cora and

how

as the men help

head

you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving

see each other in the dim light of

mom said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her

said that you could help me figure it

looks up at me now, her mouth twisted to the

“Do you think I’m like broken, or

that, but she puts

do I need to be healed? With your

access the gift?”

I say, curious and sitting up straight. “I mean, that would

the gift

need to like, do something to get

ceremony like that.”

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

her hands. And then, quite quickly,

her body. Her wolf raises her nose to the gift as it

as I

of brown, from the lightest tawny to nearly

as I scan Cora, seeking any places that she’s hurt or tied up or

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands

far as my gift

sinking back in the chair and gnawing at

she moves on to the next

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face

mom also said all the gifts were

that will allow me

hand out to her. “I cut my

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

gift could fix

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

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

to

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a very slight tingling

where the cut is. I see Cora push and

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