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?”

can’t

frowns a little in

Everything for her – for all of

coming up roses.

my own

“We’ll figure it

convenient,” she says, putting her chin

gift had been healing too. Considering that

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

gentle, and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

she gives me a little false

then Cora cocks her

something.

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

if Ella and I had a minute

and start to

little.

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

sister time, to see if we

his mouth a little and I laugh a little when

because I know he doesn’t want to

moment right now not

him a little shove,

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an

Rafe from my arms so that Cora

how to change

laugh as the men help

then head inside

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

we can better see each other in the dim

Cora sighs, looking down at her hands and

goes. “She said that

mouth twisted

“Do you think I’m

to deny that, but

to be healed? With

access the gift?”

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

get the gift

do something to

ceremony like that.”

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

her hands. And then, quite quickly,

her nose

as I sense her. Such a pretty wolf

a thousand shades of brown, from the lightest

seeking any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and

as far as

back in the chair and gnawing

on to the next

could try healing you?”

ask, my face twisting with

gifts were linked. Maybe

that will allow me to like, access my full

hand out to her. “I cut my finger this morning on

with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to

” My gift could fix this

takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes and

state I use when I access my gift. I

and, importantly, not to fall into that

heal it myself.

minutes, I gasp a little when I do feel a very slight tingling

see Cora push and

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