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

frowns a little in

wipe out her joy today. Everything for her – for all of us –

coming up roses.

Cora,” I say with my own contented sigh,

“We’ll figure it

would be convenient,” she says, putting her chin in

had been healing too. Considering that I’m a

I say with a mock haughtiness, grinning

and loving, and restorative as me, Cora –

in my personality -”

gives me a little false glare, and

fair point. But then Cora cocks her head to the side,

something.

and looks around. “Actually,” she says to

and I had

start to stand up but Roger

little. “Why?” he

says, turning to him, “about Ella…being

A little sister time, to

and I laugh a little when I see that

but I forgive him, because I know

moment right now not

she gives him a little shove, he

on, new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

taking Rafe from my arms so that Cora and I can

teach you how to

Cora and I laugh as the men

head inside

ask eagerly, moving

other in the dim light of

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her hands

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

her mouth twisted to the side as she

“Do you think I’m like

deny that, but she puts up a hand

mean like, do I need to be healed? With your powers? So

access the gift?”

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

get the gift from mom – or at least to

to like, do something to get it going. Some

ceremony like that.”

says, shrugging.” Do you

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

her

I smile as I

of brown, from the

places that she’s hurt or

come up with nothing.

hands and sinking back onto the

far as my

back in the

moves on to the next option. “Um,” she says,

could try healing you?”

ask, my face

gifts were linked. Maybe

that will allow me to like, access

hold my hand out to her. “I cut

sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to

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

hand in hers,

when I

to fall into that

heal it myself.

I gasp a little when I do

cut is. I see

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