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 even figure out what mine is, let

little in frustration, even though we’re all

today. Everything for her

coming up roses.

I say with my

figure it

convenient,” she says, putting her chin

been

a mock haughtiness, grinning at

be as gentle, and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

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

Cora cocks her head to the side,

something.

looks around. “Actually,” she says to

and I had a minute out

immediately agree and start

little.

mom said,” Cora says, turning to

sister time, to see if

a little and I laugh a little when I see that he does

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

a single moment right now not with everything

when she gives him a little shove, he sighs and

on, new papa,” Sinclair says,

taking Rafe from my arms so that Cora

how to change

laugh as the

then head

eagerly, moving my chair closer to my

can better see each other in the dim light

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her

said that you could

her mouth twisted to the side as

“Do you think

that, but she

like, do I need to be

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I mean, that would

desert to get the

need to like, do something to get it going. Some

ceremony like that.”

says, shrugging.” Do you want to…give

her hands. And then,

wolf raises her nose to the

and I smile as I sense her. Such a

thousand shades of brown, from

seeking any places that she’s hurt or tied

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and sinking

fine, as far as my gift can

in the chair and

the next option. “Um,” she says, “do

could try healing you?”

my

gifts were

that will allow me

my hand out to her. “I cut my

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

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

hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing herself

into the meditative state I use when I access my gift. I do my very best

importantly, not to fall into that same meditative state

heal it myself.

gasp a little when I do feel a

cut is. I see Cora push and concentrate, but then,

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