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 is, let

a little in

her joy today. Everything for her

coming up roses.

all right Cora,” I say with my own contented

figure it

convenient,” she says, putting her chin in her hand

gift had been healing too. Considering

I say with a mock haughtiness, grinning at

everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative as me, Cora

in my personality -”

a little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods as if

then Cora cocks her head to

something.

up straight and looks

Ella and I had a minute

Sinclair immediately agree and start to stand up but

little.

turning to him,

Do you mind? A little sister time,

twists his mouth a little and I laugh a little when I see that

because I know

a single moment right now not

gives him a little shove,

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

so that Cora and

teach you how

as the men help Henry

head inside

I ask eagerly, moving my

that we can better see each other

Cora sighs, looking down at her hands

through as she goes. “She said that you

her mouth twisted to the

it. “Do you think

my mouth to deny that, but she puts up a hand to stop

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

access the gift?”

sitting up straight. “I mean,

into the desert to get the gift from mom – or at least to

to like, do something

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you want

say, reaching for her hands. And then,

and over her body. Her wolf raises her nose to the gift as

smile as I sense her. Such a

brown, from the

scan Cora, seeking any places that she’s hurt or

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and sinking back

as far as

sinking back in the chair and

next option. “Um,” she

could try healing you?”

my face twisting with

all the gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal

allow me to

my hand out to her. “I cut my

a sigh, realizing that I’ve

gift could fix this up in

in hers, closing

when I access

to fall into that same meditative

heal it myself.

a few minutes, I gasp a little when I do feel a

where the cut is. I see

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