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?”

a little. “I can’t even figure

a little in frustration, even

Everything for her – for all

coming up roses.

I say with my own

“We’ll figure

she says, putting her chin

a bit, “if my gift had been healing too. Considering that I’m

mock haughtiness, grinning at her,

and loving, and restorative as me, Cora

in my personality -”

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

Cora cocks her head to the side,

something.

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

mind if Ella and I had a minute out

and Sinclair immediately agree and start to stand up

little. “Why?” he

said,” Cora says, turning to him,

mind? A little sister time, to see

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

a bit – but I forgive him, because I know he doesn’t

a single moment right now not with

him a little shove, he

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

so that Cora and

teach you how to change a

Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry onto

then head

eagerly, moving my chair closer

can better see each other in the dim light of

looking down at her hands and

goes. “She said that you could help me

her mouth twisted to the side as she

it. “Do you think

to deny that, but she

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

access the gift?”

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

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

to like, do something to get

ceremony like that.”

says, shrugging.” Do

for her hands. And then, quite

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

it a warm little nudge, and I smile as

of brown, from the lightest tawny to nearly

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

come up with nothing.

dropping her hands and sinking back onto the

as far as my gift can

likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her

the next option. “Um,” she says, “do

could try healing you?”

ask, my face twisting with

mom also said all the gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal a

allow me to like, access my full

I say, and I hold my hand out to her. “I

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

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

hand in hers, closing her

I use when I access my gift. I

and, importantly, not to fall into that same

heal it myself.

a little when I do feel

see Cora push and concentrate,

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