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?”

little. “I can’t even figure out

She frowns a little in frustration,

joy today. Everything for her –

coming up roses.

I say with my own

“We’ll figure it

her

had been healing too. Considering

a mock haughtiness,

gentle, and loving, and restorative as me, Cora –

in my personality -”

false glare, and I

point. But then Cora cocks her head to the

something.

up straight and looks around.

and I had

immediately agree and start

little. “Why?” he

Cora says, turning to him,

little sister time, to see if we can sort through

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

I forgive him, because I

moment right now not with

him a little shove, he

Sinclair says, wrapping an arm

my arms so that Cora and I can

“I’ll teach you how to change

as the men help Henry onto

then head inside the

thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my chair closer

that we can better see each other in the

Cora sighs, looking down at her

she goes. “She said that you could help

up at me now, her mouth twisted to the side as she

“Do you think I’m like

deny that, but she

I need to be healed?

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I

the desert to get the gift from

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

ceremony like that.”

she says, shrugging.” Do you want

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

Her wolf raises her nose to the

little nudge, and I smile as I sense her. Such a

from the lightest tawny to

places

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands

as my gift

likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her lip.

to the next option. “Um,” she says,

could try healing you?”

my face twisting

mom also said all the gifts were linked. Maybe

allow me to like,

I hold my hand out to her. “I cut my

cap, T say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to heal it all

gift could fix this up in a

hand in hers, closing her eyes and

state I use when I access my gift. I do my very best

and, importantly, not to

heal it myself.

little when I

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

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