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?”

replies, sighing a little. “I can’t even figure out what

She frowns a little in frustration, even though

is going to wipe out her joy today. Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

right Cora,” I say with my own contented sigh, leaning back in

“We’ll figure it

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

my gift had been healing too. Considering that I’m a

a mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would

everyone can be as gentle, and loving,

in my personality -”

a little false glare, and I

fair point. But then Cora cocks her

something.

up straight and looks around. “Actually,”

Ella and I had a minute out

and Sinclair immediately agree and start

little. “Why?” he

says, turning to him, “about Ella…being able

sister time, to see if we

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

him, because

for a single moment right

him a little shove, he

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

arms so that Cora and I

teach you how to

but Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry onto

head inside

ask eagerly,

better see each other in the

looking

through as she goes. “She said that you could

up at me now, her mouth twisted to the

think

mouth to deny that, but she puts up a hand

need to be healed?

access the gift?”

straight. “I mean, that would make

out into the desert to get the gift

do something to get it going.

ceremony like that.”

shrugging.” Do you want

her hands. And

and over her body. Her wolf raises her nose

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

thousand shades of brown, from the lightest tawny to nearly

any places that she’s hurt

come up with nothing.

hands

far as my

the

her as she moves on to the next option.

could try healing you?”

ask, my

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

doing that will allow me to like, access my

my hand out to her.

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

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

takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing

when I access my gift. I do

not to fall into that

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a

where the cut is. I see Cora push

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