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

baby.” She frowns a little in frustration, even though we’re

her joy today. Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

my own

“We’ll figure

be convenient,” she says, putting her chin in her hand and scowling

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

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning

not everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

as she gives me a little false glare, and I laugh,

fair point. But then Cora cocks her

something.

straight and looks around. “Actually,”

Ella and I had a minute out here

agree and start to stand up but

a little. “Why?”

mom said,” Cora says, turning to him, “about

sister time,

mouth a little and I laugh

but I forgive him, because I know he doesn’t want to be

for a single moment right now not with everything they’ve

But still, when she gives him a little shove, he

papa,” Sinclair says,

so that

teach you how to change a

groans but Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry onto the

then head inside the

thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my chair

that we can better see each other in

looking down at

goes. “She said that you could help

up at me now, her mouth twisted

“Do you think I’m

immediately open my mouth to deny that, but she puts

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

access the gift?”

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

to get the

need to like, do something to get

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do

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

over her body. Her wolf raises her nose

it a warm little nudge, and I smile as I

from the

any places that she’s hurt or

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and sinking back onto

as my gift can

the chair and gnawing at

to the next option.

could try healing you?”

ask, my face twisting

gifts were linked.

allow me to

I hold my hand out to her. “I cut my finger this

that I’ve been meaning to

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

takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing herself

when I access my gift. I do

very still and, importantly, not to fall into that

heal it myself.

gasp a little when I do feel a

I see Cora push and concentrate,

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