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?”

“I can’t even figure

in frustration, even though

joy today. Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

all right Cora,” I say with my own contented sigh,

“We’ll figure

her chin in her hand

my gift had been healing too.

a mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would be

and

in my personality -”

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

then Cora cocks her head

something.

and looks around. “Actually,” she says

Ella and I had a minute out here

start to stand up but

a little. “Why?”

turning to him, “about Ella…being

mind? A little sister time,

laugh a

because

single moment right now not with

a little shove,

says, wrapping

arms so that Cora and

“I’ll teach you how to

groans but Cora and I laugh as

head inside the

ask eagerly,

we can better see each other in the dim

looking down at her hands and

said that you could help me figure it

twisted to

you think

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

to be healed? With your powers? So

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I mean, that

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

to like, do something to get it

ceremony like that.”

try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you want to…give it a

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

wolf raises her nose to the gift as it

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

of brown, from the

seeking any places

come up with nothing.

her hands and sinking back onto the chair.

far as my gift can

likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her

as she moves on to the next option. “Um,”

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face twisting with

the gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal

will allow me to like, access my

I hold my hand out to her.

realizing that I’ve been meaning to

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

in hers, closing her eyes and pushing herself

I access my gift. I do my

and, importantly, not to fall

heal it myself.

gasp a little when I

where the cut is. I see Cora push and

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