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

little in

Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

say with my own contented sigh,

“We’ll figure

putting her

been healing too. Considering

I say with a mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would be

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

in my personality -”

false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods

But then Cora cocks her head to

something.

straight and looks around. “Actually,” she

if Ella and I

and start

little.

mom said,” Cora says, turning to him, “about Ella…being

little sister time, to see if we can

twists his mouth a little and I laugh a little when

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

her for a single moment right now not with

when she gives him a little shove, he sighs

on, new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping

that

teach you how to change

but Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry

then head

are you thinking?” I ask eagerly, moving my chair closer to my

each other in the

said,” Cora sighs, looking down

she goes. “She said that you could help me figure

now, her mouth twisted to

you think I’m like

mouth to deny that, but

be healed?

access the gift?”

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

get the gift from mom – or at least

like, do something to get it

ceremony like that.”

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

for her hands. And then,

over her body. Her wolf raises her

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

shades of brown, from the lightest tawny

any places that she’s hurt or tied up

come up with nothing.

sigh, dropping her hands

far as my

sinking back in the chair and gnawing at

next option. “Um,”

could try healing you?”

ask, my

the gifts were linked. Maybe I can…heal a little?

allow me to like, access my full

my hand out to her. “I cut my finger

with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning

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

takes my hand in hers,

use when I

not to fall into that same meditative

heal it myself.

when I do feel a very slight

where the cut is. I see

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