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?”

a little. “I can’t even figure out what mine is, let

a little in frustration, even though we’re all

joy today. Everything for her – for all

coming up roses.

my own contented sigh, leaning

“We’ll figure

she says, putting her chin in her hand and scowling

“if my gift had been healing

haughtiness, grinning at

and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

a little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods

then Cora cocks her

something.

looks around. “Actually,”

mind if Ella and I had a minute out

Sinclair immediately agree and start to stand up but

a little. “Why?” he

turning to him, “about

mind? A little sister time, to see if we can sort

mouth a little and I laugh a little when

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

single moment right

still, when she gives him a little shove, he

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around

from my arms so that Cora and I can

you how to change a

I laugh as the men help Henry onto

head inside

I ask eagerly, moving my

can better see each other in the dim light of the

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her hands and

“She said that

up at me now, her mouth twisted to the side

“Do you think I’m

open my mouth to deny that, but she puts up

mean like, do I need to be

access the gift?”

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

get the gift from mom – or at least to

need to like, do something

ceremony like that.”

she says, shrugging.” Do you want

reaching for her hands. And then, quite

raises her nose to the gift as it

as I sense

from the lightest tawny

scan Cora, seeking any places that she’s hurt or tied up

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands

fine, as far as my

sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her

the next

could try healing you?”

I ask, my

mom also said all the gifts were linked.

allow me to like,

hand out to

cap, T say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve

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

hers, closing her eyes and pushing

use when I access my gift. I do

and, importantly, not to fall into that same

heal it myself.

a few minutes, I gasp a little when I do feel a

I see Cora push and concentrate, but then,

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