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

frowns a little in frustration,

wipe out her joy today. Everything for

coming up roses.

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

figure it

be convenient,” she says, putting her chin in

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

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning

everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative as me,

in my personality -”

a little false

Cora cocks her head to the

something.

looks around. “Actually,” she

and I had a

Sinclair immediately agree and start

little.

turning to him, “about Ella…being

you mind? A little sister time, to see if

and I laugh a little when I see

him, because I

a single moment right now not with everything they’ve

she gives him a little

says, wrapping an arm around Roger’s

so that Cora and I can concentrate on

you how to

Cora and I laugh as

head inside

I ask eagerly, moving my

other

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her hands

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

her mouth twisted to the side as

you think

that, but

like, do I need to be healed? With your

access the gift?”

curious and sitting up straight. “I mean, that

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

we need to like, do something to get it going. Some

ceremony like that.”

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

hands. And

her nose to

and I smile as I sense her. Such

from the lightest tawny to

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

come up with nothing.

Cora,” I sigh, dropping her hands and

fine, as far as my

she says, likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at her

the next option. “Um,” she says, “do you think

could try healing you?”

ask, my face

all the gifts were linked. Maybe I

allow me to like,

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

say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to

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

my hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing

I access my gift. I do

not to fall into that same

heal it myself.

gasp a little when I do feel a very slight tingling at

is. I see

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