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?”

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

frowns a little in frustration, even though we’re all aware

is going to wipe out her joy today. Everything for her – for all of us

coming up roses.

right Cora,” I say with my

figure it

she says, putting her chin in

had been healing too.

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning

can be as gentle, and

in my personality -”

as she gives me a little false

then Cora cocks her head to the side, clearly

something.

up straight and looks

if Ella and I had a minute

and Sinclair immediately agree and start to

a little. “Why?” he

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

sister time,

mouth a little and I laugh a

I forgive him, because

her for a single moment right now not with

gives him a little shove, he sighs and

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around

that Cora and

“I’ll teach you how to change

I laugh as

then head

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

that we can better see each other

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her

as she goes. “She said

me now, her mouth twisted to the side as

it. “Do you think I’m like broken, or

that, but she puts up a

need to be healed?

access the gift?”

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

to get the gift from mom – or

to like, do something to get

ceremony like that.”

Do you want to…give it

hands. And then, quite

body. Her wolf raises her nose to the

as I sense her.

from the

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

come up with nothing.

sigh, dropping her hands

as my gift can

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

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

could try healing you?”

my

the gifts were linked.

that will allow me to like, access

my hand out to her. “I cut

sigh, realizing that I’ve

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

and takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes and

the meditative state I use when I access my gift. I do

and, importantly, not to fall into that same meditative state

heal it myself.

I gasp a little when I

see Cora push and

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