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 out what mine

a little in frustration, even though

out her joy today. Everything for her – for all of us

coming up roses.

say with my own

figure it

says, putting her chin

a bit, “if my gift had been healing too. Considering that I’m a

haughtiness,

can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative

in my personality -”

gives me a little false glare, and

But then Cora cocks

something.

sits up straight and looks around. “Actually,” she says

Ella and I had a

start to

little. “Why?” he

turning to him, “about Ella…being

Do you mind? A little sister time, to see

I laugh a little when I see that he

forgive him, because I know he doesn’t

right now

But still, when she gives him a

on, new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around

that Cora

you how

and I laugh as the men help Henry onto the

head

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

each other in the dim

looking down at her hands and

“She said that you could help me figure it

now, her mouth twisted

it. “Do you think

that, but she puts up

do I need to be healed? With your powers? So

access the gift?”

up straight.

the gift from mom –

something to get it

ceremony like that.”

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

I say, reaching for her hands. And then, quite quickly, I run

her body. Her wolf raises her

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

shades of brown, from the

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

come up with nothing.

hands and sinking back onto the

as my gift

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

as she moves on to the next

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face twisting

were linked. Maybe

that will allow me to like, access my

my hand out to her. “I

say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve

” My gift could fix this up

in hers, closing

when I access my

not to

heal it myself.

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

see Cora

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