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 is, let

a little in frustration, even though we’re

today. Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

right Cora,” I say with my own contented sigh, leaning back in

figure

putting her

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

a mock haughtiness, grinning

everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and

in my personality -”

she gives me a little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods as

Cora cocks

something.

sits up straight and looks around. “Actually,”

you mind if Ella and I had a

immediately agree and start to stand up

little. “Why?” he

turning to

A little sister time, to see if we can sort through

his mouth a little and I laugh a little when

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

single moment right now not

she gives him a little shove, he sighs and stands

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around Roger’s

from my arms so that Cora and I

“I’ll teach you how to change

I laugh as the men help Henry onto

head

I ask eagerly, moving my

see each other in

said,” Cora sighs, looking

through as she goes. “She said that

me now, her mouth twisted to the side as

it. “Do you think

that, but she puts up a

do I need to be healed? With your powers?

access the gift?”

sitting up straight. “I mean, that

to go out into the desert to get the gift from mom – or at least to access

something to get it going. Some sort

ceremony like that.”

Do you want to…give it

reaching for her hands. And then, quite quickly,

Her wolf raises her nose to the gift as

smile as I sense her. Such a

brown, from

any places that she’s hurt or tied

come up with nothing.

her hands

as far as my gift

she says, likewise sinking back in the chair

as she moves on to the next

could try healing you?”

I ask, my

also said all the gifts were linked. Maybe I

doing that will allow me to like,

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

sigh, realizing that

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

takes my hand in hers, closing her

the meditative state I use when I

still and, importantly, not to fall

heal it myself.

a little when I do feel a very slight tingling

see Cora push and

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