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?”

sighing a little. “I can’t even

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

today. Everything for her – for

coming up roses.

with my own contented sigh,

figure it

she says, putting her chin in her

my gift had been healing too. Considering that I’m

with a mock haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would

not everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

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

point. But then Cora cocks her head to the side,

something.

sits up straight and looks

if Ella and I had a

immediately agree and start

little.

turning to him, “about Ella…being able

Do you mind? A little sister time, to see if

little and I laugh a little when

bit – but I forgive him, because I

moment right now not with everything

when she gives him a little shove, he sighs and

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

so that Cora and

teach you how

laugh as the men help Henry onto

head

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

that we can better see each other in

said,” Cora sighs, looking

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

her mouth twisted to the side as she

think I’m like broken, or

that, but she

need to be healed? With your powers? So

access the gift?”

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

to go out into the desert to get the gift from mom

like, do something to get it going. Some

ceremony like that.”

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

hands. And then, quite quickly, I run my

body. Her wolf raises her nose to

it a warm little nudge, and I smile as

of brown, from the lightest tawny

places that she’s hurt or

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and sinking back

as far as my

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

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

could try healing you?”

ask, my

said all the gifts were linked. Maybe

that will allow me to like,

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

a sigh, realizing that I’ve

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

takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes and pushing

I access my gift. I do my

not to fall into that same meditative state

heal it myself.

I gasp a little when I do

see

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