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 figure

a little in frustration, even though

Everything for her – for all of us

coming up roses.

say with my own contented

figure it

she says, putting her chin in her hand

gift had been healing too. Considering that

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning at her,

as gentle, and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

as she gives me a little false

cocks her head

something.

looks around. “Actually,” she says to

I had

start to stand up

a little. “Why?”

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

time, to see if we can

I laugh a little when I see that he

him, because I

her for a single moment right now not

But still, when she gives him a little shove, he sighs and

says, wrapping

so that Cora

teach you how to change

Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry

then head

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

each other in the dim

sighs, looking down at her hands

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

her mouth twisted to the side as she tries to

it. “Do you think I’m like broken,

open my mouth to deny that, but she puts up

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

access the gift?”

up straight. “I mean, that

the gift from mom

to like, do something to get it going.

ceremony like that.”

Do

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

over her body. Her wolf raises her nose to the gift

little nudge, and I smile as

from the

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

come up with nothing.

hands and

fine, as far as my gift

in the chair and gnawing at her

the next option.

could try healing you?”

I ask, my face

were linked. Maybe I can…heal a little?

will allow me to like, access my full

my hand out to

with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been

could fix this up in

hers, closing her eyes

state I use when I access my gift. I do my very

importantly, not to

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a

I see Cora push

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