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?”

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

a little in frustration, even though we’re

wipe out her joy today. Everything for

coming up roses.

Cora,” I say with my own

“We’ll figure

convenient,” she says, putting her chin in her

been

haughtiness, grinning at her, “that would

gentle, and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

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

point. But then Cora cocks her head to the

something.

looks around. “Actually,” she says to the

mind if Ella and I

immediately agree and start to stand up but

little. “Why?”

said,” Cora says, turning to him,

sister time, to see if we can

little and I laugh a little when

a bit – but I forgive him, because I know he

her for a single moment right now not with everything they’ve

she gives him a little shove, he sighs

new papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an

so that Cora and I can

teach you how

Cora and I laugh as the men help Henry onto

then head inside the

eagerly, moving my chair closer

see each other in the

said,” Cora sighs, looking down

she goes. “She said that

me now, her mouth twisted to the

“Do you think I’m like broken, or

mouth to deny that, but she puts up

be

access the gift?”

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

to get the gift from

something to get it going. Some sort

ceremony like that.”

Do you want to…give it a

And then,

Her wolf raises her nose

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

thousand shades of brown, from the lightest

any places that she’s hurt or tied

come up with nothing.

I sigh, dropping her hands and

as far as my gift can

back in the chair

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

could try healing you?”

my face twisting with

also said all the gifts were

will allow me to like, access my full

to her. “I

T say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve

distracted. ” My gift could fix

and takes my hand in hers, closing her eyes

use when I access my gift. I

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

heal it myself.

little when I do feel a very slight

where the cut is. I see Cora push and

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