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?”

little. “I can’t even figure out

in frustration, even though

joy today. Everything for

coming up roses.

say with my own

“We’ll figure it

would be convenient,” she says, putting her chin in her hand and scowling

a bit, “if my gift had been healing

say with a mock haughtiness, grinning

not everyone can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative as me, Cora –

in my personality -”

a little false glare, and I laugh, Sinclair nods

cocks her head to

something.

up straight and looks around.

you mind if Ella and I had a minute

Sinclair immediately agree and start to stand

little. “Why?”

Cora says, turning to him, “about

A little sister time,

little and I laugh a

because I know he doesn’t

single moment right

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

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

Rafe from my arms so that Cora and I can

“I’ll teach you how to

but Cora and I laugh as the men help

then head

ask eagerly, moving my chair closer to my

can better see each other in the dim light of the

said,” Cora sighs, looking down at her

said that you could help me

me now, her mouth twisted to the side as

think I’m

my mouth to deny that, but she puts up a

be healed? With your powers? So that

access the gift?”

and sitting up straight. “I mean, that would

desert to get the gift from mom – or at least

need to like, do something to get it going. Some sort

ceremony like that.”

a try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you want

hands. And then, quite quickly, I run

wolf raises her nose to the gift as it passes

smile as I sense her.

brown, from

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

come up with nothing.

Cora,” I sigh, dropping her hands and sinking

as my gift can

the chair and gnawing

she moves on to the next

could try healing you?”

my face twisting

gifts were linked. Maybe I

that will allow me to like, access my full

hold my hand out to her. “I cut

say with a sigh, realizing that I’ve been meaning to heal

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

hand in hers, closing her

I use when I access my

to fall

heal it myself.

few minutes, I gasp a little when I do

see Cora push and concentrate, but

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