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

baby.” She frowns a little in

Everything for her – for all of us

coming up roses.

with my own contented sigh, leaning back in

“We’ll figure it

her chin in her

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

a mock haughtiness,

can be as gentle, and loving, and restorative as

in my personality -”

as she gives me a little false

But then Cora cocks her head to the side,

something.

up straight and looks around. “Actually,” she

if Ella and I had a minute out

immediately agree and start

little. “Why?”

says, turning to him, “about

you mind? A little sister time, to see

I laugh a little when I see that he

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

right now

when she gives him a little

papa,” Sinclair says, wrapping an arm around

my arms so that Cora and I

how to

groans but Cora and I laugh as the men help

head

eagerly, moving my

that we can better see each other in the dim light

Cora sighs, looking down at her hands and

goes. “She said that you could help me figure

her mouth twisted to the side as she tries to

think

mouth to deny that, but she puts up a

do I need to be healed? With

access the gift?”

up straight. “I mean, that would make sense –

into the desert to get the gift from mom –

do something to get it going. Some

ceremony like that.”

says, shrugging.” Do you want to…give

her hands. And then, quite quickly, I

wolf raises her nose

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

a thousand shades of brown, from

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

come up with nothing.

dropping her hands

as far as my gift can

she says, likewise sinking back in the chair and

her as she moves on to the next option. “Um,”

could try healing you?”

my face

were linked. Maybe I can…heal a

allow me

I say, and I hold my hand out to her. “I

realizing that I’ve been meaning to

just got distracted. ” My gift could fix this

and takes my hand in hers, closing her

use when I access my gift. I

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

heal it myself.

little when I do

see Cora push and

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