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?”

she replies, sighing a little. “I can’t

in frustration, even though we’re all

joy today. Everything for her

coming up roses.

I say with my own contented sigh, leaning

“We’ll figure

be convenient,” she says, putting her chin in

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

with a mock haughtiness, grinning at her,

gentle, and loving, and restorative as me, Cora –

in my personality -”

false glare,

But then Cora cocks her head to the side, clearly

something.

sits up straight and looks around. “Actually,” she says

and I had

and Sinclair immediately agree and start to stand up but Roger

a little. “Why?” he

says, turning to him,

sister time, to see if

twists his mouth a little and I laugh a

because I know he doesn’t want to

her for a single moment right

she gives him a little

Sinclair says, wrapping

that Cora and I can

you how to change a

laugh as the men help Henry onto the platform

then head inside

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

we can better see each other in the dim

Cora sighs, looking down at

said

at me now, her mouth twisted to the side as

it. “Do you think

immediately open my mouth to deny that, but she puts

need to be healed? With

access the gift?”

say, curious and sitting up straight. “I

into the desert to get the

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

ceremony like that.”

a try,” she says, shrugging.” Do you

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

Her wolf raises her nose to the gift as it passes

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

from the lightest tawny

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

come up with nothing.

sigh, dropping her hands and sinking back

as

says, likewise sinking back in the chair and gnawing at

the next option. “Um,” she says, “do you think

could try healing you?”

ask, my

the gifts were

me to

hand out to her. “I

sigh, realizing that

My gift could fix this up in a cinch

shrugs and takes my hand in hers,

use when I access my gift.

importantly, not to fall into that same

heal it myself.

when I do feel a very slight tingling at

the cut is. I see Cora push

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