#Chapter 303 – Moonlight Baptism

“Well,” Henry answers, hesitating. “Cora and Roger will see the prophecy.”

My face falls a little when I realize the implications of this. “Really? Unfair,” I declare, pouting.

Henry laughs a little along with me. “It will bring them closer to him, give them a bond.”

“Well,” I sigh, “I want them to have that. What sort of things do you learn, though? Do you share them with the parents?”

“If you choose,” Henry shrugs. “I always did. And Sinclair and Roger’s godparents shared with me, for which I was grateful.”

“What did they tell you?” I ask, curious.

“That Sinclair would be a great leader of men,” Henry says, looking down at the baby again, clearly remembering his baby who looked so like this one. “That was no surprise. But Roger, that was…”

I pause, curious, suddenly fascinated. “What did they say?”

He hesitates and then meets my eye. “I never even told Roger about it. But they told me that his destiny laid less with who he was, and more with the children he would sire. The many children, who would be…” he looks away a bit, trying to sort his thoughts, “it was hard to understand. But something about a set of extraordinary children who would bring much joy to the world.”

My stomach drops at this, though I work hard to keep it off my face.

guess Cora

can’t give him children…

think too hard on her messages

smiling down at my baby, who’s staring up at me with his wide eyes, which are just starting to turn green. “Besides, today

at him again. “And his future is very, very

that evening, and my heart is full to bursting to see all of them

with them as much as I wanted to, as I have to greet all of our guests and introduce Rafe around to his new friends and family. But still, Isabel and I make plans to have a good long talk later this week before Cora comes to stand with her,

It’s perhaps too much for a trip to the woods, but we’ll be having champagne later – and then everyone coming back to

I don’t know. I’ve never held a midnight

on my shoulders. “Everything is in order, Ella – you don’t need to micromanage

everything to go smoothly, and

don’t need to be everything to everyone, trouble. They’re here to help you. You could have come down

would have cared,” I say, turning on him with wide eyes.

in for a quick kiss. “What I mean, Ella, is that you should just calm down and enjoy

then looking down at my happy baby in my arms.

putting an arm around my shoulders and moving towards the door. “It’s good that you figured that out now, because it’s

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