Curse of the Valkyries by Rachel Tsoumbakos

Author:Rachel Tsoumbakos [Tsoumbakos, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

“It’s a boy!”

Helgi cried hot tears of joy and he didn’t even care who saw him.

It had been a year since they were married and Helgi hadn’t believed he could be any happier than by being the husband of Sigrun. Each day was filled with joy. They rarely fought and only parted when Sigrun had battles to attend to. Freya had given Sigrun leave so that she didn’t have to attend the feasts that accompanied the battles afterwards, in Valhalla. Instead, she was allowed to leave as soon as the fight was over, when all of the bodies had been collected and led away to the great halls of Valhalla.

But then, Sigrun announced she was with child and Helgi had been happier still. He felt like he could burst with pride over the news and told everyone who would stand still long enough that he was to be a father. For months he had dotted on Sigrun, tending to her far more than was necessary but relishing the task regardless.

However, this moment, the one where he got to hold his son in his arms for the first time ever, this was the happiest he had ever been. The happiest he believed he ever could be.

He sat down next to his wife, his grin extending when he saw her weary smile, weak like tea. Cradling their child in the crook of his arm, he smoothed Sigrun’s hair away from her face. Helgi kissed her sweaty forehead and taste the salt of her labours there

Two years later, another son graced their family and, once more, Helgi couldn’t believe his luck. Still, he beamed down on his wife, his small family.

Internally, he sent his gratitude upwards, to Asgard, to where the gods resided. In the quiet times when he did this, he felt like the world belonged to him and that the gods would smile on them forever.

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