Death in the Night by Allyson Lindt

Author:Allyson Lindt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acelette Press
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Min didn’t like the way things were unfolding. Agreeing to let Kirby pursue this vengeance was a bad idea. What happened in London, with TOM pursuing her, reinforced the foolishness of it all.

He was trying to understand where she was coming from, but he didn’t see it.

“This is going to destroy her.” He paced his painfully small hotel-room, venting his frustrations at Daz.

The other god listened patiently, as he always did. “She may want that.”

Another thing that bothered Min. Kirby not only didn’t seem to fear death, it also was as if she pursued her own. A dangerous proclivity, to begin with, but far worse for someone who had died so many times. “I don’t know what to say to her, to make her listen.”

“You may not be able to say anything.” Daz had been by Min’s side for a few centuries. He’d witnessed Kirby come and go. He said he stayed because he owed Min, for saving his life. In truth, it was because Daz loved him. The passion that flowed from Daz was impossible to ignore. Min had made his feelings for Kirby, and his intent to continue pursuing her, clear.

Daz understood. That didn’t stop him from trying to steer Min away from Kirby’s memory, disguising the attempts as comfort, each time she died. “This may be your chance for closure,” Daz said. “An opportunity to sever ties with her while she’s still here, and not be beholden to a spirit you can never appease.”

“I made her a promise, and it’s in place until she decides she doesn’t want it.” Min had never considered Daz’s suggestion before. So why did the words linger in his head today? “She’s still the same beautiful, kind, brilliant soul I fall in love with each time I meet her.” The difference was she now held a lot of beliefs he didn’t agree with. “Even if she does have a taste for death.”

“She’s a Valkyrie. Starkad was, is, and always will be right about that. She was created to be a creature of war, and to take life when appropriate.”

That wasn’t where Min’s reservations lay. “Sending a fallen warrior to the afterlife is different from executing a man on the street.”

Daz nodded. “To you and me. To her, the streets are modern warzones.”

“That’s not true.” But it was. Min had seen her as they strolled through Piccadilly Square. And again in the café here. She was always on alert. Always waiting for the next battle.

Could he accept Kirby if that never changed? If she continued to be this urban warrior? Was he capable of meeting her halfway when it came to her perspective of what a threat was?

Min didn’t know.

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