Destined Souls by Melissa Haag

Author:Melissa Haag [Haag, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

Five

“Will you create an opening to him? I need to ask him what happened and hear his answer from his own lips.”

“You are asking much,” I said. “He may have already died. These crusades do not end well for most.”

“If we cannot find him in this world, will you then take me to the next?”

“Giso…”

“Thora, he is the only family I have left. I hold onto the hope that he has an explanation for the evidence. That he left out of fear of accusation, not because he actually hurt them.”

“And if you find and hear that he did kill your wife and child?”

“Then I will walk away and accept whatever fate has in store for me, because I will know I have no family here.”

The need in his gaze, his silent plea, had me considering his request. It wouldn’t be hard to check the lists for his brother’s name to determine if he had already been reaped for Asgard. If his name wasn’t listed, which was likely if he did murder his brother’s family, I would need to ask a Grimnir for a favor. There was risk involving others. Mortals weren’t supposed to know about our world.

“If it is discovered that I helped you, there will be consequences.”

“I’ll accept whatever the consequence,” he said.

But would I?

“We should walk until you cannot,” I said. “Which direction?”

“I heard there are ships to the north. Most retreating soldiers would likely head east, north-east.”

“You believe your brother would go that route?”

“I do.”

“Then, that is the route we will take.”

“We will need supplies,” he said, once again looking at the pile the looters had made.

“No. The less we carry, the safer we will be. Anything we need, I will provide.”

He smiled slightly. “A true guardian angel. Lead and I will follow.”

Aud took flight, a silent shadow against a dark sky.

We wove our way through the tents. When we reached the outskirts, I asked him to hold still while I checked his bandages. They remained blood free so we continued on. The slight dips and hills made me feel as if we walked upon the ocean. Looking up at the night sky, I could almost believe it. The stars sparkled with a brightness that I only recalled while at sea.

“It is beautiful,” Giso said, staring at the pin-lit darkness with me.

“It is.”

“My mother once told me the night sky was the inside of a dark soul. Each act of kindness created a hole, which let a grain of sunlight through the night. It’s a reminder that no soul is too dark to save.”

The idea of it was naïve, yet it was the hope of being saved that had helped many a man.

“Is that why you want to talk to your brother?”

“Yes.”

We walked many miles before I encouraged him to stop and rest. It took him several attempts to lower himself to the sand. He groaned when he finally sat.

“I think my leg is swelling,” he said.

“Most likely. What I did is allowing you to use it when you shouldn’t.

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