Fury of a Viking (The MacLomain Series: Viking Ancestors' Kin Book 4) by Sky Purington

Author:Sky Purington [Purington, Sky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

MATTHEW LEANED AGAINST the wall with his arms crossed over his chest, and his head hung. It had been a long day. No, a long few years. Yet even without knowing exactly where his son was, something inside him was growing lighter. It was an indescribable feeling. One he didn’t believe he deserved. One that made no sense considering his son was still lost. But he knew what was causing it. Better yet, who.

Shannon.

And Emily.

Somehow, they had made their way into every thought that wasn’t of Håkon and perhaps already made their way into his heart. He would protect them with everything he had. Which meant taking every step possible to see that through.

So for the first time since the battle, he did as Shannon urged him to do, and reached out to Heidrek telepathically. Heidrek had been in his mind briefly once before, but Matthew hadn’t been the one to reach out and certainly hadn’t allowed his brother to linger very long.

“Brother,” he said. “Are you there?”

“I am,” Heidrek responded within moments. “It is good to hear from you…very good.”

He didn’t miss the emotion in the octave of Heidrek’s internal voice. How grateful his brother was that he had connected with him. Matthew clenched his jaw against a strong wave of emotion as he opened his mind and allowed Heidrek to see everything that had happened. All he had learned. It was quick. They shouldn’t connect like this for too long. But it was enough to catch him up.

“So Shannon already asked you to become her mate?” Heidrek said, surprising Matthew with his amusement, with his lightheartedness and support. “That makes you a very lucky dragon, yes?”

For some reason, he thought this first step with his brother was going to be more difficult, but he should have known better. The anger and bitterness had been all Matthew’s, not Heidrek’s. His brother had simply been waiting for him to reach out. To realize that he would always be there and in fact, he had never really vanished. Not in the least.

“I think a proposal to be mates for a greater good is the least of my worries right now,” Matthew responded. But he didn’t do so with his usual anger. Rather, he felt a sense of peace, of coming home in a strange way. Relief, almost. And he knew his brother felt it too.

“You will find your son, Brother,” Heidrek said. “I do not doubt it for a moment.” He hesitated, his distress palpable. “I wish I could be there to help you. To be there for you. I wish we could journey together and be brothers as we once were.”

Matthew didn’t respond to that. While he might have all his facts now and knew Heidrek wasn’t responsible for what had happened that day, it was going to take more than a brief mental conversation to let go of his hurt. Even if that hurt was false, it had been his for far too long.

“I will go now,” Heidrek said, his tone soft.

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