Joshua_Einherjar_A Dead Radiance Companion Novel by T. G. Ayer

Author:T. G. Ayer [Ayer, T. G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Infinite Ink Books
Published: 2018-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Another day passed, and Joshua had risen and taken a walk around the hall. Or at least that’s what’d intended to do. Instead, he found himself walking for what seemed like far too long. He’d passed the dining area where rows of wooden tables and benches were laid out. The tables were usually half filled with warriors as they came and went, no set time for meals from what he’d seen so far.

Joshua had since learned that the warriors trained out on the fields in sessions. And not only did they train, but they joined the valkyries on various missions to Midgard. Which was Earth in English.

Yeah, that took some getting used to.

Joshua stopped walking. The hall seemed to go on endlessly, and he let out a frustrated breath. He paused and turned around, and almost walked right into one of the huldra.

“How may I help you, einherjar Joshua?” she asked, her smile wide and cheerful.

Surprised at her respectful greeting, and at her cheer, Joshua paused for a moment. Then he cleared his throat and looked around him. “I was going for a walk, but there doesn’t seem to be an end to the corridor.”

The huldra nodded and bobbed at the same time, her black eyes sparkling. “This is Valhalla. It is ancient and everlasting as it had to hold thousands of warriors. There is a magic in the hall that takes you where you want to go.”

Joshua’s forehead wrinkled. “And it won’t take you anywhere that you are not meant to go. I see.”

“No, you misunderstand. It will take you anywhere as long as you know where you want to go. No part of Valhalla is forbidden as this is a home for all warriors. It is perhaps too early for you to know this place well enough, but in time you will learn where to go, and the hall will take you there.”

Joshua was impressed—and more than a little fascinated—and he thanked the huldra and headed back to his cot. Aimee had returned from her bath and was talking to another warrior, a dark-haired man in his mid-thirties who looked a little ill.

Joshua sat on his cot and then settled back down, staring up at the eaves above, thinking about Brody and his progress.

Neither Aimee nor Joshua had had any updates on the boy’s progress and they’d both begun to worry.

What he wouldn’t have given for a book to read to get his mind off things.

Just then a trio of huldra drew closer and began to set up a couple of tables beside the beds. Joshua barely paid attention as it was a regular thing, and he’d found that the tails were a little disconcerting, so he was better off looking away than ending up getting caught staring.

Because who wouldn’t stare? Tails? Right?

One of the huldra took a bowl and a mug toward Aidan, but Joshua continued to stare at the eaves. He didn’t pay any attention until the huldra spoke.

“Hello, Aidan,” she said in Bryn’s voice.

Joshua glanced over, and his eyes widened as he stared at the girl.

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