Master of Magic (Dragon's Gift: The Valkyrie Book 5) by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942085560
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2018-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

9

“Ah, excellent. Just what I was hoping for.” I shivered, making a mockery of my statement.

The landscape stretching out before us was barren and gray. Snow flurried though the air, whipping past huge trees that put the giant redwoods to shame. These were the trees of giants. Not Yggdrasil—nothing was like that tree—but these were the size of New York City skyscrapers. The river to our left was massively wide, tumbling gray and icy over boulders and downed tree limbs.

“Given your explanation of utangard, it’s roughly what I would expect,” Cade said.

“Yes, though looking at the place, I wish that Mímir had recommended we go another direction to find Idun.”

“Aye, he was an odd sort.”

“Wasn’t he though?” I huddled farther into my jacket, studying the terrain. Which way to go?

A massive collection of icy boulders caught my eye. They were a couple hundred yards in the distance, but there was something strange about them.

It was as good a lead as any. “Come on.”

We hurried through the cold, keeping our strides long and our heads bowed against the wind. As we neared the boulders that towered forty feet overhead, I realized that they were mostly ice rather than rock. And they were a vaguely familiar shape.

When the icy mass moved, I stumbled backward, heart jumping. Cade went on high alert, drawing his sword. I started to, realizing too late that I’d sacrificed my sword. I drew my daggers instead, feeling woefully underprepared.

The massive creature that rose to four feet made my muscles turn to jelly.

“Oh, this is bad,” I muttered.

It was a fox. Or a wolf. Hard to tell, considering that it was made of ice and stone. Cold eyes peered at us.

I glanced at Cade and whispered, “Get ready to shift and run if you have to.”

“You’ll fly?”

I nodded, keeping one eye on the fox.

Yep—it was definitely a fox. It’d be cute, if it weren’t massive and fangy. Long icicle-like fangs extended from its mouth. Being impaled on one had to be the absolute worst way to go.

It lowered its head to sniff us, going first for me, then for Cade. Though my flight or fight reflex begged to do either of those very fine options, I held perfectly still.

The fox’s eyes might be cold, but I didn’t immediately sense danger from him. And the fight option was actually terrible. Poking this enormous ice fox with my dagger would definitely get me chomped in half.

“Who are you?” The fox’s voice was deep and strong.

So that’s what the fox says.

Except I couldn’t even laugh at my own inane joke. “I’m Bree Blackwood, the Valkyrie Dragon God.”

“I am Belatucadros,” Cade said.

The fox’s icy gaze landed on me. “You, I know.” His gaze drifted to Cade, and he sniffed him again. “You are a god. A wolf.”

“Sometimes.”

The fox huffed, his back legs shifting, and little ice chips fell off him.

“What are you doing here, tiny food?” he asked.

Ah, shit. Tiny food. That was us.

“We’re here to find Idun, the goddess with the apples of youth,” I said.

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