Ragnarok by C. Gockel

Author:C. Gockel [Gockel, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19 Steve jogs in the forest beside Nari, his muscles burning from the trip up the stairs, his breath catching in clouds.

“Refugees of what?” he pants. “Refugees of Ragnarok,” Nari says. Storing the mysterious implications of that for later, Steve taps the radio in his ear.

“Team at Mission Control, report,” he says, referring to the drafty shack Heiðr lodged them in. Harding’s voice crackles back.

“All quiet here. Park is with me.” They still have gear at Mission Control; Steve can’t let them leave it unattended. “Beatrice is at the inn,” Nari pants beside him. “Beatrice,” Steve says, “What’s going on?” Jogging beside him, Bohdi says, “Is it because I broke the guy’s arm?” Beatrice’s voice snaps back over the radio.

“No, it wasn’t that. It’s the baby.” “The baby?” Larson asks. “What’s the situation, are they armed?” Stave asks. Beatrice’s voice buzzes in his ear.

“Only with torches and rocks, a few pitchforks and shovels.”

And then Thomas’s voice cracks on the line, fury transparent despite the static.

“They tried to stone Bjorna and Cannonball!” Steve stops in his tracks just before the team draws onto the main thoroughfare. He nods for Berry to check around the corner. The grizzled warrior has a mirror mounted on his rifle. He tilts it around the building. Eyes on it, voice steady, Berry says, “We’ve got more problems.” Lewis’s voice buzzes in Steve’s ear.

“What was Cannonball doing outside?” Steve’s skin heats despite the cold. If Amy’s voice is in his ear, she can’t be safely tucked below ground; if she isn’t safely below ground, then Claire ... Berry interrupts his thoughts.

“Heiðr and five Frost Giant hunters, armed with crossbows and axes, coming this way.” “Lewis, don’t come closer,” Steve says. Lewis’s voice buzzes again.

“I need Bohdi and anyone else you can spare. I can clear the mob without violence!” Steve doesn’t have time to ask how. Tilting the mirror, Berry narrows his eyes.

“Coming closer ...” Heiðr and five armed hunters ... Steve looks to the forest they just emerged from. He hears no bird calls, and Harding and Thomas have not been attacked.

“Heiðr wants to talk,” Steve says. Loud enough to be heard around the corner, Steve shouts, “Lower your rifles!” And then he turns to Bohdi. Steve doesn’t know what Lewis has planned, but considering how bad this situation is getting, maybe Chaos is just what she needs to make it work.

“Get to Lewis. Redman, you and Valli too.” He isn’t surprised to see that the kid has already started backing back toward the trees. At Steve’s words, he spins and sprints in the direction they just came. Redman and Valli take off without a word, but Larson shoots Steve a glare. “Follow my lead,” Steve says. With that he walks around the corner of the shanty and walks out to meet their hosts. Heiðr is at the front and center of the group. At her hip she wears an old-fashioned silver pistol. He hears the footsteps of his team behind him but doesn’t look. The hairs on the back of his neck prickle.

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