Shatterproof by Stein Willard

Author:Stein Willard [Willard, Stein]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

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Magarethe was looking at them as if she was seeing them for the first time. Her gaze kept returning to Harald. The man calmly returned her frank regard.

“So, it all started with you? The reincarnated you?”

“I believe so.” He sighed deeply. “Trust me when I say that when I decided to not have myself reduced to a peon on a battle board, I never thought I’d feel its impact for millennia to come.”

Hlif could see Magarethe was trying hard, but failed to actually believe them. Magarethe’s sharp gaze fell on her and Hlif shrugged. “How do I know all this is true? Am I really supposed to believe that you were there when all this happened? That would make you over two thousand years old?”

Hlif felt herself cringe inwardly, even as she said the words. “There is a way of proving all this to you.” Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Shawn turning to face her. “I can’t do it here.”

Magarethe shook her head. “I’m not leaving Bo here alone.”

“We won’t be going far. An empty room will do.” She held out her hand to Magarethe. “If we’re quick about this, we should be back before the next update from the doctor.” She led them down the hall, peering into rooms until she found what looked like an unoccupied storage room.

Hlif turned to Harald, who was the last man to enter. “Barricade it behind you.”

The man pushed a large cupboard in front of the door before he turned to her.

“When I found out that Odin wanted Gurith’s soul, I refused him. As a result, he banished me from Valhalla and stripped me of my powers. Loki seemed to have defied our father and came for Gurith.” Hlif felt her blood boil as she mentally relived the day. “She took her own life to thwart Loki’s plan of using her to buy Odin’s favour. I blamed Odin and denounced him as my father and master – an act that enraged him so much that he cursed me.”

Hlif noticed that she had everyone’s attention. She lifted her hand and began to loosen the tiny braid in her hair. “There were only three other known instances of the curse being cast. It entails the cursed to remain in stone form during the day, only able to come alive after the sun has set.”

She looked down at the blonde lock in her hand and held it out to Shawn. The man was staring at her, wide-eyed. He was probably well acquainted with his daughter-in-law’s history, but this would be the first time he actually witnessed a transformation.

“If you bring this close to my person, a few minutes after my transformation, I will change back.” Hlif could hear a faint trace of dread in her own voice and by the expressions on the other three faces; she knew that they had heard it too.

“What… what is that?” Magarethe looked scared now as her eyes gaze flitted between Hlif and Shawn.

“It’s a lock of Bo’s hair.

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