The Raven God by Alane Adams

Author:Alane Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SparkPress
Published: 2017-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Sam opened his eyes. He lay on the hard surface of the deck of a ship. Skidbladnir, he recognized as he took in the tall masts. It was nighttime. The moon was out, sending a blade of white light across the ocean. The warm wind on his face was heavenly, but his head felt too heavy to move.

Last he remembered, Perrin had saved him from being married off to one of Aegir’s daughters. Now, he risked sitting up. The world spun, making his stomach heave. He tried to hold it back, but the acid bile choked him. He made it to the railing before spewing his guts into the sea. Sniggers of laughter pricked his skin.

Mavery, that imp.

He dragged in a breath of air and turned around, leaning against the railing. Perrin was at the helm. Mavery was skipping around in a circle, swirling her skirts as she whistled a tune. Geela was nowhere to be seen.

Sam stumbled back to the helm and dropped onto a cushion.

“You’re alive,” Perrin acknowledged with a snort.

“Fat lot you care,” he grumbled back. “You left me with all those girls.”

“You didn’t seem to mind.”

“You were kissy, kissy,” Mavery joked, puckering her lips and pushing her cheeks together with her hands and then laughing hysterically.

Sam wanted to pound her, but it would have required too much effort.

“Where are we headed?” he asked instead.

Perrin shrugged. “No idea. The ship has a mind of its own. I figured getting away from that place was the first step. Unless you want to go back? Maybe you left something behind, like your brain?”

Mavery sniggered again, and Sam gave up and grinned with them. “I was kind of an idiot,” he said sheepishly. “But what could I do? All those girls found me irresistible.”

He ducked as Perrin shot at him with a small zap of witchfire.

Geela came up quietly from down below and sat down across from Sam. She looked pale but steadier on her feet.

“Time is running out. The moon approaches its fullness. We must return to Valhalla with Odin before then.” She didn’t need to remind them what that meant. Besides their demise at the hands of the gods, Surt would soon reach Skara Brae, and it would be too late to save Orkney.

“How do we find Helva without the map?” Sam asked, seeing his good mood slip away.

He’d failed to get the one thing he needed to finish this. After days under Aegir’s spell, he could barely remember the symbols and the pathways he’d tried to memorize.

“That is up to you, witch-boy. Take the wheel and see what happens.”

“Fine. But stop calling me that.” He gritted his teeth as he looked her in the eye. “My name is Sam. I am a Son of Odin, and, yes, I am a witch, but I will not be insulted for it. My friends are witches, and they deserve your respect. Without them, you’d be fish bait at the bottom of the sea.”

The Valkyrie slowly nodded her head at him.

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