The Rise of the Valkyries (The Last Valkyrie Book 3) by Karina Espinosa

Author:Karina Espinosa [Espinosa, Karina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

I was tossed out of the portal and back into my hotel room, and the room was spinning. If Fen hadn’t been there, I would have hit the ground—hard. The portal swirled closed, and everything being thrown around the room fell to the ground.

“Hrefna!” Thor exclaimed as he came to my other side. “Where have you been?”

Fen walked me to the bed, and I sat down. I didn’t mind being coddled a little because everything was still spinning.

“Verdandi,” I said by way of explanation.

“What did she want?” Fen asked.

“Who’s that?” Thor interrupted.

I shook my head to clear it. “Verdandi is our friend, the Norn, who stayed behind with Hel. She stayed so we could continue getting intel on Hel’s movements. And what she had to show me is seriously scary.”

“What is my sister doing?”

“She’s enslaved Jötunheimr. She has an army of giants now. I saw their leader with my own eyes.”

Thor’s eyes nearly popped out, and Fen cursed. This was one twist we weren’t expecting. And one that was going to be difficult to defeat. Even if these Midgard valkyries had some fighting experience, they didn’t have experience fighting giants.

“We might have the upper hand,” Fen said as he ran a hand through his hair.

“You can’t be thinking what I think you’re implying.” Thor narrowed his eyes.

Fen shrugged. “I was her favorite after all.” He grinned.

“What am I missing here?” I asked as my eyes played ping-pong between them.

Fen sighed and looked at me. “My mother is a giantess who lives in Jötunheimr.”

“It’s Angrboda, Hrefna,” Thor said her name by way of explanation.

The one who brings grief, or the one who offers sorrow, was how she was known. How could I forget about Fenrir’s mom? Her children were taken away from her once they were considered to be monsters. She’d lived in the world of giants ever since.

“She’s Hel’s mother too, right?” I asked. A lot of gods didn’t have two of the same parents.

“Yes, we’re full-blooded siblings,” Fen said.

“Why would she do this to your mother?”

“Unless she’s in on it too?” Thor mentioned, and Fen’s face darkened. He’d struck a nerve. “For all we know, this could be a family affair.”

Fen jumped up and went to tackle Thor, but I was between them in a blink of an eye. “Stop! The two of you need to cut it out.”

“I don’t trust him or his family, Hrefna,” Thor shouted, his bulky frame hovering over me. I pressed a hand to his chest to keep him in place and peered over my shoulder at Fen. His eyes were locked on mine as if he were waiting for me. Pleading with me. It nearly broke me because I could see the need in his obsidian eyes. He was like a little kid all over again. He wanted to be trusted, not by anyone else but by me.

I didn’t look away from Fen. “I trust him, Thor.”

“You’re going to get hurt. He’ll choose them in the end.”

I furrowed my brows as I continued to stare at Fen.

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