The Viking's Consort by Quinn Loftis

Author:Quinn Loftis [Loftis, Quinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing, Inc.

“We don’t have all day, Al!” Freya’s voice broke through my concentration just as I began to pull my hands away. I opened my eyes, making sure the wound had closed. The skin under her tunic was slightly pink, but it was otherwise unmarked.

“Allete?” Torben’s voice filled my mind. “Are you okay? Who’s hurt? I felt your power.”

“Am I good?” Lakin asked.

Grasping her hand, I yelled, “We’re getting up. Make room,” to the women protecting us so they knew to raise the shields a little higher. “How do you feel?” I asked Lakin. Since I could still feel Torben in my mind, I tried to send him feelings of comfort, despite the fact I wasn’t feeling comfortable at the moment.

“I think I’ll live,” Lakin said, then hugged me. “Thank you. That would have been a death sentence if you hadn’t been here.”

I patted her back. “You’re tougher than you know. You’d have survived.”

“Maybe, but my arm wouldn’t have worked the same. Considering I’m a hunter and a fighter for my clan, that would have royally pissed me off.”

“If you two are done with your bonding and shite, could you please join the party?” Babs asked as she handed over my shield. Freya offered Lakin hers. Suitably outfitted, we joined the circle of females. Swords out and shields up.

Eyes widening, I studied the group of men about fifty feet away. They were big. Instead of pointing out the obvious, I tried to sound hopeful. “No more arrows?”

“Only the one,” Freya said. “Now we just have to deal with them.”

“What did I miss?” I asked.

“Nothing much,” she said. “I asked them why they’ve been creeping up on our clan.”

“And they answered with?”

“You’re looking at it.”

I frowned. “They answered with a silent, menacing stare?”

“Yep.”

“What now?”

“Allete,” Torben roared into my mind.

“Bloody hell,” I snarled.

“Now is not an appropriate time to have a meltdown on us, Al,” Taina, one of the twins, said.

“But if it’s bad enough, it might scare the intruders away,” Talia said. “If you’re going to lose it, make it good.”

“I’m not going to lose it. Give me a sec,” I said, then inwardly focused. “Hey there, Viking. Everything is good. Nothing is wrong at all. Lakin got a little arrow to the shoulder. I ripped it out. She’s right as rain, and life is great. Miss you. Love you. Bye,” I said the words as quickly as I could, then tried to shove him from my mind.

“It doesn’t work like that, Princess,” he rumbled. “You can’t kick me out. Whatever the bond between us, you actually pull me to you as your anchor when you use your magic. Don’t try that again. Now why in the hell does Lakin have an arrow in her shoulder?”

“Had, not have. She had an arrow in her shoulder. I took care of it,” I reminded him. “And now we’re grand. But I can’t really chat right now.”

“Who shot her?”

The one time I needed him to not be observant, he was suddenly a detective. “I’m not sure who shot her.

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