Valkyrie Concealed by Allyson Lindt

Author:Allyson Lindt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acelette Press
Published: 2020-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Brit recognized that Min was good company. Appreciated his kindness despite the fact that he was her jailer. Was even starting to see him as a friend.

But she didn’t realize just how much she enjoyed finally having someone decent to spend time with, until he was gone.

Spending most of her time in her current room in Aeval’s castle was still a better situation than so many she’d been in. She’d been given a wide roaming range. She could walk to the workout room where she’d sparred with Kirby, and to the kitchen.

Gwydion brought her books on a regular basis—she wasn’t picky about content, as long as she could read something—but she went through those quickly, and he didn’t tend to stick around to make conversation.

Brit was lonely. She hated the silent, gnawing pit that grew inside, devouring her, when she had to spend days at a time by herself. TOM gave her so many skills, but they stole an important one from her—she didn’t know how to exist alone, with only her own thoughts for company.

The knock on her bedroom door was a relief. It would be Gwydion, and she’d appreciate the visit even if he only stayed for a few minutes.

She set aside a book she hadn’t been paying attention to anyway. “Come in.”

When Starkad stepped into the room, surprise jolted through her, mixed with equal parts excitement and fear. Something to do. He hadn’t hidden his disdain in her time here, and butting heads with him was a fascinatingly frustrating challenge.

He was dressed casually, in jeans and a T-shirt one size too big, to hide a gun nestled against his back. He was going out in public, and he wanted to blend in. As much as was possible for a modern-day Viking. “You up for a mission?” he asked.

She laughed. Had he grown a sense of humor overnight?

He raised an eyebrow.

“You’re serious?” She could get out of here for a little while? “Why?”

“Before he left, Min gave us everything Erek knew that had the most remote chance of being useful. We’re going after a book he overheard a Noble team talking about, and you may have insight.”

Of course. It was all about what she could do for him. Did she care about his motivation, if she got something positive out of it?

“And I figure even kittens need to get out sometimes.” His tone was flat.

The anger and hurt that surged through her at his use of her TOM call sign caught her off guard. Why had she shared that piece of information with him? “Don’t. Never call me that again.” She forced calm through her veins, one agonizing centimeter at a time.

“Noted. The offer stands. Are you interested?”

“Yes. Absolutely.”

“You don’t want details?”

Brit yanked on her shoes, and twisted her hair up under a cap to hide the blond. “You’ll give them to me. We’ll talk as we walk.” Her loneliness was already sliding away. She could lock it in the back of her mind for a while.

“Wear something baggy.

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