Vikings United by Kate Pearce

Author:Kate Pearce [Pearce, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi romance
Publisher: Kate Pearce
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Frey allowed Einarr to lead her out of the courtroom and back down the hallway. As he seemed to know where he was going, she didn’t argue, her mind still too busy trying to come to terms with what had happened. She’d heard Senator Ash was an exceptional man, but she hadn’t expected him to turn out to be her own personal savior.

“Here.” Einarr guided her through a door and shut it behind them. “Can you secure it against everyone?”

“Yes.” She pressed her hand to the security panel and realigned the locks without really thinking and realized they were back in the room they’d shared before Aki had woken up.

Frey sank down on the side of the bed and closed her eyes as Einarr disappeared into the attached bathroom. She heard water running and then he was beside her again, kneeling on the floor, a cold cloth in his hands.

“Frey?”

She stared down at him. “I am so glad you are with me,” she said simply. “When I realized that I might lose all knowledge of you, I…” she shook her head. “ I realized how stupid I’d been, and how cowardly and—”

He put his finger on her lips. “You are no coward. You fought for me in your own way.” He sighed. “I am the one who should be apologizing. I could not save you. If Ash hadn’t arrived, the guards would probably have shot Aki and me, and you would be on your way to prison. But when you called out to me…despite everything, I could not stop myself from coming to your aid.”

She reached down to cup his cheek. “And I couldn’t stop calling out to you to save me. I realized I would rather die alongside you than be taken away to die alone.”

He turned his face into her palm and kissed it. “Then we are both fools.”

“I think we’ve already agreed that. Will you be okay? I mean all right when I’m in Pavlovan?”

He grimaced. “I will miss you greatly, but I will survive the separation if I know you will return to me.”

“And what if you change your mind and realize I’m not the right person for you?” Frey took a deep breath. “We hardly know each other really, do we? And you might feel differently when you are more familiar with this world.”

“Frey.” He held her gaze. “I know you.”

“Only for a couple of Earth weeks.”

“Weeks? Don’t you understand, my love? I’ve been waiting for you for four thousand years.”

“Oh,” she breathed.

“I was barely aware when I was trapped in the ice. Sometimes, I felt a wisp of emotion, or a sense of someone, but when I felt you…” He let out a breath. “I had no choice, but to force myself back to life. For you…”

“I don’t deserve such devotion. I’m just a plain boring old science officer with nothing in particular to be proud of.” She paused. “Apart from the way I shouted down that judge at my trial, and when I saved you on the ship and—” She looked down at him.

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