Wolfsbane by M H Bonham

Author:M H Bonham
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: urban fantasy
Publisher: Llaughing Llama Media LLC
Published: 2020-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“What? Fenrir has been missing for a while? Why would Odin lie about that?” Flummoxed, I looked from Alaric to Ragnar and back to Alaric again.

“You know the story of Fenrir’s imprisonment, don’t you?” Ragnar asked.

“Yeah, sure. That’s how Tyr lost his hand.”

Alaric nodded. “What you may not know is that shortly after Fenrir was imprisoned, someone released him. He fled Asgard and traveled the Nine Worlds looking for a place that would hide him. Eventually someone would catch him and bring him back to Asgard to be chained up again. Sometimes he’d escape for years and we’d go through some of the worst weather imaginable. Ice ages that would last for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

“Each time Fenrir escaped, he would cause Earth to go into a period of the deepest winters. Because of the prophecy of Fimbulvetr.” Ragnar leaned back in his chair. “That is what caused the last ice age and even the mini ice age.”

“But the ice ages on Earth lasted thousands of years. Fimbulvetr is supposed to last only three years.” I looked from one wolf to the other, wondering how they knew this.

“Three years by what worlds’ calculations?” Alaric said. “Asgard’s? Niflheim’s? Midgard’s? Some other Universe or planes of existence? Not even Odin can be sure.”

“But Baldr is dead. He died last night.” I rubbed my eyes, realizing I was more tired than I thought.

Silence ensued. “Hodr killed him?” Ragnar asked.

I nodded. “Verthandi thinks it had something to do with Fenrir’s escape.”

Alaric shook his head. “That old crone is always trying to meddle with our fate. Yes, she and her sisters weave the Web of Wyrd, but they don’t have quite the power to change our lives. Otherwise they’d stop this mad cycle of rebirth and Ragnarok.”

Ragnar shook his head. “Brother, I think you’re wrong. I think Fenrir has been gone too long from Asgard. Why else would Hodr kill Baldr?”

“It was obviously Loki’s doing.” Alaric stood up and began pacing.

“Most definitely, but we also know that even the gods are bound to the laws of the Universe.” Ragnar turned to me and shook his head. “Fenrir does not start Ragnarok with his escape, but once he does, we both know that the timeline must reset itself. Baldr’s death is the first sign of Ragnarok, whether or not Fenrir frees himself.”

I watched Alaric pace for a few moments. “Why did you want to see me? Surely not to give me a lesson in Norse mythos.”

“I want you to understand what you’re up against.” Alaric stopped pacing and turned to me. “I don’t know why the gods sent you after this fool’s errand, but you’d have less luck finding the Bringer of Ragnarok than picking a fight in a vampire’s nest.”

“I picked a fight with vampires before. It didn’t go so well for the bloodsuckers,” I replied. Both Alphas stared at me. “Look, it’s either find the wolf or have Ragnarok start. Never mind that Odin will probably make me Valhalla’s head janitor if I don’t find Fenrir; I’d prefer to not have to deal with the apocalypse.

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