After Lives: Valhalla 1 (After Lives Valhalla) by Chuck Pilgrim

Author:Chuck Pilgrim [Pilgrim, Chuck]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

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Thor ripped off his suit and roared, “Brawl!”

The table erupted into a fight. Some people, gathered close to take in the drama, were pulled into the fray. Glass steins shattered on heads. Plates of food smashed into faces.

Ila sprinted harder than she ever had, darting around tables and avoiding celebrants who were either fleeing or fighting.

She burst through the oak doors to find Idun and Loki had somehow beaten her outside. They were leaning over Steve. And while they seemed to be tending to him, they didn’t look concerned.

Ila rushed over and knelt next to him. A strange, animal noise escaped her throat.

Steve’s chest had completely caved. His arms bent at wrong angles. His face was unrecognizable as a face.

“Nonononono.” Ila tried to reach out to him, but Idun took her by the hand.

“Ila, it’s okay. Just give us some room.” Ila almost ignored the blond goddess until she felt warm hands take her arms from behind and pull her back. She turned to see Molly and Harold looking at her with reassuring faces.

Ila turned back to Steve. Loki had her hands on his chest, and Idun’s hands were on his forehead. Ila wasn’t sure what she was seeing. Somehow, the vision of him twisted and mangled disappeared.

Steve now looked like he was having a nice lie-down, a small smile on his face. Ila released a long breath as he opened his eyes to see Idun and Loki leaning over him.

“More angels?” Idun’s flush spread from her cheeks to her chest as she quickly stood up. Loki smiled and brushed some hair from his face.

“Get up, Mr. Smooth.” She pulled him effortlessly to his feet. Ila felt like her heart was about to burst. She began to approach, when a small body closed the distance faster than she could.

Molly’s arms wrapped around Steve and hugged him tightly. “You are a stupid man! You are so so stupid! I hate you!” Molly managed through choked sobs.

Harold tried to pull Molly off, but she locked onto Steve. “Molly, you knew he was going to be fine.”

“It doesn’t matter! You jerk! You big dumb handsome brave—” Molly’s words dissolved into a wail as she cried into Steve’s chest.

Finally, Harold managed to pry her loose, black lines of teary mascara dripping down her face.

Loki stepped forward. “Thank you for saving me,” Steve said to her.

“Oh, you would have been fine. You’re dead already, remember? Normally, injuries like that heal themselves in an hour or two. We just helped the process along. You’ll be able to do that for yourself too. Idun will—”

She turned but Idun was gone. “Weird. She can be such a scatterbrain sometimes.”

“I’m sure that’s what it is,” Harold said as he winked at Steve.

“Well, thank you anyway,” Steve said to Loki.

She smiled at him, and her brilliant green eyes twinkled. “We will need to set some time aside to discuss what happened in there. For now, I think you all should call it a night. But there will be consequences, in one form or another.

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