Beyond The Shattered Veil: The Brotherhood of Ruin by Callie Rhodes

Author:Callie Rhodes [Rhodes, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-One

TYR

“You can’t be serious, chieftain,” Osrik Falk said, regarding Tyr in undisguised horror. “You mean for the frue to bring in the catch?”

Tyr nodded.

“Is this a part of her punishment?”

It was a fair question, especially since Osrik didn’t know Meredith was the one who had insisted on helping with the task. Tyr would have wagered she’d been bluffing himself until she’d started taking off her shoes a minute ago.

But apparently, her desire was genuine. However, why she was adamant about doing the job was still a mystery.

Tyr himself would have found this situation unthinkable only a short time ago, but since finding a mate, he found that his ideas of what a woman could and should do were being tested on a daily basis.

Osrik leaned in closer, keeping his voice low as if to spare Tyr some embarrassment. “Aren’t you concerned she’ll be swept away by the waves?”

“I won’t let that happen,” Tyr assured him.

“If you say so, chieftain.”

He and Osrik had been friends since they were children, and that hadn’t changed when Tyr became chieftain, so he didn’t mind the fisherman’s doubtful tone.

Truth be told, he had plenty of doubts himself, but he couldn’t simply refuse Meredith, not after sealing their agreement last night. At least once they were in the water, he could keep a close watch over her and make sure she didn’t overexert herself.

“Ricmaer’s crew is nearly to shore,” he called out to the men lining the beach. As a group, they all started moving into the waves.

Tyr looked over his shoulder, half expecting to see Meredith making a quiet escape back toward Wynterhowe now that the task was at hand. But instead, he found her standing right behind him, wearing a determined expression.

“Let’s get to it, then,” Meredith said, echoing his own words.

Tyr watched her from behind as she hesitantly tested the water with a toe, wincing at the frigid temperature, certain that now she would call off this ridiculous charade. She knew damn well that no noblewoman would think of stooping to such a task.

But Tyr had learned a lot about her over the past few days. She was easily the most stubborn woman he’d ever met. Once her mind was set, there was no dissuading her.

He had no idea what she hoped to prove with this stunt. Hopefully, she wasn’t expecting him to call off their agreement and send her back to Earth just because of a little unpredictable behavior.

If anything, her actions were having the opposite effect. Clearly, Meredith had no idea that the harder she resisted him, the more he wanted her. His craving for her had doubled and redoubled until it was a constant ache, a distraction that threatened to blind him to everything else.

He was more determined than ever that someday he would know the sweet victory of Meredith’s surrender.

“I don’t have all day,” Meredith called out to him impatiently as Ricmaer dropped the anchor, and the crew rushed forward to gather the ends of the heavy seine net

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