Molten Dusk: the Norse Chronicles, #3 by Karissa Laurel

Author:Karissa Laurel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing
Published: 2017-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

Thorin settled me on my feet in the living room of the River’s Edge Hotel suite and held me until I regained my balance. Baldur sat on the couch nearby, leg thrown casually over his knee, arms extended across the sofa’s back—kingly, regal. His blue eyes narrowed, and he looked hard at me then at Thorin and back at me. A knowing grin broke out over his face. “Ah, I see. It’s about time.”

I ignored Baldur’s comment, stepped away from Thorin, and inhaled, urging my emotions to settle, steeling myself against the desire to tell him not to go. “Allfather, I have a request.”

Baldur arched an eyebrow. “I had a feeling you would. It’s why I’m here, waiting for you.”

I settled into a chair across from him and sucked in another big breath. “It’s a long story. I hope you’re not in a hurry.”

Thorin cleared his throat. “I’m going to get Skyla. Then I’m heading out. If I come back here, I think...” His face fell flat, and his eyes went dull. He avoided my gaze. “I think it’s best if I don’t come back here until I’m done with Grim and Val.”

I bit my lip and swallowed the protest rising in my throat. I’ve had to separate from too many people I’ve cared about today. It’s not getting any easier. “Go. Be fast. Be safe.”

“I’ll see you at New Breidablick?” he asked.

“You’d better.”

He nodded and disappeared without another word.

I turned my attention to Baldur. Both of his eyebrows rose as he stared at the empty space Thorin had previously occupied. “I have a feeling I’m not going to like whatever you have to tell me. Whatever happened to make him leave you...”

“It’s not good,” I said. “It was hard enough the first time. Explaining it again won’t be any easier.”

He leaned forward and braced his forearms on his knees. “Try your best.”

“We’ve found the golems,” I said. “And we’ve found Thorin’s brother.” I repeated my visionary experience again, editing to give Baldur only the most necessary details.

The Allfather leaned back in his chair, rubbed both hands over his face, and stared up at the ceiling. “Now you’ve put your life in my hands.”

“It’s not the first time, and you’ve always protected me.”

“Despite your stubbornness.”

I cracked a smile. “Despite that, yes.”

“So, I’ll take you to your parents, we’ll convince them to come to New Breidablick, and you’ll stay there with them—and me—until Thorin returns.”

“Until Thorin returns, or Skyla completes her mission, or both. I won’t take any unnecessary risks.”

Baldur smirked. “Unnecessary is subjective. You seem to find ways of making that work in your favor.”

“I am who I am.” I threw my open hands out at my sides and shrugged as if to say, too late to change me now. “Before we leave, it might be a good idea to figure out how we’re going to get my parents from North Carolina to New Breidablick. I don’t think you want to piggyback all three of us in one day.”

Crossing the

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