Five – 02

Bad news or not, you’ve got a job to do. I took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. “Well, come on,” I said, turning back toward the gates. “I think I know where to find Thordin, at least. And for god’s sake, don’t let him hear you call him Odinson. It pisses him right off.”

“It’s who he is,” Vasily said.

“Not anymore.”

Vasily followed me through the gate, his companions breaking off from he and I to tend the horses and report in to the Hunt’s master.

“Do you know where he’ll be?” Vasily asked.

I nodded. “Probably at the forge with my brother—it’s where he usually is when the sun’s still showing her face to the world. We could get lucky and Sif may be there, too.” I wasn’t going to hold my breath hoping she’d be there, though. Things were still awkward between the pair, even months after Sif’s sudden arrival at our gates. At least my brother had finally forgiven her for the arrow thing.

I wasn’t quite sure I had, but that didn’t much matter.

“Weapons,” Vasily rumbled. “At least you people have priorities.”

I barely managed to prevent myself from breaking his jaw. “Nice of you to notice,” I said, voice dripping with sarcasm.

He wasn’t fazed.

Matt’s forge perched up on a hill overlooking the ravines, and it was pretty crowded inside when Vasily and I arrived. My brother was there, of course, face smudged with charcoal as he thrust whatever he was working for back into the coals to heat again. Thordin sat in the shadows near the door with J.T., sharpening blades, while my husband stood working the bellows. All four men looked at us as we entered, bringing a gust of chill air with us into the hot, dim space.

“Well,” my brother said with raised brows. “This can’t be good.”

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2 Responses to Five – 02

  1. “This can’t be good.” This will probably be an understatement. I rather like The Hunt guys. Can’t explain why yet, but I do.

    Thanks for the latest addition. Good stuff.

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