Turned out, being a baby didn’t mean Freya had a lot of time to herself. On the contrary, she was always busy, if she wasn’t put on display and being gawked at, she was being shifted from hip to hip while she tried to suppress her murderous instincts. By the end of the day, she was more exhausted than if she spent the entire day fighting men.Night came and the moons climbed high into the sky. The struggle got even harder as she had to fight to resist her more primitive half, to keep from shifting and exposing herself. Eventually she had to feign sleep and she was finally carried to her cot in her room and tucked to sleep. She watched with one eye cracked open as the mother-giant finally left and she sat up and threw the covers. “Fucking hell!” She growled. “There’s no way I’m doing this again tomorrow.”She climbed out of the cot. First things first, she needed to clean up her tracks and there was a dead giant baby whose body would tell too much stories. She dropped to her knees an
Freya snuck down the corridor, alerted for the umpteenth time that there was an incoming giant and she hid until the huge female figure had ambled away. Safe to say that stealth was not one of the giants’ trademarks. She snuck onto the roof and looked around, remaining hiding behind the chimney to avoid discovery by the giants far off in the cave-houses. There were children-giants playing in the dirt and adults walking, talking, laughing. They all looked dumb, she would never have suspected them to have such ambition as to kill their leader every ten years just because she hasn’t been able to birth. She shook her head and left, what they did to each other wasn’t her business. She soon found Adrian after she snuck into a meeting room and hid behind a pillar. He was in the middle of the room, facing the Martoshi who was looking far from pleased and the strange creature Nehemey was there too. “She says your life was spared to entertain, do you now refuse to serve?” Nehemey asked fir
“Twenty years ago, a giant hunting group came upon my mother and decided she was good enough for dinner.” When Nehemey spoke, it was toneless and emotionless. “My mother ran for her dear life, and hidden within her voluminous cloaks was the baby she desperately wanted to save, me.”“She was only one woman though, and already sick so she was no match for the giants, they hunted her down and ripped out her throat, and the starving giants feasted on her flesh in the same mountains. I remember everything, the sounds they made as they tore into her, as they swallowed her.”Adrian frowned. “Impossible. You said you were not even born.”“I was nearly due, I remember even being inside my mother’s womb. I remember her gasping breaths when she ran, her scream when she was caught, her pleas to spare her baby’s life but the giants didn’t understand her native language.”How difficult was it to spot a pregnant woman? Adrian wasn’t sure it would have ever made a difference if they understood her la
"What the hell?!" Freya spun around to find one of the members of the Wild Hunt. "Are you following me across realms?""We are always with you, you just refuse to see us." He replied but she was already shaking her head. "No. I picked up a stupid ball that I never should have and I'll return it, once I find the owner once again." She pointed out. "I never want to see you again." She spun around, ready to leave despite not knowing where she was going but he was right there in front of her again. "No. You picked the ball because it was your destiny." She laughed, sounding nearly manic. "It's crazy, how many people claim to know some part of my destiny when even I don't know what I'll be doing tomorrow.""You are Shinay-" He began. "No I am not." She interrupted. "I'm not whatever you all wish me to be-""You are Shinay." He repeated. She shook her head and retreated. "No. If this is a dream, I want to wake up. Now! Let me out!""You are Shinay, The Awaited one."Her legs stopped
While the investigation for the murder of Orroc was ongoing, it seemed to have shot The Martoshi's paranoia into the sky and she was there with her all morning, humming songs that made Freya's head hurt. The female was desperate for her to survive and Freya thought it would break her when she finally disappeared. The sooner the better though, so that the Martoshi can get into the business of creating another heir, if it wasn't already too late for her. Finally, the Martoshi was called upon and her nanny took over. This one was a simple female and half an hour later, she was snoring wildly. Freya silently climbed out of the cot, pulled her cloak from its hiding place and threw it on. After watching the outskirts for a good while, she figured out the pattern of the patrolling giants. They did seem at alert, on the lookout for something. It would be tough but she thought she and Adrian would be able to leave. Excited, she left to find him, tracing his scent. Some minutes later, she
The moment Freyas’s lips touched his, she knew that this was right. He was shocked at first and she pulled back, wondering if she had gone too far ahead of herself and in truth, he now wanted nothing to do with her. “Come here.” He said and grabbed her close. He flipped their position, pressing her into the door as he claimed her lips. Yes! Her wolf was alive, she was alive. Her fingers raked his back, digging into the hard delicious muscles and he gathered her legs around his waist. “Fuck! You taste good.” He groaned and took her lips again. She needed to stop but she couldn’t stop. She wanted more, but she shouldn’t. She pushed her fingers through his hair and kissed him harder, her tongue gliding urgently against his. His cock jerked against her under his swollen breeches and she pulled back. “You liked that.” She said. “Like?” He asked, like she was being unreasonable. “Woman, if you do that again, I will spill in my pants and it will be absolutely embarrassing.”He took her
As the night progressed and the giants got drunker and drunker, Freya was introduced to sights that she wished she had gone her entire adult life without having to witness. The giants were as loud and lousy as they looked as they fucked in the shadows, on the floor, against the wall. “A giant sized orgy.” She heard from behind her and startled when she realised that Adrian had somehow found his way to her. “Were you going to continue pretending like I don’t exist?” He asked her. “That’s not what I’m doing.” She protested. “You have been avoiding me.” He replied and she bit her lip. “Take me back, Adrian and end this madness.” She whispered. “You think I’m not trying? That’s not how my power works.” He replied, sounding frustrated. “Creating a portal between realms is not a walk in the woods. It might be that the time is not right and that’s the reason why it won’t happen.”Her nanny suddenly appeared, frowning when she saw the proximity between them. She cooed something and haul
“Nehemey!” The Martoshi growled and the female came pushing from behind the press of giant bodies. One of the men started speaking angrily, gesticulating to Freya’s wolf dramatically and Venna reacted by growling loudly. Her human form did no damage to them but she could probably take one of them down in her wolf form. “The Martoshi demands an explanation. What have you done with her baby?” Nehemey asked. “You know there was never a baby.” Adrian said but she stared at him coolly. Venna was not deceived, she could hear the dull pounding of the woman’s heart, she was not as unaffected as she looked. Nehemey exchanged a few short punctuated words with the Martoshi and then she pointed at her. “You. Shift.” Nehemey ordered and Venna snarled, daring the bitch to try to make her. “Tell the Martoshi that we mean no harm and will be on our way.” Adrian said, keeping his hand on the back of her ear. His silent message was clear, he wanted to resolve this amicably and didn’t want her tea
“Shinay, what have they done to you?” Geoffriane asked when she stopped in front of him. “You are not yourself.”“No.” She replied. “I wasn’t myself for the longest time. I just found myself again.”The rest of the Wild Hunt rode to stand behind him and he shook his head. “No, we had a vision. It was meant to be.” Said Geoffriane. “We waited for you for a hundred thousand years. You are the only one that can save us.”“I still believe in the vision.” She said as she stepped forward and tentatively touched the Ghost Rider’s cold face. “You have suffered for too long, thanks to merciless gods that use us only for their amusement.”“So let’s kill everybody. It’s the only way we can get eternal rest.” Geoffriane pleaded. “There’s another way.” She pointed out. “I would never leave you to continue suffering eternally. If the world won’t die for you, then you die for the world. It is time for the Wild Hunt to end.”He reared back and away from her, drawing in a shocked breath. “What you
The force of Shinay’s dark magic shoved all three of them back, but she tensed, unable to finish the last step of ending their lives completely. “Freya, remember yourself.” Adrian said, stepping forward despite the heatwaves of Shadow magic that she was exuding. She shook her head and pushed him back harder and he groaned with pain as her magic started to sear his skin right off his bones.“I’m not Freya!” She snarled. “Yes you are.” Zeldaurus replied, pushing forward. He also tried to step forward but he couldn’t take up to two steps before her magic forced him to a stop.“We are not your enemies.” Zeldaurus said. “”We are here to help you.”Tears streamed down her eyes and she kept her hands up, her magic up. “No, you are my enemies.”She had no idea what they had done to her brain, why it felt like someone had broken her head open and was scooping out the contents with a scalding hot spoon. Only her enemies would curse her to feel this pain, to see the painful memories that u
The Wild Hunt opened the door to the next realm and Shinay lead them into it. Everywhere they went, screams started then blood started to flow. Death was no longer inevitable, it was here. She was drunk on the dense trail of Death they carved. Death was the beginning of the world and it was the end. She didn’t remember who she was before, what she was before, and she didn’t want to. Whoever she was before was weak, now she was exactly as she was meant to be. The screams had started afresh and she smiled coldly as she raised her face to the sky and sent thunderbolts down into the realm. The realm inhabitants were magic wielders and they tried to defend themselves with it. But how could you kill what was already dead? Behind her, the army of the Dead rode, screaming their rage as they rode to avenge their misfortune. Her eyes turned a solid black as she prepared the dark storm that would destroy every living entity in the realm. Her eyes caught a sudden shimmering in the air, a por
The She-wolf glanced up when Riordan shattered the door and she paled quickly. "Who the fuck are you?" The male that was inside her snarled and she hissed. "Shut up."'She said and climbed down from him. Riordan folded his arms and watched as she took her time covering herself with a robe, before grabbing a glass of wine and pressing it to her lips."Leave us." She told the man. "Leave the building." He advised him and the man sent him a dark look before shutting the door behind him. "I wasn't informed you were in town." Said Aria. "If I were, I wound have made some preparations in advance.""I like to be discreet." Riordan replied, watching as she sashayed to her bedside and perched on her bed, crossing her leg. "I appreciate a discreet man, especially when they are so caring as to check up on a lonely She-wolf.""You sent the Council dogs after her." He growled and she forced a smile to her lips. "You should really engage in the act of small talk, it can be quite engaging and
For the umpteenth time, Adrian found himself pacing.“You’re going to wear a path in my rugs.” Rooke growled. “One more word and I’ll torch the damn rug.” He growled in reply but he did sit his ass down. M“I’m not good at this, sitting on my hands.”“There’s nothing more you can do.” Rooke said patiently. “You already tried going after her but you cannot penetrate Faerie’s security.”“But how was it possible that she made it in and I didn’t?” He pondered aloud and Rooke shrugged. “Perhaps she has Fae blood in her ancestry. Regardless, there’s nothing more you can do but wait now.” Rooke said calmly, trying to appeal to his rational mind but Adrian’s mind was spinning a thousand terrible scenarios, all preventing him from relaxing even a little. “What if my portal went rogue and threw her into another realm?” “Adrian!” Rooke snarled, standing. His childhood friend looked like he was on the verge of strangling him. “You said yourself that you felt your portal open into Faerie. Yo
Faerie was first. The sky darkened suddenly, and all of the Fae glanced up at the ominous sign. Fariee weather never changed, and never before had they seen the sky darken with heavy clouds and the clouds roil with lightning and thunder. They all looked to the sky as the Wild Hunt emerged."Take back your power." Geoffraine urged and Shinay cast a perusing glance at the realm spread out before her. There, something called to her from deep inside the Winter court. She rode her horse for the piece of her that called to her."Ah. There she is." The female remained unconscious and inside her was the source of her ailment. Shinay thought she looked familiar but she didn't care to know why. Her power was a roiling ball of darkness in the female's chest, sucking up all of the female's energy and leaving her comatose. That was what Shinay wanted. "Come." Shinay crooked a finger and that ball eagerly lifted. It was never meant to be inside the female, there was no one alive that could cont
“What are you doing?” She growled. “Release me now or I will make sure I kill every one of you!”The Ghost Rider paused. “But you gave all of your powers away.” He replied and then the others streamed forward, circling around her and taking off their hats. Rather than looking as dead and skeletal as their horses, they were all flesh and bones, all with straight black hair that fell into their eyes and a rigid severe look about their face. She was surrounded. “Why have you brought me here?” She asked, unease raving down her spine as she eyed the single large bed in the room. The others spoke, but their words sounded like thunderbolts, she didn’t understand a single thing they were saying. “You will be ours, as soon as we break you in.” Said their conmander. Break her in? Like how humans broke a horse in? She didn’t wait to hear more. She lunged up and crashed her way through two of the otherworldly creatures, racing for the door and yanking it open- but it was firmly locked. A cry
At first, nothing happened. It was one last moment of silence right before the magic of the blood oath hit her like a ram. She sucked in a breath as the magic sunk into her blood, into her bones and when it pulled back out, it took everything from her. It felt like she died, she was almost sure it took her life away, her soul migrated out of her body, her very essence flowing out through her bloody hand and into the queen. The Queen gasped, staggering back but she kept the contact on her hand. Her magic migrated out of her body, through her hand and into the queen. It streamed out in dark waves, and she could hear Zeldaurus's silent yells but not really. Her world narrowed down into those waves, streaming out faster now. It hurt. She gritted her teeth against the pain, worse than anything she ever felt “; it was in her blood, in her bones. Somebody was screaming, it might have been her, or it might have been the queen, or maybe it was both of them. Her vision jumped as her magic
Immediately she stepped out of the portal, she knew there was trouble. Her hand shot up and and magic fizzled at her fingertips but it sputtered out as some foreign magic settled on her skin, snuffing out her power. She gasped with shock as the invisible net tightened and forced her to her knees. She glared at the slender figure that glided forward in a pearly white gown, the face of the queen which was fast becoming the most irritating face she ever saw. Beside her, Zeldaurus was frozen on his feet as he glared at the Queen, as if he had been immobilised on the spot. The four other warriors fanned out beside the queen, their shrewd gases monitoring every little breath she took. “What is the meaning of this?” Freya hissed, trying to get on her feet but the queen clamped her fist and the invisible net forced her back to her knees.“You can quit your struggling, there is no getting out of that unless I will it.” Said The Queen.Freya’s eyes practically spit fire as she glared at the