Page 75 of Thorulf
Chapter Twenty-Eight
“YOU CAN TRANSPORT uswith your magic as well,” Jade exclaimed when Thorulf shifted them from his village back to their lair in an instant. “Nice.”
He couldn’t agree more. Evil was getting a little too close for comfort, sensing their location.
“I think it was more than just my Celtic godliness that shifted us.” He tried to pinpoint the difference in him. “There was an inherent sense of direction in it. Where we needed to go next. Almost as if...”
When he trailed off, thunder rumbled, and Thor appeared, finishing his sentence. Approval lit his eyes when he looked at Thorulf. “Almost as if it’s godliness of another variety,ja?”
It didn’t take Thorulf long to figure out what he meant. He perked his brows in pleasant surprise. “Norse, then? Yours?”
“So it seems.” Thor grinned and clasped his shoulder, pleased. “You are a late bloomer, but this is good.” He nodded. “Very good, grandson thrice removed.”
“It’s not as prevalent as your Celtic godliness, though,” Jade murmured, feeling it out. She smiled as well. “But it’s there. I sense it.” She glanced at Thor. “What will this mean going forward? More importantly, how will it help us kick Evil’s ass?”
“It’s impossible to know.” Thor shook his head. “If nothing else, and no surprise really, considering it’s my magic manifesting in my offspring, it’s protective. I cannot say what else it will be capable of. Perhaps much. Perhaps very little.”
“Either way, it’s already proven helpful.” Jade looked at Thorulf with concern. “Hopefully, it was helpful soon enough. Did we get away from your village in time? Before Evil locked onto us?”
“Ourvillage,” he corrected. “And yes, I think so.” He tried to connect with his father but had no luck. There were too many godly storms about. Battles growing closer by the day. He looked at Thor. “Can you let my father know we were there? That he and Ava should return just in case.”
Thor nodded. “I’ll see he gets the message.” He pulled his hammer free and eyed the sky. “I must go. Loki’s drawing the enemy closer. It won’t be long before battles take place on the ground rather than in the sky.”
Jade considered him. “Yet I get the impression it won’t be one big war.”
“Because it won’t.” Thor shook his head. “Not at first. Not until you’re fully armed down here.”
Before she had a chance to ask what that meant, lightning whipped off Thor’s hammer like a hissing snake. Half a breath later, he was gone in a crack of thunder that might have burst their eardrums if they possessed no godliness.
“It will be much like it’s been so far,” Thorulf revealed, evidently understanding Thor’s intentions. “There will be pockets of godly battles on the ground we dragons can join. Clusters much like the storms overhead.” He shook his head. “But until Loki’s Forge is complete and all five couples come into their fullest power, Thor and Loki won’t allow a full war. It’s far too dangerous.”
“I suppose that makes sense.” Jade sighed. “To be honest, as much as I’m ready to fight big like that, I get it. The more power everyone rallies, the better.” She gestured deeper into his lair. “And it looks like we’re heading in the right direction if we can finally see those.”
Thosebeing Jade’s memories of her sisters.
“A direction that likely means we’re very close to remembering everything.” He rested his hand on the hilt of Loki’s Dagger, more than ready for what came next. “Close to our final confrontation with Evil.”
