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“Believe it or not, it's less risky than having Alfheim caves anywhere near dragonkind,” he said. “Even though Múspellsheimr dragons fled their homeworld and Ancients were born here on Midgard, both still enjoy visiting the Múspellsheimr chamber for its environment.”
“I don’t know.” She flinched. “From what snippets I can remember of Múspellsheimr, it was awful. As close to Christianity’s version of hell that you’re ever going to get.”
“Even so,” he relented, “it’s a place that puts many dragons at ease. Gives them a sense of their homeland without the endless violence and repression.”
“And there’s that word again.” No longer interested in food, Trinity set aside her last bite. “Violence.” She took a sip of wine, contemplating their enemy. “It makes perfect sense that Violence, assuming he entered this world as easily as his brother, would lock onto me after my brush with Múspellsheimr, but Alfheim was first. A world that would have repelled him, right?”
He nodded. “You would think.”
“So, what? He tracked me leaving Ireland after Leviathan and Destiny Forged in Fire and waited patiently for me to emerge from Alfheim? Then, miraculously, I shot through Múspellsheimr, making me his perfect target?” Her brows furrowed again. “That seems off somehow, doesn’t it?”
“I imagine it all depends on what happened to you in Ireland,” he replied. “We should discover much from that.”
“You’re right.” She reflected on Jade’s journey. “My sister learned what happened to her in a dream.” Her gaze flickered to his bed.Theirbed. Because it had once been such. Not for intimacy, of course. They never got that far. But for affection, to be sure. “Maybe that’s the key for me too?”
“It very well could be.” Not to mention the perfect way to get back to more pleasurable things. That in mind, he wasted no time playing games but scooped her up and headed for the bed. “Best we find out right away,ja?”
“Best,” she agreed, just as eager as him. “Never know what we'll discover.”
He had a good idea and longed to feel it again. From the way she welcomed him into her willing body to the look on her beautiful face when she peaked. This time he would take her even farther. Show her even more.
Or so he thought.
