Page 63 of Vicar
Chapter Twenty-Five
TRINITY listened witha great deal of interest as Tor revealed how he now believed there was a connection between Raven and the girl who had haunted him for much of his life. Right up, ironically enough, until he fell in love with Revna. He also felt that she had a gift with astral projecting people from their dream state to wherever they desired.
So she didn’t direct ghosts per se, but living people.
“That’s unreal,” Jade exclaimed. “So Raven can do what Thor can? Because he did something like that to me when I first met him in the twenty-first century.”
“Yes, much like it,” Tor responded. “Only one uses godliness where the other has a different sort of magic.”
“What kind of magic?” Trinity cocked her head, curious. “And it couldn’t have gone over your head that Revna means Raven in Norse.”
“I did notice,” he conceded, “and mentioned as much to Revna.”
“And?” Vicar prompted.
“She claimed it was a coincidence.”
“Yeah, right.” Jade snorted. “God knows, I’m a big fan of Revna, but she’s up to something. I could sense it at the Fortress when she was toying with you and Loki.” Though Tor shook his head, about to deny it, Jade being Jade, didn’t hold back. “Oh,please. I haven’t known you long, but I know you’re not stupid. It's clear she’s been keeping you on a string for years. It might be hard to hear, but you haven’t totally locked her down. Not by a long shot.” She took a swig of ale. “Not with the way she’s been acting with Loki. Those two are—”
“Enough, sis,” Trinity cut in, coming to Tor’s rescue. She shot him an apologetic look. “Sorry, she didn’t mean to say—”
“She did,” Tor intercepted, having no intention of being coddled. “But she doesn’t know Revna like I do.” He shook his head. “Doesn’t understand how difficult it is to be so powerful. Torn between two worlds.”
Right. For Revna, it was Vanaheim and Múspellsheimr. Her seer and fire demon halves.
“No, but I do,” Trinity said gently. “At least what it feels like being torn between two worlds.” She might not like Jade’s overly blunt way of handling things, but she agreed with her sister. “Surely, you must see Revna’s not as devoted to you as you might have hoped. Not all the time anyway.”
Tor didn’t say much to that, but she hadn’t expected him to. Based on his unsettled expression and the genuine pain she sensed off him, this was a hard topic. But not one he was oblivious to by any means.
Sensing the same off his kin, Vicar got the conversation back on track. “So how do you know Raven can astral project people via the dream state?” He tilted his head in question. “And what makes you think there’s a connection between her and the girl from your prophecy?”
“I know she can astral project people because I’m beginning to remember seeing Trinity when she was little.” Tor looked at Trinity. “Thinking you were a ghost at first, I remember asking you why you were so drawn to Vicar.”
“My God,” she whispered. Something about gazing into his eyes brought it back. “That’s why I liked you so much when we first met. I alreadyknewyou.”
Tor looked from Vicar to her, asking them both permission with his gaze before his attention settled on her. “Touch is the best way for me to look closer. To see things that other people can’t.” He crouched in front of her. “Can I have your hand?”
