Page 74 of Vicar
Vicar felt the shift in Tor. The confusion.
“Do you remember where Raven ended up after the Forge?” Vicar prompted. “Because for a moment there, I sensed you did.”
“Me too,” Trinity agreed, sensing even more. “For a second, I swore you knew the black wizard and his possible connection to Raven.”
The brooding anger they had felt in Tor moments before vanished as quickly as it came, and he shrugged. “Sorry, I sense nothing.”
He wasn’t lying either. He sensed nothing now.
Trinity and Vicar glanced at each other in confusion but didn’t go on about it. Obviously, there was some sort of connection between Tor, Revna, and this Irish stranger. A connection Vicar imagined they would understand sooner or later.
Likely sooner based on the urgency Vicar started feeling. Despite having been chasing them the whole time, Violence was getting even closer somehow. Closing in. He wanted Loki’s Dagger every bit as much as he did Trinity.
“No, not quite,” Trinity said softly, following his thoughts. “At the Keep, Violence was desperate to get to my Múspellsheimr side. He sensed she craved him as much as he did her. And at the time, he was right.” She met his eyes. “But that isn’t the case anymore. Now she wants revenge which means her usefulness is waning.” She shook her head. “She won’t be bringing Loki’s Dagger to him so willingly anymore.”
“Which means he’s solely after the dagger now?” Jade assumed.
“Mostly, yes,” Trinity replied. “But not entirely. He’s still attracted to the violent magic I came in contact with at the Forge. Attracted to the violence of my Múspellsheimr side.”
“Is that still in there, then?” Jade shot Vicar a crooked grin, then gave her sister a knowing look. “Because you seem like a whole new woman today. Not violent in the least but well satisfied.”
“It’s still in there,” Trinity assured, not arguing that shewaswell satisfied. “It’s just more tamed than before.” She flinched and corrected herself. “Or should I say my Múspellsheimr side has better control over her emotions now.”
“Interesting.” Jade considered Vicar. “What about your other half?” Amusement lit her eyes as she quoted what Trinity had promised him on Jade and Thorulf’s adventure. “Is hekeptortamednow?”
“Way to rile up his other side, sis,” Trinity said dryly. “We kind of need him to stay in a good place right now, don’t you think?”
“I am,” Vicar assured her before he looked at Jade. “My other side is no more kept or tamed than Trinity’s Múspellsheimr side, but he is...content at the moment.” He was too. Instead of constantly trying to shove his Sigdir side down, he was simply watching for now. “He’s eager to see what happens next, though. More eager still to exact his revenge on Violence.”
“Who happens to be one of the last pieces in our puzzle,” Trinity said. “When did I actually meet him beyond possessions? If I fell for him, how deeply was it?”
“Right,” Jade echoed. “I’d also love to know what happened to your Múspellsheimr personality between your last visit with Vicar years ago and returning here. Why we all forgot that you were becoming affected by Múspellsheimr. Or better put, why you were suffering multiple personalities.”
“I’m curious too,” Trinity said. “Because I must’ve been having trouble balancing everyone’s energy which had to have caused a little chaos.”
“Without a doubt, it did,” Loki agreed, appearing right on time. He looked at Thor and scowled. “I was unable to learn much about the dark wizard because I couldn’t get close enough. Violence is right around every corner, making getting behind enemy lines next to impossible.”
“Will you be able to get us to Mt. Galdhøpiggen?” Trinity asked Jade and Thorulf, whose Celtic magic could shift them from location to location. “Or is Violence’s influence too strong?”
A valid question considering even Thor and Loki had refused to transport people that way when Evil was in pursuit.
“Normally, it would be a bad idea,” Revna said, appearing out of a wisp in the fire. “But with my help, we should be able to do it.”
There was no missing Tor’s instant tension when Revna not only ignored him but did something that definitely didn’t help the situation any.
