Leif
They’re here, I sent to Brokk. The draugr. I sense them coming up the road.
Brokk cursed. They’re at my back, as well. We are surrounded.
I pulled the woman into a crouch behind a boulder. With our escape cut off, we had to find a place to hide. How did they get here so fast?
The area must be under watch. No matter. We must find a way to get Willow out.
Not going to fight me on whether or not she’s our mate? I joked, but Brokk responded, blunt and serious as usual.
Later. When there is time.
I did not argue. I shouldn’t be surprised Brokk put up resistance towards our newfound mate, even though it had been a long time since we’d had a woman.
“What—” Willow started, and I clamped a hand on her mouth.
“Silence. Something’s coming.”
The hiding place I’d chosen gave me a view of
