Perfekt Control (The Ære Saga Book 2) (32 page)

“Elsa? Are you all right?” Forse’s hand
reached out to steady me. My eyes flew open. The sudden transition
had thrown me off balance. Forse’s fingers squeezed my shoulder,
and I fixated on the way the thick muscles of his forearms flexed
as he pulled me back up. “Why don’t you lie down for a bit?”

“I’m fine.” I tore my eyes away from Forse’s
arms and studied his face. “What happened? You pushed me out.”

“I . . . uh . . .”

Forse’s body language spoke volumes. His
shoulders were tense, his fists clenched. Everything about him
screamed
run
.

“Hey.” I reached up and placed my hand over
his heart. It pounded against my palm in a frenetic rhythm, its
anxious beat a stark contrast to the soothing snowfall outside the
window. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have pressured you. You don’t have
to talk about it, whatever it is.”

“I want to help, Elsa, it’s just—”

A whirl of violet-blue eyes and vanilla
perfume interrupted Forse’s explanation. My brother’s girlfriend
threw open the front door and burst into my living room, her
normally sleek hair frizzing beneath a light layer of
snowflakes.

“
Hei,
Mia. Is everything okay?” My
hand fell from Forse’s heart as I moved to her side.

“Not exactly.” She finger-combed her hair
into submission.

“What’s going on?” Forse asked.

“Well, first of all, it’s snowing again. We
live in Arcata, for Pete’s sake. If I’d wanted to walk to class in
the snow, I would have stayed on the East Coast for college.” Mia
shook her head. “But more importantly, Tyr wants to see Forse back
at his place right away. I figured I’d find him here.”

“Am I that predictable?” Forse asked.

“Yes.” Mia nodded. “Elsa, you’d better come,
too. Tyr was doing the jaw-clench thing. Whatever it is that’s got
his boxer-briefs in a twist, it’s probably not good.”

Forse raised an eyebrow at me, and I
shrugged. We’d had a string of calm months since we got Freya back
from Helheim. We were about due for a crisis.

“Let’s go.” Forse crossed to the hooks by the
entry and helped me into my jacket. He tugged his sweater over his
head and opened the front door. Mia filed through, and I followed
suit. As we walked across the forest to my brother’s house, I snuck
a glance at the god clenching his fists beside me.

Something told me it wasn’t Tyr’s summons
that had him on edge. What was Forse Styrke hiding behind that iron
wall?

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