Tyr wakes with a start, his eyes flying open. For a moment, he’s completely disoriented. Where is he? Why is everything dark? The memories come flooding back in a rush. The festival. He had been waiting for Ivor. How did he fall asleep? He gazes outside the open window, the moonlight is still visible and cast rays into the cottage. Is the hunt already over? Tyr scrambles to his feet, his heart starting to pound with growing panic. Ivor is nowhere to be found, the cottage is exactly as it was when he fell asleep. Which means Rene never brought Ivor here, he’d never intended to. They lied to him! Tyr’s lips tightens at this betrayal and then his eyes start to sting. The festival must be over by now, everyone paired off and claimed and— Ivor must have found someone else. The tears spring in his eyes as images flood his mind unbidden. Those females who have been gossiping about Ivor in the kitchen, and how they wanted him. What if Ivor, unable to find him, decided to claim
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