All Chapters of Unwanted Mate: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

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51 Seath

I watch them debate whether they are going to sit or not. They obviously are not used to having silent conversations and it shows. I doubt that they are even aware of the facial expressions and hand motions that they are making. As amusing as they are, it makes it easy to tell what they are saying.Björn wants nothing to do with me. If he knew my role in him becoming an orphan, he would like me even less. He is about to learn that I was the one to take his mate to the family that abused her. Not that I wanted to, I would rather she stay on my brother’s lands near the northern wall.Magnús appears to be more willing to listen to what I can tell them. But will that remain once he knows that I am aware of how badly she has been treated? How I treated her?Although I did not treat her badly, I typically ignored her. Over the years at the wall, I ignored how coldly her grandmother treated her. Then I was forbidden from interfering once she was under her father’s care.No matter what, it do

52 Unexpected Arrivals

BjörnI’m listening to what Seath is saying, and I don’t like it one bit. What really bothers me is the comment of her just wanting to be wanted. A simple wish that is still unfulfilled.We want her. I want her. This is a realization that almost came too late. Perhaps it did come too late for us.Aislin explains the marking process, and it sounds painful. Honestly, I had never thought about it before. A girl was taken to the temple before their ninth winter solstice, their blood was tested, they were marked.Now that I have heard how it is done, all I can think of is that they are children when we force them to endure this. Their family is forced to take them but not allowed to stay with them. Thrown in with strangers – including those that you have been taught to fear.It must be ten times worse for prey shifters. I know that the reason it is done so early is to ensure that no one who has already shifted is there. There could be bloody slaughter if a predator who had already shifted

53 Crowded Temple

MagnúsI’m watching Björn and he is just as confused about what is going on as I am. The seer from Reidar’s village is making me very uncomfortable. Just like the other seers, she sees more than what anyone wants.Reidar takes her by the elbow and guides her to the village. I look back at Björn and simply shrug. Before I can ask him what he knows, Seath claps us both on the shoulders.“Come on,” he grins at us, “Time for you to get some answers.”We walk towards the village, and I see the people looking at the parade of seers and priestesses with confusion. And fear. I understand this fear because never has a gathering of so many chosen servants of the gods foretold anything good.The small temple that Björn’s ancestors built has always been small. It was intended to give a person time with their god and quiet contemplation. The small building is packed with our sudden guests. The older women sit on small benches.Agnetha sits on a chair made of tree roots that sits between the idols.

54 Fears

IslaSeath is here.The last time that I saw him was when he left me with my father. It was nice to see him and Aislin. Their boys are growing so big, and she is going to have another kit.It was not as if Seath was ever overly friendly to me, he was also never cruel. How sad it is that the kindness of people is judged by how cruel they were. Or in this case, were not.Like many of the other foxes that were in the village of Vindolando by the northern wall, Aislin was kind. Just like the rest of her skulk, she prays to the All Mother, Frigg. The goddess is wise and kind, even though she sees what is coming, she will typically keep it to herself. Although there have been times when Aislin will tell me that the All Mother had shown her a fleeting glimpse of what was to come.I think back on the night before my grandmother died. I had heard voices floating up to where I slept on the loft of the healer’s cottage. I crept to the edge and looked down at where Aislin stood with her hand on h

55 Fire Within

BjörnI’m staring at Agnetha in complete confusion. Isla has a mark. One that she has hidden from us. Why has she hidden it? Why have we not sensed it?My father was not murdered. He was executed. His death was ordered. That meant that he broke a sacred law. What law did he break? There were very few that came with an instantaneous death sentence. Which makes me wonder, who did he kill?Looking at Magnús, I see that he is just as confused as I am. I’m tempted to reach out to him, but I’m afraid that they will all hear us. How can they hear us?There are so many questions running through my head right now. Even if I did reach out to him, I’m not certain what I would ask. Magnús shakes his head slightly as if he can tell what I’m thinking.I turned back to Agnetha, prepared to demand answers. My dragon stirs inside my mind. He is excited, just like he always is whenever Isla is close. Magnús turns towards the door as his dragon chuffs at me.When a dragon chooses his human, a mark appea

56 Icy Waters

MagnúsWith my lips pressed to Isla’s temple, I silently beg her for forgiveness. My lips move against her skin and hair and all I want to do is pull her into my arms and never let her go. She and Björn are speaking as if I am not here.I have no problems with this. They need to talk. He has wronged her in so many ways. Therefore, he has wronged us. He has made so many mistakes and bad decisions.“Why?” Isla asks after I tell her that we want her and Björn confirms that he had been the problem in admitting this.“Because he’s an idiot.”I speak the truth with that statement. Thankfully, he does not disagree. Björn tells her of his obsession with finding his mate with the mark. He even admits that it was mainly his mark that he wanted to find. Although I am not certain that she understands all of what he is saying.She reaches up and touches our chests. It feels as if cold water is rushing over me and into my veins, going deep to caress my soul. I would be happy to feel this sensation

57 World Sea

IslaNervously, I placed my hand in the outstretched one that Heimdall was offering me. I was touching a god! His hand was calloused, yet his touch was gentle. There was a warmth that radiated out from him and engulfed me.I stepped up onto the boulder and looked at the small pond that now had a rainbow shimmering across the top. Turning to look at the god standing slightly behind me, I ask the question tickling the back of my mind.“Should I take my dress off?”He smiles at me with kind understanding, almost as if he anticipated this question. “No, Krútt, the Bifröst will keep you dry.” He lets go of my hand. “Wait for your mates.”I smile at him as he steps back. Somewhere, deep in the recesses of my mind, I hear another voice calling me the same tender endearment. It is a voice that brings comfort, but I cannot place it.Magnús steps up on my right and offers me his hand. I slip my hand into his larger one as I give him a small smile. He returns my smile and lifts my hand to press

58 My Daughter

JörmungandrTwenty years ago, I received a blessing from Odin and was allowed to walk through Midgard for thirty days. On the second night, I met a woman who was unhappy in an arranged marriage. I’ve never understood why men subject their offspring to such torture.She was miserable, and I was willing to help remedy that. My father was the god of chaos, and I had inherited his flair for trouble. I am not as open to sexual experiences as he is. But I am not innocent either.I gave her pleasure every day and night until I had to return. Multiple times a day. Throughout the night. Every chance that we had.Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed her body. I found a lot of pleasure with her under me. And over me for that matter. Much like I do now. Even as I swim through the World Sea, she pulls me back to where she stays in my hall.Her mind intrigues me. It always had and always will.At the end of my thirty days, I wanted to take her back under the world sea with me. Her father had forbidden her

59 Wyrmleader

MagnúsI am just coming to understand that we truly traveled through the Bifröst when it hits me that we are under the World Sea. This amazing hall is beyond my comprehension, until I see what comes next. Jörmungandr is standing in front of us.Although he is not actually standing, I do not know how to describe what he is doing. I watched the head and a small portion of his body change from the long serpent to a man. Even seeing it with my own eyes, I doubt what I saw. What I am currently seeing.My confusion only grows when Jörmungandr says that Isla, my Isla, our Isla, is his daughter. Perhaps this is why her family treated her so badly. But when I saw the sister, they looked very similar. There is no doubt that they share at least one parent.“The gods have other plans for you.”Isla shakes her head at the statement from Jörmungandr, “No. No one wants me.”Jörmungandr’s tail whips out of the water to wrap around Björn. He is wrenched away from us and dangles upside down from his le

60 Upside Down Revelations

Björn“Hello, daughter.”The deep voice echoes around us, the love and tenderness in his voice is evident, even as it moves from one wall to the other. I am jealous of a man that appears to be my mate’s father. Not because he is her father, but because he so easily accepts it. He loves her unconditionally in a way that I have not allowed myself to do.A soft chittering sound comes from the far end of the hall followed by feminine laughter filling the cavernous space. Jørgí flies from behind us to wrap himself around the half man/half beast that is in front of us. Jörmungandr catches the little dragon as Jørgí wraps himself around his father.Even this I am jealous of. There are no qualifications or justifications. There is merely acceptance. No requirements. No conditions. No expectations. Did I ever have that with my father? I mainly remember him after my mother died. He was miserable and grieving the loss of his mate.I was left under the care of Toivo. That man was made from condit

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