Runed
Page 21
Gunnar Magnusson’s face brightens. He holds out a hand to Odin. “I’m going to have sex with your sister.”
I thwack him in the chest as Odin notches an amused brow and shakes the offered hand. “Really? Well, that’s … appropriate.”
What the Hel does he mean by that?
I open the passenger-side door and drag Gunnar Magnusson toward it. “I think you’ve had a little too much to drink, big guy.” Then to Odin, conspiratorially, “He gets ideas when he’s drunk. Allergic to alcohol.” I learned that line from Loki on Asgard Awakening.
“I’m sure,” Odin says. As Gunnar Magnusson settles into his seat and I grab the corner of the door, Allfather leans around me and says to him, “So good to see you again, Sigyn.”
Gunnar Magnusson gazes up at him blankly. “Huh?”
Grinning Odin wiggles his fingers in a little toodle-oo motion.
Huginn squawks incredulously from Freddie’s lap, his wonky eyes wide with shock.
My jaw drops.
No.
No, no, no, no, NO!
This cannot be true.
Muninn flits behind Odin’s smug head. I slam the door before the hummingbird has a chance to trigger any memories for the man—former woman?—who apparently was once my wife.
I block the confused Gunnar Magnusson from Muninn’s view, strap my hands to my hips, and spit on the ground between Odin’s feet. “Well, fuck-a-doodle-doo.”
Acknowledgments
Gratitude to the usual suspects: my editor Jenn Sommersby Young, cover designer Emma Rider at Moonstruck Cover Design & Photography, and my awesome, supportive family. Thanks also to my beta readers: Kendra Gaither, Diane Undeberg McElrath, Margaret Taylor, and Gilly Wright. You guys make me better in every way. And to Darryl Mouzone, thanks for the music and the inspiration.
About the Author
A whale warrior, indie freedom fighter, and vodka martini aficionado, Kendall Grey is calm like an F-bomb*. She writes about fierce women and the men who love them. Her aliases include Kendall Day (FALLING FOR MR. SLATER) and Seven Slade (COMING OUT).
Kendall lives off a dirt road near Atlanta, Georgia, with three mischievous Demonlings, a dashing geek in cyber armor, a long-haired miniature Dachshund that thinks she's a cat, and an Aussie shepherd mix whose ice-blue eyes will steal your heart and hold it for ransom.
*Detonation manual not included.
If you’d like to stay up to date with Kendall’s new releases, sales, and other shenanigans, be sure to sign up for her newsletter.
Connect with Kendall:
www.kendallgrey.com
kendall@kendallgrey.com
Join the Kendallverse on Facebook
Also by Kendall Grey
Asgard Awakening Series
Runed
Hard Rock Harlots Series
Strings
Beats
Nocturnes
Rock
Bang
Just Breathe Series
Inhale
Exhale
Just Breathe
’Ohana Series
Hot-Blooded
Cold-Blooded
Half-Blooded (coming late 2019)
Standalones
Alpha Prez and the First Lady’s Secret Weapon
Ghosts
For signed copies of Kendall’s books, please visit the Howling Mad Press bookstore
From Howling Mad Press
Falling for Mr. Slater by Kendall Day
Coming Out by Seven Slade