way he stared at her and Saga. I guessed he hadn’t shared any tender words of love with his omega yet. Good on him.
“Trud, let’s go home and pack. And I suppose we’ll have to find something for the Jotunn as well. He might not be the sharpest arrow in Loki’s quiver, but with a bit of luck, the old fox will be more willing to come out of hiding if we’re dragging one of his sons along."
I turned to face Magni. “Fear not, brother mine. We will bring Loki back and set you free.”
A moment’s silence followed my words. Then the little omega huffed and straightened from the cocoon between her two alphas. “Excuse me? Didn’t you hear me? I’m going. Not Trud—she needs to stay here.”
I smothered an eye-roll and leveled her with a stare. It seemed I’d have to train this female since my brother and Saga hadn’t gotten around to yet.
“No, you won’t. Touched by Fate or not, you are a human. This is a matter for gods. You will be staying here where your mates can take care of you. I’m not dragging an omega into the wilderness to search for the God of Mischief, nor am I going to cater to your whims and fancies like my dear brother has seemingly gotten you accustomed to.”
Six
Annabel
The only silver lining about leaving my mates was knowing that the grumpy redheaded god stomping ahead of me was possibly as miserable as I was, though for vastly different reasons.
Modi was a huge dick, end of discussion. He was your typical alpha, convinced he alone knew how to save the day, and with very set opinions on what an omega’s role was. Especially a human omega, it seemed.
I guessed it would be hard not to develop a superiority complex when you were a literal god, but good gravy, did I want to smack his stupid face whenever he emphasized the word "human" while listing all the reasons why I needed to stay home and let him and his sister take care of this mess.
As if I wanted to leave Magni and Saga behind.
I rubbed at my ribs where my two ties squirmed for every step I took, increasing the distance between us. Every newly awakened omega instinct in my body screamed at me to turn around and run until I was once again wrapped up in their embrace, safe in the arms of the two men who’d shown me that the only place I’d ever feel whole again was between them.
But I couldn’t. Not if I wanted them to live.
I didn’t understand much about my new powers, but the sensation echoing through my entire being had been clear: I had to go. It had to be me. Even if doing so meant leaving my mates behind.
“I’ll get you home to them soon, I promise,” Bjarni rumbled, his bear-sized hand patting my feathered shoulder as he looked at my fist pressed against my ribs.
Weakly I smiled up at him. Unlike Modi, he’d taken up pace by my side, allowing Magni’s brother to take the lead so he could keep me company.
“I hope so. This sucks.”
“Not so long ago, you were moaning about how much you hated both Saga and Magni,” the blond giant teased. “Pretty sure you were hoping to find a way to get rid of both of them.”
“Yes, funny how being torn apart from the inside makes a girl change her mind,” I replied, though without malice.
Out of all the stupid alphas I’d been saddled with, Bjarni was the easiest to like. He was gentle and sweet, and he didn’t try to boss me around every other second.
And he seemed to actually care if I liked him or not. As much as my heart panged with longing for Magni and Saga, I couldn’t exactly say they’d gone out of their way to endear themselves to me. They hadn’t seen the need.
I smiled a little more warmly, remembering the hot cocoa with little dots of marshmallows Bjarni’d made me back on their farm. It felt like decades ago.
He breathed in deeply and squeezed my shoulder. “You can make a man forget the end of the world is here when you smile like that, sweetie.”
I flushed and batted his hand off with a snort. “You just had to go and ruin it, you cheesy goof,” I chided, refocusing on Modi’s figure up ahead. “This is no time for flirting.”
“Saga told me to take care of you,” he hummed, seemingly unconcerned