I shake my head. “I have every intention of letting him fight, but he lost an arm. He needs rest.”
“No, he needs to get back into the training ring to get accustomed to his new life now. You’re coddling him.”
Freya observes our exchange. “If you wouldn’t mind Lena, Piominko has experience in this area and could be an immense help.” She nods towards him and he steps forward with her summons.
“That would be great, thank you.”
Piominko bows to me and then to her before leaving to find Tane.
Which leaves Freya, Mina, and Luna.
“I know you’ve had an emotionally taxing day, and it’s getting late, but did you say you uncovered things that the asphidra or Julius left behind?” Freya asks.
I shove the exhaustion and sorrow further away as I nod.
“We moved everything that we found into the library,” Luna replies for me.
“Show me the way.”
Freya walks beside Luna on our way to the library, leaving me trailing after them. Mina sidles up beside me, and a somber expression smoothes the lines on her face.
“Do you wanna talk about it?”
“About what?”
She eyes me curiously. “Your Gran?”
I shake my head. No. That’s the last thing I want to talk about right now. I need it to stay buttoned up a little while longer. I glance sidelong at her and there’s a quizzical sparkle in her eye.
“We can totally talk about how you just threw Harald into a wall though,” I whisper to her. She bounces lightly on her toes.
“And did you see how he looked at me afterward?” She whispers, a smile tugging at her lips as she works to stifle it.
I roll my eyes heavenward, slowing my steps so she can easily keep pace with me. “Yeah. He couldn’t tell if he wantedto eat you or…”
“Eat me,” she grins fiendishly, wiggling her brows.
“Oh my gods, Mina!”
Her cheeks redden before she shrugs, throwing a glance behind us. “Could be fun, though.”
“You can’t be serious?”
“Why not?” She pouts. And the look on her face has me choking on a laugh.
“Uh, maybe because of what he said about Tane?”
She rolls her eyes and huffs a breath. “Yeah, I’ll make him apologize for that first.”
“First?He doesn’t seem like the apology type. Or the mating type. Are you sure you know what you’re getting into?”
My warning falls on deaf ears and she grins with devilish delight. “Yes—he’s just the fucking type.”
I try to hide the snort behind my hands, but the sound escapes anyway. Freya and Luna stop, turning towards us.
“Excuse me,” I purse my lips, clearing my throat. Leave it to Mina to have me laughing on a day like this.
Luna raises a brow before shaking her head and continuing on, returning to their conversation.
