Page 5 of Baldr's Secret Mate

“Yeah,” he grunted, pulling his t-shirt on.

“What was that?” Flynn asked from behind him.

“It’s Tyr. He’s inside the resort.”

“You saw him?!”

“In a dream, yes,” I said, giving Thor that look I always did when I’d had a vision. “He’s here with Loki. It seems he’s…”

“What is it, Baldr?” Thor growled. “What aren’t you telling me?”

“I think… I think Loki might’ve betrayed us.”

Thor went silent, his eyes wide with shock. I understood how he felt. It had surprised me too at first. Even so, I couldn’t quite shake the feeling that I was looking at the situation from the wrong angle. Something about Loki felt off the day before when he was talking about Tyr. Neither he nor Heimdall seemed to like the guy much, so why would they choose to join them? Unless… they never had a choice to begin with.

“Leave Loki to me,” I said before Thor could respond further. “You need to sound the alarm and get this entire hotel evacuated now.”

“Baldr… you can’t go alone.”

“Yes I can.” I reached out, squeezing his shoulder with a reassuring hand. “I might not be as big as you and Loki, but I’m an Alpha, too. And a witch. I’m stronger than both of you.”

Thor might’ve argued with me on that if we’d been in a less dire situation. Instead, he just nodded, knowing there was no way to talk me out of something once I’d made up my mind.

“Get everyone out. Now.”

“But how? We don’t have an alert system or anything…”

“I’ll do it,” Flynn said, pushing his way past both of us into the hall.

He started to jog and Thor was about to go after him. There was no way a human was going to get the entire pack to evacuate in enough time. And Tyr was dangerous to us. Should he and Flynn cross paths, that would be the end of my brother’s mate. All the silver weapons had been locked away, so a repeat of their last encounter wasn’t possible.

But then Flynn stopped and reached out toward a small box on the wall. It was only then that I realized what he was doing.

“Sorry about the fine you’re gonna get for this,” he said before he ripped the box open and pulled the fire alarm.

All at once, an ear-piercing noise began to squeal through the hallways. The emergency lights popped on, flashing brightly to fill the darkness. In a matter of seconds, I heard the entire resort come to life. Even werewolves would try to get away from a fire. It was a genius move and one I hadn’t thought of in the moment.

“Come on,” Flynn cried, grabbing Thor by the hand. “We need to help Nana!”

Thor glanced back at me as he was dragged along by Flynn. “Go on,” I said, nodding in his direction. I reached down deep inside myself, drawing from my well of power and letting it fill my entire body. “I’ve got this.”

The ground around me began to glow with golden runes. Thor gave me one last glance before he disappeared around the corner with Flynn. Only when they were out of sight did I turn counter clockwise, uttering my intention under my breath.

“Take me to the one-handed monster, Tyr.”

There was a sudden rush of magic as the golden light grew instantly blinding. I felt all the air leave my lungs as I was yanked downward, my body falling through space and time at an alarming rate. However, a single heartbeat later, my feet hit solid ground again and I found myself standing in the main lobby of the hotel. It was filled with smoke and dust, the far wall crumbled into a million pieces like a bomb had just gone off. And behind me there was a deep, cruel laughter that I recognized immediately.

“I figured you might show up, witch,” Tyr spat as I turned to face him. “You have a habit of being a nuisance.”

“Funny,” I scoffed. “I could say the same thing about you.”

Tyr’s left hand flexed, my gaze darting down to the grenade he held in his hand. He had a whole bandolier of them strapped across his chest like he had in my vision. However, all the wolves he'd come up the mountain with were nowhere to be seen. For some reason, he was on his own. But that suited me just fine. He'd be easier to handle without distractions.

“Looks like it’s just you and me, old man,” I grinned, feeling the power rise up inside me. I knew Tyr was destined to be killed by some great power, but for some reason, my visions always got hazy before I could figure out who it was that did it. So I figured, why not? Why shouldn’t I give it a shot? “I bet you’re a little slower with one hand, huh?”

“Not as slow as you think.”

It was only then that I heard the pin clatter against the hard stone floor beside him. I barely had time to react as Tyr threw it in my direction. It struck the floor once as I dove over one of the large lobby couches and struck the hard floor on the other side, rolling away. The next moment, an ear-splitting explosion rocked the room, sending debris flying in all directions. Broken stone and dust rained down on me as I came to a stop. Once more, the room was completely obscured. However, as I got back to my feet, I realized how lucky I was. The entire backside of the couch was blown to pieces. Another second slower and that might’ve been me.

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