Page 10 of The Snow Queen

Oh my. She was in a whole load of shit.

“I’ll be fine,” she told him, meaning each word.

The elf shrugged again, before going back to his chopping.

She gathered her wits and managed to formulate something that sounded logical in her mind; opening her mouth to deliver her tirade, she was interrupted by an embarrassingly loud grumble.

“Did that come from yourstomach?”

Did he really have to point it out?

The elf advanced towards her, his walk pretty damn sexy, and got something from his pocket.

It was dark and smelt fucking amazing. She stared at it for so long he lifted his hand and pushed it against her lips until she opened them.

Of fuck. That was good. The dry meat made her taste buds explode like nothing ever had, probably because she hadn’t eaten since Jereena, close to two weeks ago.

She didn’t need to eat… when she was sleeping. Being active used up a lot of energy; she should have sustained herself earlier, but that would have meant admitting that she really wasn’t going to fall into eversleep anytime soon.

“You like that?”

The elf smiled, propelling himself from the land ofway too attractive for his own goodand landing in the realm ofpants off. Now.

She felt that smile teasing her between her legs.

Oh goodie. Two millenniums worth of hormones were hitting her in one go. Just what the doctor hadnotordered.

“There. Eat more.”

She wasn’t sure why he was still feeding her like a child, but she wasn’t stopping it.

Finally, he ran out of supply; seeing disappointment in her eyes, he told her:

“Stay there. I’ll get you some food.”

On that note, he – unfortunately – put his coat back on his shoulders, before grabbing the bow and arrow he’d left down near his axe.

Then, her standoffish barbarian elf was on his way to kill something for her to eat.

For an obscure – and pretty stupid – reason, he’d decided to take care of her.

Her.Skadi, goddess of Winter. The Snow Queen.

Why the hell couldn’t she stop smiling?

Kai was serious about his responsibilities and today, he’d been on the rota as a hunter so first, he stopped by the village and dropped off a dozen rabbits and pheasants with Fyn, kissing the old lady’s cheek before trying to run for it.

“Wait a minute, boy. Where are you going so quick? And with… is that a duck?”

He shrugged, hoping she’d let it go, especially right now, as there were ten people with their eyes and pointy ears glued to them.

They’d noticed his absences, obviously; finding the girl had taken two days – two days when he’d barely been back to the village to sleep, before returning to his chase.

When he’d seen her curled up next to the bear, his heart all but stopped. It took a while to accept what his eyes were telling him: the animal wasn’t a danger to her.

Definitely some kinda witch,he’d reasoned.

Although she could apparently tame bears, she’d seemed so vulnerable in her sleep.

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