Page 84 of Valkyrie Unknown

Davyn fixed him with a glare. “I assume you’re none of the above. It’s been a while, Fionn Mac Cumnhaill.”

“Not long enough.” Finn gave him a tight-lipped smile.

“Are the two of you enemies?” I shouldn’t be surprised. This entire encounter, starting with Azzie, was one long string of the kind of coincidences that wouldn’t fly in fiction.

“We are now,” Finn said.

“Great. Everyone knows everyone except me.” I approached Davyn, hand extended. “I’m Zeke.”

Davyn raised an eyebrow.

Azzie cleared her throat.

He shook my hand. “Davyn. I have a feeling you know more about me than I do about you.”

“Not really. Azzie wouldn’t talk about you.”

“You had time for talking?” Was that bitterness? It was certainly sarcasm.

Hewasupset that she and I were fucking. “We had to do something while we cuddled.” I probably shouldn’t poke the bear.

He growled.

Azzie sighed. “We should clean up, then actually talk this through.”

Finn rested a hand on my arm. “I’ll sweep up in here, and dispose of… everything. Go take a shower.”

Good idea.

“A shower sounds like a good idea,” Azzie agreed.

“I’m not sure we’ll both fit, but we can try.” I teased.

She smirked, but Davyn growled and lunged.

I didn’t flinch, but my heart leapt, then hammered against my ribs.

“Should’ve had her teach you how to hide your fear instead of hiding the sausa?—”

Azzie grabbed Davyn’s arm, cutting him off.

A low rumble reached my ears, and I frowned. What the hell?

Davyn’s brows knitted together, and Azzie glanced back at him. “When did you eat last?” she asked.

“I’ve been worried about you.” His reply didn’t offer any useful information, but it said everything.

“Slight plan modification.” Finn already had his phone out. “I’ll have Gabby send someone with some food.” He looked Davyn over. “A lot of food.”

Azzie let out the smallest laugh. “I’ll use the guest bathroom. See you soon,” she said to me.

“Yeah.” This was the weirdest combination of strange and normal.

Somehow in the last few days, my life had gone off the rails. The thought wouldn’t leave me as I headed into my room. When I met Finn, I’d thought that was insane, but this…

The pull to Azzie was unexplainable and impossible to ignore. There were aspects of my self-preservation that shut off around her, and seeing her with Davyn made that reaction worse. They weren’t fucking? Really?

Maybe that was where the tension came from, but it was clear they leaned on each other a lot.

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