“Kai…” I managed out a whisper. Death touched my soul and I blinked.
Three women sat beside a well. I didn’t recognize this place, but it was breathtakingly beautiful. The women had no faces, yet I felt like I knew them. I had to prove myself for them to reveal their faces to me.
“These are the Norns. They can either bless you or curse you. To change Kai’s fate, you have to honor each of them and perhaps they will reveal to you what you seek most.” Death’s voice was low.
“Where are we?” I asked him, looking around.
“We’re beneath Yggdrasil in Asgard. You have a choice to make, give them what they ask, and they will reveal the past, the present and the future to you. Refuse them and be cursed.”
I walked up to the three women and I bowed before them. In this place, I had no standing, Al
