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"Where did they go?" Bryn shouted into my face.
I felt her spittle on my cheek. The spice of the mead she'd drank earlier burned my flesh. Her sisters spread out around us, their swords coming close to Tres's shoulder. He took a step closer to me.
"It's witchcraft," said one of the Valkyrie.
Nope. It was fae magic. From the dining hall doorway, I caught sight of Gyges. He looked directly at me even though his ring made me and my friends invisible to every other eye. His purple lips quirked in a mischievous grin. I had to wonder if he and Loki were somehow related.
"That's it." Bryn's eyes lit up like she finally had the answer to a trivia question that had irked her for days. "That's how she came through the Bifrost alive. That's why she was at Yggdrasil. She's a witch. The men mus
