Brokk
You should not leave us like that, Leif lectured in my head. She thinks you do not want her.
I have not yet decided if I do, brother. I spat the final word.
Leif stayed silent so long, I wished he’d speak and distract me from my painful thoughts.
It was so long ago, he said. I thought you had forgiven me.
I stepped into the forest near the keep to watch Leif and Willow return. She acted nothing like the woman I had loved back in the north lands. She’d never been touched by any other man.
And never will be, Leif said, but we will share her equally.
She likes you better.
You are not handsome when you sulk. Try smiling. Leif slammed the bond shut.
He took Willow down to the lakeshore while I chopped wood. They stripped naked, and their delighted shouts followed the sound of spl
