Outwitted

not hesitate to obey," he snarled into my ear. "I was about

olden frame. "There," she said with a smile. "I'v

ned his head

us both a jaunty wave and

irled around, his turquoise eyes flashing with light

e me down. When he closed the distance between us, I

e grabbed my arm and p

our father and stepmother said I was going to take his place

ead. "I would neve

testines holding Fenrir's father to a rock. Bile rose to the back of my throat at the thought of the snake dangling abov

who loved him so much that she'd neglected herself to hold up a bowl to catch the

ce, then what?" I snapped. "Did you plan on

d that torment for two thousand years. The only way out o

in a moldy old hellhole

have been just until Father worked o

ief." I prodded him in the bloody ches

flashed. "Fath

nfernal bowl," I said from between clenched teeth. "She looked half-dead

y insides to ash, but I held his glare, not wanting to back down. I

en infatuated with the wolf god, but even

, both seething with loathing. I was right, but Fe

hat Loki, Fenrir, and his brother, the giant snake, had been involved in a plot to destroy the world. I was pretty

sounding less certain. Some of the heat fad

in." I tried to sound reasonable. "

I freed myse

and it was me who tore those awful chains from your body, an

teeth, his

neeling on the floor of your hovel, chained by your sister, and

the room. I clenched my teeth and tried to pull away, but he

u can't punish me for not wanting to

I can let you die in an instant, and the reapers will cart your soul to Hell. I ca

bout to say something in my de

n," he said from between clenched teeth. "I won't release your

in my belly and pulled it d

e of my entire afterlife. If I didn't find a way to appease thi