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“Sjofn is the Goddess of Love. And love,”
Seoafin or finnie’s name in Norse
“Love is everything.”
“She is going to Lunwyn, a beautiful, snow-covered country at the very top of the Northlands. She is taking the place of the Sjofn who lives there who, by the way,” Valentine looked again at me, “actually spells it properly.” She turned again to Claudia. “She will assume the life of the other her. She will be there for the time we agreed. That is one year to this very day, this very hour, this very minute and then, in this very place.” She raised a pale, graceful hand and pointed a long, thin, lethally-rounded, blood-red tipped fingernail at the thick rug on the floor. “I will switch them
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“Though, you must know, happiness is a line and that line has degrees. There is bliss at one end and there is contentment at the other.
Valentine speaking on f finnie’s parents death
Seoafin, Tonight, you marry The Drakkar. In the ancient tongue, this means The Dragon. Good luck, Sjofn.
Life was meant to be lived, every breath was a gift, every risk was worth taking.
“It was beyond anything I could have wished it to be. You are, my wee Finnie, beyond my wildest dreams.”
“And never have I received anything so exquisite,” he went on. “Save the wedding kiss you bestowed on me.”
“I do not know, my wee Finnie, where I came from. But I’m beginning to know why I’m here.”
“She waits for me at windows and buys me dragons. There are reasons we walk this earth. I’m coming to realize mine.”
“I told him you have the spirit of the sea, the spirit of a Raider,” he answered. “I told him you’re a Voyager like him and like me. The Voyager doesn’t settle, his feet itch to move, be it on ship, on land, in stirrups. The Voyager acts fast and thinks faster. He has courage. He doesn’t wait to face the risks that come his way, instead, he rushes to greet them.” He
“Dad always said, never look back. Always look forward. Always look where you’re going. Never waste time on where you’ve been. You’ve been there so you don’t have to take that time and wasting any time, even a breath, is a mistake. Memories can be shared of the good times, but they need to be shared while your eyes are to the horizon, faced forward.
“I love you, Frey. I’m in love with you. So in love, I’ll never stop loving you. Not ever. You, everything about you is beyond my wildest dreams.”
“Finnie Drakkar, I fell in love with you when you told me you had a rule about dead game on the kitchen table.”
“I love you, Frey Drakkar.” His eyes closed and his forehead dropped to rest against mine before he opened his eyes again, stared into mine, and replied, “And I you, Finnie Drakkar.”
“So much,” he murmured belatedly, “I’ll never stop loving you, my winter bride. Not ever. You, everything about you, is beyond my wildest dreams.”
“The message of the elves, my winter bride, is that you carry my child.”
I moved my gaze to his and I whispered, “I’ve never seen you this happy.” Instantly, Frey whispered back, “This is because I’ve never been this happy.”
I knew you, Finnie, and I bound you to me knowing I wanted to know you more and knowing I would like having a lifetime of that discovery.”
