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"And then when I returned home, I got to admire her in one last battle before we fought and I thrusted my stake into Lagertha's heart…killing her." I say softly as another damn burst open and I feel tears running down my face, I look down and I don't know when it happened or how much time has passed but at some point Izzy went from sitting across from me to leaning against my chest to snoring softly, while using me as a pillow.

I wrap my arms around her and use her as a security plushie until the tears stop, while Gar moves and lays down behind me.

"Heh, look Gar, I'm so boring that I put her to sleep." I joke to Gar…and notice he's snoozing too.

'Well shit…was that really you my Shieldwife…are you telling me to move on…that you like this girl?' I ask in my mind whilst hoping that Lagertha will appear and answer my question like how she appeared before and smiled at me.

"I should feel guiltier about this than I do." I mutter as I brush a few long locks of hair away from Izzy's face.

'What is it about you…it can't just be your intoxicating scent, and delicious…intoxicating blood…there's something special about you…Isabelle Lightwood…and not just your seductively curvy body and pretty doe eyes.' I wonder in my mind as I lean back against Gar using him as a backrest as Izzy continues to snooze, and close my eyes letting me drift off to sleep.

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'By the angel!' I curse in my mind as I wake up in Vidar's arms…on his lap…my drool staining his chest and making my hair stick to my face and his pectoral area.

'Wow…is that his…' I internally gasp as I wiggle my butt in Vidar's lap and feel the way his cock fills the front of his pants.

'I really have to pee…but I also really don't want to move…for heaven's sake…why do I feel like this…?' I ask myself as my bladder's urging has me stretching in the most provocative way I can while sitting in this position as I do my best to wipe away my drool.

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My eyes start to flutter open as I feel Izzy start to move, I open my eyes to the sight of Izzy stretching like a lithe cat in my lap, and find myself reflexively swallowing.

"Good morning." Izzy says to me in a breathy sigh, that makes my heart flutter and my stomach twist with guilt.

"Good morning." I croak out returning Izzy's greeting.

"I have to get back to the institute…are you going to be okay on your own…I know you said you'd only been in the world till around 1776…and the world has changed a lot since then." Izzy asks me in concern, making me smile softly at her in return.

"I'll be fine…I think I'll like seeing how the world has changed." I reply to her with a bit of a careless shrug that makes Izzy frown cutely at my nonchalant response, as her nose scrunches and her forehead develops a few crinkles.

Suddenly Izzy grabs my hand and holds a sharpie to my forearm and scrolls a series of numbers along it, and I nearly smack my forehead when I realize she's giving me her phone number.

"This is my phone number…phones are pretty easy to use. You just type in this number and hit the green button that usually says dial near or on it, it'll ring for a little bit and then I'll answer…unless I'm in the middle of a fight…or on mission." Izzy says to me and then presses a kiss against the palm of my hand and uses her Steele to activate a rune and runs away from me at vamp speed.

I feel the urge to give chase but I ignore it, as Gar licks the back of my head, "You like her too don'tcha ya buddy?" I ask Gar who through our link agrees that he likes Izzy and not because she smells good..but because she's nice like Mama.

"She is a lot like Mama isn't she." I agree as I sniffle a little bit because of all the dust.

"I was being a big baby after Mama died wasn't I? I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you Gar…I wasn't the only one that lost her…and then that bullshit with the cursed treasure and getting locked in my mind experiencing…killing everyone over and over again…and how I was after waking up still under the curses sway." I start talking about my problems with Gar after making a mockery of an apology, and Gar gives me a little nip and nuzzles his snout against me.

Gar sends me feelings of happiness about being able to spend all his time with me, and my eyes water from all the dust as I scratch just behind his ear that makes him make a rumbling sound in his chest. 

"I'm happy to have you by my side all the time too, Garmr." I say softly to the big fluffball, and Gar shows me an images of Izzy waking up and blushing as she wipes away her drool from my chest. 

"Knock it off fuzzball." I joke softly as I playfully shove Gar. "Come on let's go find a place to say and some more food as filling and delicious as Izzy is with her gone in can already feel my hunger returning." I say to Gar as I stand up from the old bolt of fabric…and move to pick up my sword…and slide it into it's sheath on my back. 

"Probably outta get some new clothes…these are dated and my shirt is in tatters from Izzy's blade and whip…oh shit Izzy left her weapons behind." I mutter and then curse as I spot Izzy's sword where we threw it last night and her whip.

'Do I leave them here for her or do I track her down and return them?' I ask in my head as Gar sniffs Izzy's whip and paws the cement floor leaving light gouge marks in it, I feel energy inside myself and my finger brushes over a rune that makes Izzy's bracelet turn into a serpent and coil around my wrist while her blade seems to sink into it's hilt…allowing me to store it in my waistband.

'HOW THE FUCK CAN I ACTIVATE ANGELIC RUNES?' I shout in my head questioningly and the only thing I can think of to explain it is the fact that I have Izzy's blood in my system.

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