“I think I get it now, I can communicate with my thoughts to other wolves and with Fenrir.”
“Hey, look at the big brains on Fido here,”she snickers. “Now that you have figured out how to transform… kind of, try turning back. All you have to do is embrace the rage and get in sync with Fenrir and you will change back.”
“But it wasn’t anger or rage when I shifted. What was that?”
Trying to embrace the anger I felt when I fought that demon, control it, I feel Fenrir fighting me and tryto take over. He is fighting me so hard, he is so powerful. I grab my head and violently shake it back and forth, trying to keep in control.
Frida sees this and quickly runs over to me. My vision narrows as Fenrir takes over, all of my muscles tense and I begin to violently throw myself about trying to regain control. My scream turns into a howl as Frida reaches me and grabs my maw, forcing me to look at her.
Her hand gently caresses the side of my face and Fenrir’s rage forces me to swing at her. She ducks quickly out of the way and places her hand on my face again.
This time I’m able to make eye contact and her deep green gaze anchors and entrances me.
Then I feel it, the rage begins to subside and I fade back into my human form.
“There you go, come back to us,” Frida says in a soothing voice.
“Not bad, Evander, not bad, but that’s enough for today. Go get some food and rest. Frida, show Evander where the banquet hall is,” Achilles says just before he walks away.
“Come on, let’s go get some food,” Frida says, taking my hand.
“Good, because I’m starving. Wait, why am I hungry and why do I need to sleep, aren’t I dead?” I ask, confused.
“Yes you died, but when you were given your power, God resurrected you in your healed body. That is why you’re not just a formless spirit floating around. And just like on Earth you will get fatigued, hungry and tired. Also eating and sleeping increases the effects of your healing ability. So let’s go, they have anything and everything that you could hope for.”
Grabbing my arm now, she leads me from the trainingground, through a golden archway, to what looks like a hanging garden with huge tables throughout. We sit down and a drinking horn suddenly appears in Frida’s hand.
“How the hell did you do that?”
“You’re in Heaven still. If you want something to eat or drink just think about what it is specifically and it will appear,” she replies.
Okay, then. I want an Angry Orchard with ricotta stuffed manicotti, marinara sauce, green beans and garlic bread.I think, and just like that it appears in front of me.
I can’t believe it. I pick up the knife and fork, cutting into it, seeing the steam pour out. I raise the manicotti to my mouth and as soon as it touches my tongue, it hits me, this is real and fucking delicious.
Grabbing the cider, I take a swig and as it hits my mouth, I feel like I’m back home, hanging out with my friends, having a good time.
“That looks good, whatcha got there?”
“This is one of my favorite meals that I used to have when I would get back to the States after a deployment,” I reply.
“What kind of a drink is that?”
“It’s a hard cider. Here try some,” I say as I hand her the bottle. She looks at it and takes a drink, then shakes her head.
“Nope, not for me. Here try mine,” she says as she hands me her drinking horn.
I’ve never drunk from a horn before, but what the hell, why not.Raising it to my lips, the liquid hits my tongue and it has a sweet taste to it that is really nice and refreshing.
“That’s a honey mead that we made in my home Birka,” Frida says as I return it to her.
“It’s not bad, a little sweet for me, but good.” I grab my cider again and take a sip.
We continue eating and discuss our favorite foods as we share stories about all of the different things that we did in our past lives.
I learned that she was a Viking when she lived on Earth. The thing that surprised me the most was that she had been to North America just centuries before I was born. And she died in England when her raiding party was ambushed by Englishmen, as they were outnumbered ten to one.
When she died, Uriel greeted her as Thor and welcomed her to Valhalla and she has been fighting back demonic hordes ever since.
