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“Come on, up you get,” he prompted, tapping on my hip.

“We leaving already?” I asked, surprised seeing as we hadn’t long since joined everyone.

“No, but we are dancing,” he informed me, making me grin and ask in a hopeful tone,

“We are?”

“Yeah, before you self-combust.”

I laughed.

“Was I that obvious?”

He chuckled as I got to my feet before he did the same, his actions far smoother than mine. Then he took my hand and led me to where the others were dancing, my sister included. The fire blazed in what looked to be a walled flower bed, one that hadn’t seen anything natural growing in it for quite some time. It seemed like the main part of the camp used for entertainment was once a courtyard to the biggest house in the town, and one that looked to have received the most amount of damage.

“You really don’t mind?” I asked as he led me to an opening in the group. My sister and Koro stopped dancing so someone in a cloak could speak with him.

“Wouldn’t be here if I did, and as long you don’t expect any fancy shit from me, then I think we are good,” he told me, taking my hand and twirling me into him.

“Right, so no dirty dancing lifts… gotcha,” I teased.

“Not sure about the lift part, but if you wanna go dirty on me, then I am all for that, baby.”

I laughed as I placed my hands on his shoulders, and his own went to my waist.

“So, what you’re saying is you want me to use you as a pole.”

His grin was bad to the bone.

“Well, you did fucking fantastic bouncing on it a few hours ago, so if you want to repeat that performance, then consider me your willing slave, sweetheart.”

I laughed, shaking my head when he winked at me.

“You’re incorrigible.”

“Well, how about this…you’re the only girl I ever want to dance with,”he told me on a soft growl, making me melt into him, hugging him close as we swayed.

“Oh, Jared.”

“Of course, I draw the line at the cha cha,” he added, making me throw my head back and laugh, quickly getting lost in this blissful night with him. Of course, I should have known it was going too well.

“Can I cut in?”

I froze, knowing this wasn’t going to go down well. We both stopped moving and I looked up to see Tyr grinning down at me. Of course, he was the only one doing this, as I looked to Jared who looked like he was chewing on broken glass.

“No,”Jared stated firmly, spinning me away from Tyr, and turning his back to the persistent God. Which was when he did a stupid thing in return… Tyr put his hand on Jared’s shoulder and said,

“I was speaking to the woman.”

“That’smy womanand if you like that hand of yours, I would remove it before you lose it for good,” Jared warned, making me groan.

“Jared,”I warned, which of course, went by unnoticed.

“Then if that’s the case, you won’t see anything wrong with me dancing with her, unless of course…you’re worried she wants to be someone else’s woman.”

At this, Jared lost his shit and turned around so quick, even the Viking was shocked. Especially when he found a Hellish looking hand wrapped around his neck.

“Wanna say that again, arsehole?”Jared threatened in a demonic voice, making me rush up to him and say,