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you would like deer.”
    She laughed. “Dear? Now who‟s nicknaming whom?”
    “Come home with me.” His look was serious, and she was
    tired of the word play.
    “I would love that, but first food,” she demanded.
    “I am hopeful that Ulfr has caught a buck,” Hott replied.
    “Wolf?” she said. His word had sounded a bit strange to her
    ears.
    “My brother. You will like him.”
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    “Is he as big as you?”
    “Yes.”
    Hott began moving with Valerie clutching his hand. It was
    growing dark and once again the mist was swirling around them.
    The heavy vapor rolled in, and it was hard to see. Valerie looked
    back and was confused to see their little area was clear, but beyond
    them in the other direction more mist cut off the forest from her
    view. Suddenly Hott was gone, and Valerie stopped. His hand was
    behind him, still holding hers, but his body had vanished.
    “Hott?” she called fearfully.
    Hott pulled on her hand but something was stopping her from
    going forward. Again Hott pulled on her, and again she was unable
    to follow. It was as though a door was in front of her, barring her
    entry. She called to him once more. Ever so slowly he reappeared
    before her.
    “Why do you not come with me?” he asked.
    “I tried, Hott. I couldn‟t go in farther. It was like I was
    stopped. What‟s going on?”
    Hott frowned. “We must try a different way then.”
    Valerie turned and led them back through the clear area into
    the mist on the other side. She walked into the heavy fog, but
    stopped suddenly when Hott jerked on her hand. When she looked
    back he was gone, but his hand still remained in hers. She could
    feel his hand, but she couldn‟t see hers. She pulled again, but she
    was unable to pull Hott with her. She walked back into the mist.
    “Hott?” she asked with building fear.
    Hott starred at her with an odd expression. “Where you come
    from, what is the time?” he asked.
    “It‟s the twenty-first century,” she replied.
    Hott hung his head. When his face rose to look at her, he was
    devastated.
    “Odin has shown me I want to live, and now it is his cruel
    joke to punish me.”
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    “I don‟t understand,” Valerie whispered.
    “I have said my wife and son were killed in a murderous raid. I
    came out here to die, but found you instead. I must have you.
    There must be a way.”
    Valerie didn‟t know what to think. The fine hairs on the back
    of her neck were standing tall, and she shivered from the cold.
    Could this man really be a Viking? Could he really be from the era
    he claimed to be? How was it possible she couldn‟t move with him
    through the mist? She needed to think about this. The concept was
    as eerie as the fog.
    “Hott, I need to go back to the cottage. I need to eat and
    change my clothes, it‟s getting colder. I will come back if I can, I
    promise.”
    “I will wait here forever,” he declared.
    Hott released her hand. He looked so devastated Valerie
    didn‟t know what to say. She turned and walked into the mist,
    when she looked back, Hott was gone.
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Chapter 3
    Valerie lay quietly in her bed beside her boyfriend. Upon
    returning, she realized he and his jerk friend hadn‟t even noticed
    she was missing. She had been gone for hours, how could they not
    have known? From Mark‟s cavalier attitude it soon became
    apparent he didn‟t care enough to go looking for her. Both men
    were drunk and rowdy. Both smelt suspiciously like perfume and it
    wasn‟t her brand. She had just had sex with a Viking…so much for
    them trying to repair their relationship.
    Valerie knew it was as much her fault as Mark‟s. After being
    with Hott she just couldn‟t bring herself to be with another. That
    night she somewhat smugly told Mark she had her own „friend‟
    visiting and she couldn‟t have sex with him. Mark had looked at
    her with some relief and claimed