Trapped in the beastworld

Part 119 ~ Little assassin

Hafthor loved to have Alma in his arms, he had not seen her in such a long time but he was tired, he had been fighting and protecting their territory endlessly for the last months, he finally could get some break and be with Alma again, unfortunately he would not be able to stay long, the eggs needed to go to the ocean no later than that night, he told Alma this, Alma was a little sad, she had finally just birthed their eggs and would not be able to see them until they would hatch, also she really wanted her relationship with Hafthor to be better, they had been growing much more intimate than before but it was not enough, still she thought that they had all the time in they world, she should not be so impatient. She spent the evening with Hafthor and the eggs, her mates had enough to think about, everyone had a task to do since the earthquake just happened, still that was alright since Hafthor was with Alma. He carried her into their home and put her on the bed, he tried his best to make her cosy, his merman doctor was quick to come and feed her stones and give her some pain medicine, it would not take her too long to recover from this birth since she had so much help.

Their time came to an end, he had to take the eggs to the special place and guard them until they were ready to hatch, he told her he loved her and that he would be thinking of her every day, Alma embraced him and told him he would be in her thoughts too, with that he took their eggs and walked into the sea, he would not be able to see Alma again until after at least nine months, he asked his hatchlings to grow quicker so he could go back to Alma.

While Hafthor was busy taking his eggs to the special place Pistris had won the battle, he was like a fierce warrior, he was only thinking of Alma, he did not want those pests here, they were all dangerous and could make things hard for Alma and her village, he ate his way through his enemies, most did not stand a chance, he was the biggest of them all, even bigger than the whales, most ferals beasts left when they saw the destruction Pistris left, after this battle he got a new nickname given to him by the merman clan and it was little assassin, he liked that nickname and it always put a smile on his face when he heard it.
He had secured the area for a while at least but since Hafthor had to take care of the eggs it was his responsibility to take care of his area, Alma's territory had to be protected on all fronts and since Hafthor was not available he had to step in, he did it willingly but he knew he would not be able to spend as much time with Alma now, it was a little depressing but he had to protect the family, besides he would be able to sneak to see her regularly since he thought these ferals would not come back anytime soon.

Days went by and fortunately Alma was very busy with what was going on in her village, the earthquakes just would not stop but because she had taught them to build strong houses the houses had not been affected but their animals had been, all of them were stressed and it was hard since she could do nothing about it, she sang to them since it seemed to work, there was nothing else she could do but stay with them and let them know they were taken care of.
The earthquakes were relentless, sometimes up to ten a day, Alma was getting fed up, it was affecting her anxiety, she was scared, she kept imagining a hole would swallow their village and kill everyone, she was also scared that there might be an active volcano in the area, she had no way of knowing but she knew, earthquakes were often an indicator of a volcano eruption, she did not know what to do, should they leave or stay, where would they go, these quakes were everywhere not just in their area, still things seemed alright, Hafthor had magic to control the sea, if a tsunami would be created because of the earthquakes he could squash it and she knew he would so she was not scared of that threat, still she did her best to try to seem unaffected for her mates but she was failing miserably.

Everyone worked together as a whole, Ulfar was even using his powers to soothe the scared beasts, Alma was so thankful for him, because of him there were no scared screaming beasts everywhere. Alma had told the beasts a fable, she made up a story about an earth god, she told them that the earth god slept most of the time but he when he did awaken he would be very disoriented and fall down a lot and thus make the world shake, she told them he was so tall that he could easily reach the skies and play with the clouds, this story seemed to pacify their fear but they asked why they had never heard of him, Alma said it was because he was always sleeping, he was working for the goddess by taking care of the land, he did that by sleeping and dreaming about the rain, sun, winter and so on, good thing they were easily fooled and believed her little lie, now they all prayed to the land god to go back to sleep to take care of the land, Alma smiled it was so easy fool them but that was a good thing for her. The earthquake did not stop but the beasts were not as scared anymore, they just got down on their knees and prayed after every quake much to Alma amusement.

Summer had gone by so fast and winter would be coming soon, nothing had changed and life went by, the quakes did not stop but that did not stop the beasts from living their lives, everyone was getting used to the rumble and hoped the land god would just go to sleep soon. Alma was never at ease, she could not wait for it to stop but still if they would stop would there be an eruption? So she was torn but there was nothing she could do.

It was most likely the last day before winter, they all went out to play since they would not go out after winter came unless it was necessary, Alma was playing with Gudda, running after her and laughing, she loved playing tag with her, it was her daughters favourite game, everyone was laughing and having a wonderful time when another earthquake started, this was not an earthquake like the others, this one was violent and scary, Odin screamed at Haffi to pick Alma and Gudda and take them up to their air, it was not safe on the ground, Haffi was quick to do as he was told, Fannar joined him too just to be safe, Alma held Gudda in her arms, trying to sooth her, Gudda was bellowing and she was afraid, Alma was just as afraid, would there be an eruption now, she was so scared for her family and her village.
After Haffi had taken her high in the skies she looked at the ground trying to see if there was an eruption but she could see none but she saw something else, much more terrifying, she told Haffi to fly over to where the earth was breaking, just what was happening, she was thankful it was not near her village at all, it was like someone had taken a knife and slashed through the world and was trying to make two smaller worlds instead of one, she was scared, they were too close, she screamed at Haffi to fly back, this was not a safe place for them to be in, Fannar came closer and told her to give Gudda to him, she did as he asked, since she had to use all her strength to hold on to Haffi, with all this chaos there was a suction created. Haffi had a hard time flying but he was no quitter, he was scared, he had never seen anything like this, he had no idea what was going on, he kept on flying, it was easier for Fannar since he did not have Alma on his back, he held gudda by her neck with his teeth so he could easier fly, Haffi could not do that because of Alma, Fannar was moving further and further away while Haffi flew slower, Alma knew she was the problem but what could she do, she told him to do what he had to, she would hold on, she would not let go, she screamed at him to go as fast as he could otherwise they would be sucked into that madness.

Haffi did as he was told, he flew much faster and was more aggressive, he was making good progress, they were almost out but Alma just could not hold on any longer, she was not strong, she was just a human, she did her best, more than that, her will to live was so strong that she fought with everything she had but just one moment ruined it all, she was sweating in her hands and she could feel that she was loosing the grip of Haffi, she knew it was a bad idea but she also knew that if she did nothing she would fall, she decided to move one hand at a time, she managed to rearrange the first hand with great difficulty but when she tried with the other hand she failed and she lost her grip on Haffi and, she screamed his name but he did not hear, the noise was too loud, she could see Haffi growing smaller and smaller, there was nothing she could do, she was not falling to the ground she was just being sucked, she cried in her helplessness, she would never get to see her loved ones again, she just hoped they would be alright, she was scared for Haffi blaming himself for he did nothing wrong, if only she could tell him that herself.

This is how it ends 🙈 but there will be one epilogue so you know a little bit more about what is happening, and there will be a few side chapter about the beast goddess, im awful 🙈 im sorry but thank you all so much for reading liking and commenting, if it were not for you i might not have finished my story, you gave me the motivation to keep on and im glad i did, this is my first ever writing such a long story and i know it is far from perfect but im happy with it, those of you that have read from the beginning, i thank you, writing has brought me happiness i did not know i needed :) have a wonderful  weekend everyone ❤️