Fate is Unstoppable

"It seems that way, at least for now." A hint of a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Perhaps," He had to admit to himself, he liked this man. He seemed the type that didn't beat around the bush. Straightforward, maybe. And seemed to have a good head on his shoulders. While Ace liked to think at this moment they might have similarities in nature, he couldn't be too sure. Like Ragnar, Ace held his own reservations and suspicions as well. But he was far more experienced and older, too. He'd been around the block quite a few times, and he could often figure out if someone were going to try and stab him in the back or not. But alas, that part of him might always remain thanks to his younger days. When his own alpha had turned on him as a pup when he refused to defile his own sister. It took a helluva long time to get him to trust again. And even now, after Winter's death, he still had trouble sometimes. Ignis and Actaea were the only ones he could trust...

"Valhalla." Gaze rose to steadily meet Ragnar's, audits leaning forward when he said the name. Valhalla... That was the name. For so long he had repressed all those memories to ease his pain if not forget it all together, but lately...those memories seemed persistent on returning. First with Actaea, when she wanted to know more about her father and him. With Elara...Shaye...Ignis...and now Ragnar. He wasn't sure how to feel about those memories trying to come back. He often felt conflicted about them...but the more they returned, the more he slowly began to accept those once beautiful memories of his first Love. Winter had been an extraordinary soul, and despite Ragnar seemingly not believing in what Winter did, Ace preferred to believe she sat among the great warriors in those halls instead of thinking she just disappeared into nothing. "I think I'd rather believe she is among those in Valhalla as opposed to what my family line believed in. Fairytales or not, thinking she's there instead of being claimed by Demons is a helluva lot better." Ragnar might think him silly for that, but Ace had been born into an entirely different culture consisting of demons and such. Except he had been open-minded enough to accept that those Demons weren't the only beliefs out there.

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