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1、FontArialFontColorblackFontSize12BackgroundColorwhiteTheWarlordWantsForeverKresleyColeTheOriginoftheValkyrieIntotheblood-splatteredsnow,thelonewarriorfelltoonekneeandshudderedwithweakness.Still,anarmshotouttoraiseaswordagainsttheoncominglegion.Herdentedbreastplate
2、swallowedhersmallform.Thewindshowled,whippingherhair,butsheheardthetwangofthebowstringunleashed.Shescreamedinfury;thearrowpuncturedthecenterofherarmor,theblowsendingherflyingback.Thearrowhadpiercedthroughmetal,thenbarelythroughherbreastbone,justenoughthatherheartm
3、etthepointwitheachbeat.Thebeatingofherownbraveheartwaskillingher.Butherscreamhadwokentwonearbygodssleepingtogetherthroughabrutal,wintrydecade.Theystirredandlookeddownuponthemaiden,seeinginhereyescourageburningbright.Braveryandwillhadmarkedherentirelife,butthelight
4、ebbedwithdeathandtheymournedit.Freya,thefemalegod,whisperedthattheyshouldtakehercourageandpreserveitforeternitybecauseitwassoprecious.Wódenagreed,andtogethertheygaveuplightningtocleavethroughtheetherandstrikethedyingmaiden.Thelightwasviolentandslowtofadeandmadethe
5、armytremble.Whenblacknesscloyedoncemore,thehealedmaidenwokeinastrangeplace.Shewasuntouched,herhumanmortalityunchanged.Butsoonanimmortaldaughterwouldbebornfromher—adaughterwhopossessedhercourage,Wóden’swilybrilliance,andFreya’smirthandfeybeauty.Thoughthisdaughteren
6、joyedthepoweroflightningforsustenance,shealsoinheritedWóden’sarroganceandFreya’sacquisitiveness,whichmerelyendearedhertothemmore.Thegodswerecontentandthemaidenadoringofhernewbaby.Yetafteranagehadflickeredpast,thegodsheardanotherfemalecalloutforcourageasshediedfrom
7、abattleagainstadarkenemy.Shewasn’tahuman,butaFurie,oneamongtheLore—thatstrataofcleverbeingswhohaveconvincedhumansthattheyexistonlyinimagination.Scarcemomentshadthecreature—inthefreezingnightherbreathswerenolongervisible.“Ourhallsaregreat,yetourfamilyissmall,”Freya
8、said,hereyessparklingsobrightlyamarinerinthenorthwasbrieflyblindedbythestarsandalmostlosthisway.GrimWódentookherhand,unabletodenyher.Thosesurroundingthe
