Viking
Sensitivity
Night
World Series
Book
2
Gretchen
S. B.
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Date
of Publication: Aug 21st, 2015
ISBN:
1515251837
ASIN:
Number
of pages: 235
Word
Count: 84,500
Cover
Artist: Bookin' It Designs
Book
Description:
Viking
was not sure what to do with himself with Gwen in Montana. That is
until his path crosses with Mia's. She is a beautiful sensitive who
is being haunted by a strange being Viking has never heard of.
Mia
Jones might not have an exciting life as the owner of an independent
book store, but she is okay with that. Then she meets Viking and it
is as if her life goes tumbling down a rabbit hole.
Mia
and Viking must pull together to fight off the being that is haunting
her. As Mia adjust to the Night World it appears this being might not
be working along.
Viking's
heart beat four times its natural pace. At the same time his
breathing stopped. He didn't have it in him to move. The shock was
overwhelming. He hadn't even realized Poet came out from behind the
registers until the other man grabbed his shoulder.
"Viking,
Viking?"
It
was then he finally turned his head from where Mia had been moments
before. Looking at his third in command he could see the shock on the
other man's face.
"Though
you are strange. And your abilities are far beyond that of a Warrior.
I would bet money you just felt the Flash."
Viking
didn't respond. He didn't really need to. Poet had been around Viking
long enough to know his expressions. He couldn't hide it. And he
wasn't sure how to cover it up. He just felt the Flash. The warning
bell that announced to a Warrior he just met his mate. Not just met
his mate but touched her, flesh to flesh.
Viking
had been around centuries and now here she was. Some woman he just
happened to come across. He had been interested in her. Knowing there
was something special about her. Could that have been it? Could he
have known she was his mate without touching her? He blinked several
times before turning towards the door again. That couldn't have been
it, could it?
He
turned towards Poet. The other man blanked his face.
"Yes,
I did." Just saying it out loud seemed overwhelming. He didn't
know what to do. Where to go. He didn't know how to find that woman.
Before
he realized what he was doing Viking was out the shop door and
looking down the street. He scanned both ways and jogged to the end
of either block. He had no idea how long he stood there staring but
clearly it was long enough for her to get her car and leave. Cursing
himself repeatedly he walked back into the store. Several of the
employees gave him funny looks. He ignored them and headed straight
out the back doors.
There
was only one person he could think of to talk to. Once he exited the
back door of the shop. Into the staff only area he didn't stop his
momentum, he ran up the stairs. Taking them several at a time. He
didn't slow until he burst out the door on the top floor. He yanked
out his keys in a jerky motion and unlocked Gwen's apartment.
Slamming the door behind him he went and sat down in her favorite
oversized chair. He tried to calm his pulse and his breathing. He
needed to talk to Gwen.
He had never tried
to reach her from so far away before. He wasn't entirely sure if it
would work. She was supposed to be on her honeymoon, as it were, but
he knew she would understand why he would call.
"Little
One! Little One can you hear me?"
He was yelling it so loud in his head the only thing louder was his
racing heartbeat.
He
concentrated on his breathing as he waited. If he could calm his body
down, maybe he would have a better chance of reaching her.
"Viking?
Viking is that you? What's wrong? What's happened? Is everyone okay?"
The worry and fear in her tone was clear as a bell. It overrode the
sleepiness he heard.
Viking
took another deep breath before answering. "Everyone's
fine. Everything is fine. I just. I just needed to talk to you. I
needed to hear your voice."
"What's
happened? Viking you tell me right now or I'm walking out the bedroom
door to find August and making him call over there to tell me what's
wrong."
Viking
knew that was an empty threat. Gwen would not stoop to chasing down
her husband, who could be doing important political business just so
he would answer her question.
He
blew a few random strands of hair from his face. Gwen could always
tell when something was wrong. She'd gotten good at reading every
single one of his micro-expressions in the two decades they'd been
together.
"I
felt the Flash."
He didn't even get out an entire thought before she answered.
"You
what?! Who is she? I'm coming home right now. I will be on the next
flight to Seattle."
This
is why Viking loved Gwen so much. She had such a big heart. She would
drop everything if she felt someone needed her.
"That
is not necessary Little One. She's someone I met paying off the debt
to Lucia. There is no need for you to come home before your proper
honeymoon has begun just to sit with me."
If
he was honest with himself there was nothing Viking wanted more than
having the woman he had grown to think of as his little sister by his
side through this trying ordeal.
"Don’t
be ridiculous. I'll be there in the morning. One of you guys are to
pick me up from the airport. I'll text you the flight information as
soon as I have it."
With
that last statement he almost physically felt her disconnect from
him. And he knew at that point the argument was over. He couldn't
convince her not to come. Not that he really wanted to. He would be
grateful to see her. He and all the other Warriors missed her
terribly. She meant a lot to a lot of people. He had been eternally
grateful when Cesar agreed to move part of the Warrior government to
Washington State so she could be near the people she loved.
Closing
his eyes to the room around him, Viking concentrated on his
breathing. The next few days were going to be difficult. He had to
somehow woo a woman he didn't even know. It had been longer than he
cared to admit since he had been up for such a challenge. He was
going to take the opportunity while his head was still relatively
clear to meditate and relax his body. Hopefully, ward off some of the
initial effects of the Maddening.
When
the Flash hit, a Warrior only had three days to bed his mate. If he
didn’t, the Warrior in question would be driven insane by the
overwhelming lust that came over him during that three day period, or
as it was usually referred to, the Maddening.
During
the Maddening, the Warrior would experience physical pain when away
from his mate. He would lose his senses should she be injured or
touched by any other male. Warriors tended to stay away from those in
the Maddening or in the first stage of mating while all the Maddening
symptoms lowered to the tolerable level mated Warriors dealt with.
The first stage of mating could last anywhere from three months to a
year, depending on the Warrior. The more the Warrior bedded his mate
in that first stage, the easier it would be for him to handle the
symptoms. Viking wasn't sure how to get a near stranger to sleep with
him once, let alone multiple times over the coming months.
About
the Author:
Gretchen
is a Seattleite that loves her home. She has a day job as a Program
Coordinator a local university. She is a struggling Indie Author,
struggling as in she is trying to make her living writing books. She
loves to read, write and create characters. As well as knit and
binge watch Netflix. She is also on a sporadic book blog and internet
radio show with some of her college friends. She currently lives with
her husband and their mischievous Rotti mix, who always seems to find
something new she shouldn't be chewing on.
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