Wild Viking Princess
“Disappointment surged when she heard Kjartan’s voice raised in greeting. “Cousin.”
Coming to her feet, she sniffled and wiped a sleeve across her eyes, returning his greeting. “Cousin.”
“You have been weeping?”
She nodded mutely, still staring out to sea.
He came to stand beside her. “Ragna, the same blood runs in our veins. Our lives have been different. You have your beliefs and Reider and I have ours, but we have many things in common. The manner of your parents’ deaths broke your heart. The... same is true for Reider. You honour the memory of your parents. Reider seeks to do the same. Can you not understand that?”
She fisted her hands and turned to face him. “Of course I can. But I cannot understand how he can allow a woman to be murdered and tossed onto a funeral pyre.”
He put his finger under her chin and tilted her face to look up at him. “Ragna, not only will he allow it, he will be the one to make sure she is dead before the fire is lit. He will make it quick and painless.MoreLess
Coming to her feet, she sniffled and wiped a sleeve across her eyes, returning his greeting. “Cousin.”
“You have been weeping?”
She nodded mutely, still staring out to sea.
He came to stand beside her. “Ragna, the same blood runs in our veins. Our lives have been different. You have your beliefs and Reider and I have ours, but we have many things in common. The manner of your parents’ deaths broke your heart. The... same is true for Reider. You honour the memory of your parents. Reider seeks to do the same. Can you not understand that?”
She fisted her hands and turned to face him. “Of course I can. But I cannot understand how he can allow a woman to be murdered and tossed onto a funeral pyre.”
He put his finger under her chin and tilted her face to look up at him. “Ragna, not only will he allow it, he will be the one to make sure she is dead before the fire is lit. He will make it quick and painless.MoreLess
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