Viking DenmarkxReader: Chapter 11

Viking!denmark: Chapter 11

Years passed since then, you now wore your hair tied up and covered in some sort of decorated hood to show you weren't available. You were in charge inside the house as an unwritten rule when he wasn't out pillaging and you were put in charge when he was out and you were also in charge of the money in other words you stayed behind now. Ragnar the younger as people called him   grew quickly and was now walking and could say simple sentences. Also in those years the family grew one more another Gyda a girl right now a wailing bundle as she was only a few months old. Hallberta, your friend had moved out just the last year and in with her own family though still lived close by in the village and came to visit almost every spare minute of the day. Your cousin hadn't shown up since the last time you talk to him alone, you had wanted him to pay a visit since you didn't want to give him false hope by traveling to Wessex.

Fall was arriving shortly and the survivors of this trip hadn't arrived back yet, it was taking longer and longer for them to get back cause they'd go further in land each year which meant it was going to take longer for them to come back. You hoped they'd make it back before the river started to freeze over stranding them somewhere and causing them to miss their festivals if nothing else caught their interest. They ended up making it back just before that happened. You and your children were one of many waiting on the shores after someone had spotted them down stream. Ragnar came off the boat limping slightly holding a sack of his portion of this year's loot, this wasn't the first time he'd come back with a fresh or just healing wound and he looked fine otherwise so you just sighed and helped him back into the house and asked about the story this time while you changed the bandages. He said this one was during a raid before heading back then he presented gifts which was more telling the older child to dump the sack out and pick something out before asking to hold the little girl, the child spent an hour searching through the pile until he pulled something out finally, it was silver and small enough to easily to be held in toddler sized hands. You were given an intricate brooch he'd been keeping safe. what was left of the pile was put back in the sack to be buried later with the other loot that was acquired along the years. The rest of the time it waiting for the Jul festival to come around.

Shortly before the Jul someone came for a visit, you were both inside the house as pure luck and the person who came to say there was a visitor asked for you. You figured this was a repeat of when Osbert first arrived so you told them to send the visitor in, Ragnar was confused to this so you explained this is how you talked to your cousin the first time though it was due to the fact you were still carrying a child and carrying around a swollen belly was exhausting. He sat with you while you were holding Gyda and Ragnar the younger was busy playing with a toy when the visitor finally came in, as your instincts told you it was your cousin. The younger had a pang of shyness and hid by his parents before Osbert could say anything to him. The only change to that man since the last time you'd seen him was the appearance of facial hair and he seemed more sure of himself, the last time he looked like he was just following orders this time was his own accord. "I see thing's have changed since I last saw you" he went after taking a seat that was gestured by your Earl and you kindly offered some ale. You nodded in agreement "I could say the same to you," you paused and conducted the interviews Osbert spoke up afterwards to Ragnar " your the one with the boar's skull as your banner" You spotted a sneer out of the corner of your eye as he responded "you fly under the hawk" obviously this said they'd already met, on hostile grounds. You'd taught your husband english in your spare time so he wouldn't need a translator in the case on diplomacy though this was probably the first time he'd used it. They went into the battle presumably Osbert has lost the battle though his life spared "then train your men better and you'll be more of a challenge" is when you had to step in you didn't want blood shed in the house if it could be avoided "please both of you, behave" you went only to have grumbling on both ends and Osbert spoke up again but to you "so he's the one that ___  won you over" You just nodded "and you gained your title Osbert" which gained a nod.

You then popped the question "why are you here?" He eventually replied "I came just incase you changed your mind about staying" You huffed at that "I told you I wasn't planning to leave, why do you want me back so badly?" You looked at him straight in the eyes so this man would speak with honesty "like I said before my father wants you to come with me to Wessex, still does" you shook your head, this told you nothing "but why me?" He stood then "my father doesn't his sister's only living child to be corrupted by these..." you'd stopped him before he'd said too much "you may as well just leave now, my life is here if you hadn't noticed" you went only to get a nod and Osbert stepped out.

You sighed and Ragnar spoke up "that was your family?" you nodded, "what's left of it" you were suddenly pulled closer "you did well" you happily leaned in "really?" you felt a nod "you kept calm in this, I should have you take care of negotiations" you looked over "what?" He explained "take care of diplomatic things I loose my temper with such people and there are a lot of those on this island, it's the closest you'll get to the fighting I know you'd always wanted to take part in" You just smiled lightly at that "this means I join you again when the ice breaks up?" Well later that year it meant moving closer to Wessex and staying there instead of Northumbria.