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The intense pain on my head was what woke me up for second time on the day (supposing that it still the same day).I was lying on the most comfortable bed I had the pleasure to lie in, I knew I was naked when I felt the cooling paste-like spread in all my back, easing the pain every second that passed.
With a very creepy creaking the door was open and a red shadow came inside followed by one of the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She was tall with long curly blonde hair, she had on a dark red dress with golden patterns on the skirt and had a golden ring (like the one I had) on her forehead. She looked at my back for a couple of seconds before reaching for a bin on the nightstand.
I heard her squeeze something wet and a cold cloth was cleaning my back. She spoke to me but I didn't understood what she had said; so I tried the languages I knew: english, spanish, german, italian and portugues, I had only one shot left french.
"Can you understand me now?"
"Yes, young one! I can understand you now" I sigh relieved.
"Oh my, oh my... Thank the gods!" I sobbed. "I want to go home, please. My parents must be worried and Freiah must be very desparate"
"Where are you from?"
"Wales" she stopped cleaning and clean the cloth.
"Sorry, dear... I do not know where is that..." I froze.
"Where am I?" my tone must have let her see that I was very desparate.
"On the Northmen village" her tone was very soothing, I look at her over my shoulder. "Why were you on the woods with so much supplies?"
"I was with a friend, Freiah, and a few more others taking a ride around the lake that was near. It was nice to take a time apart from my parents and their plan for my future. I want a normal life, a little farm, marry a man because I love him and many children to take care of" she cleaned a little more and put the bin on the nightstand, only to grab a jar.
"Tell me more about your parents"
"They... they have planned every little detail of my future: education, marriage, one child but nothing special" she began to put the cooling paste-like.
"That sounds a lot like mine" I chuckled and winced when she touched a very sore point on my back. "Where did you get all these bruises?"
"I fell from Beast, my horse, a few hours before the men found me on the woods. The damned animal found a snake. You remember me my caretaker, she teached me everything she knew: writing, reading and math. My mother make her leave the manor when I was ten"
"My husband and I could offer you a place on the village. It would not be the position a lady would have, it means that you will be a servant" I nodded quickly. "My son has three children and land to be taken care of but he spend months on the sea. I take care of my son's house and my husband's house but it is to much for me"
"Can do that! If you tell me what I need to do I can what ever you want"
"I am Astrid, queen of the Northmen" Crap!, was the first thing that cross my mind.
"Lady Tatiana of Wales" she finish putting the paste
"I will send a servant to bring you dinner"
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At the morning my back simply sore, as if I had slept on a couch. Astrid was there with a grey wool dress, she help me wash, dress me and let me eat a little.
"If you eat to much, you will feel very sick" she said.
She took me outside and it was then that I knew that I totally was on a different place, country even time.
The village appear to be ripped out of a fairy tale. There were many wooden cabins surrounding the big house (from where I had just step out), the majority had smoking fireplaces. I could see a few dogs and many children play and running around. It was perfect, I could live the rest of my days here without feeling the need of searching for a way to go home.
"I have the feeling that this is the beginning to a better life, my queen" she chuckled.
She hand me two buckets and make me follow her to the waterhole, when they were full, we go back to the big house for two more buckets.
Around an hour later she was teaching me how to calibrate how much fire was needed on different meals and meats. We were baking some onions, warming up some bread rolls and roasting a few pieces of bacon, all for lunch.
"Tatiana, slice some pieces of goat cheese" I nodded and start slicing from the cheese.
I was just finishing the slicing when three enter to the big house. Astrid go to them and push them all in my direction, they were the cutest children I have ever seen. She put them in order and told them something softly, they put gigantic smiles on their little faces.
"These are my grandchildren: Viggo, Erik and Anna; they will be your first priorities, your masters" I nodded, accepting what she had said to me. "They will before you do, keep them happy but they must be discipline only if needed" I nodded again smiling a little. "Now, serve your masters, girl"
They sat on the table waiting for their meal, on each of their plates I put: a bread roll, two pieces of warm goat cheese, a piece of hot bacon, half baked onion and a cup of goat milk. I put them in front of them in perfect order. Their meal was full of laughter and chatting.
When they finish, Astrid led us to their house. It was beautiful, perfect in every sense of the word, it was covered by a fat layer of green grass. The house was apart from the rest, it was obvious that my new master like the privacy that the house provide.
The boys stayed outside playing but the girl came inside to play with her dolls. Astrid showed me the secrets of the house, the pantry and the trunk where the things I had brought were (the ones from the baskets).
She hugged the children and left after an hour giving me instructions.
I spend a few hours arranging the house to my taste before making dinner for the children. After they ate I made them wash themselves and put them in bed. It took half an hour for them to fall asleep, then I start picking the clothe from the floor, I had so much washing to do and to even think of the other dirty chores I had to do.
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The morning came to quickly for my taste. After breakfast was ready I woke up the children and set them for the day. They went to play while I do my chores, of course I had to stop to make lunch and go on working. Astrid came in the afternoon for the children lessons until it was dinner time.
The days went that way for a couple of month in the least, they teach me simple words that I catched very quickly and then they satar with short frases that grow in length everyday.
And it was everyday that the winter was horribly near, that meant that soon the ships would come and my master would be home very soon.
It was on one of those cold nights that the alarm horn broke the peaceful silence of the night.
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