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Bold: French

Italic: Thoughts

Italic/Bold: English

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I really don't know how much I had been sleeping when I was awoke abruptly by the alarm horns. Viggo and Erik jump out of their beds, while I lit some candles. You could hear the women chatting loudly and the children screaming that the men had return.

"So much for a couple of days"

"Wha? Tatti, its noon already?" I shook my head.

"Is Father, Anna! Is Father!" the little girl tripped on her way out of bed, I helped her stand up and nodded. The two boys were already on the door, they were very excited.

"Take your furs, if you are running outside! And put some boots, by the gods!" they pick their boots and furs before running outside, I wrapped Anna in a grey wolf fur and put her a pair of boots before placing her on my hip and going outside.

"Hurry up, Tatti!" they were already on the path to the cliffs.

I saw Astrid and Ulfrick near, so I catch up with them and follow behind. Anna was almost asleep on my shoulder when we arrived to the docks. The children were in the first line with Astrid and Ulfrick, then came the women and lastly it was me.

"There!" with that yelled, Anna lost all the sleep.

"Look, Tatti, the ships" and a ghostly figure appear on the mist, soon appeared at least half a dozen or more heads of mythological animals.

The women started screaming names, and the men on the ship answered with the same eagerness. It was something magical the passion on the screams, it make me envy them. With a dry thud's the gangplank fell on the docks, then men start to appear on the shore. The scene remembered me the times I saw family getting together on the airport, it was lovely.

"Put me down, Tatti, I can see Father" as soon as she was on the sand, she sprint to a tall figure. Soon her brothers and grandparents follow her.

I took a good look of my new master; he was very tall (I think I could barely reach his shoulders), he had long blonde hair and a matching beard, I could not see his eye color but he was the most handsome man I had ever seen. Shit! This is going to be a problem!

The children had him surrounded, fighting for him attention but he had his total attention on them, smiling and laughing at their mischievousness. Astrid caressing the face of her son, as if he would disappear on the thin air; and Ulfrick was patting his back laughing too.

"Welcome home, son!"

"Father" was the only thing he said.

"Download the ships!" ordered Ulfrick.

My master, I still don't his name so master stays until I know his name, pick Anna from the floor and start walking. The two boys start running after him and Astrid went behind them, Ulfrick stared at me with a funny look on his face.

"I expect you don't fail on your work, little one" he laughed when I blushed.

"Of course not, my king... I will work even if the gods come down to earth and I miss their visit"

"Then, hurry up!" I followed him to the big house.

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The big house was a total mess, it was full to the very top. From my place behind Astrid I kept an eye on the children: Anna was on her father's lap who was named Eric from what I found and the boys were on each sides hearing what had happened on the journey.

Astrid looked at me when he mention that they had raid a town on France shores, it was the only language we could speak in private. Anna asked if he had seen dragons on his journey and he told a fantastic story that if I knew dragons didn't exist I would have believe on their existence. The kin of stories that should be on fairytale books.

"Tatiana" Astrid called, it was then that for the first time I could see how blue his eyes were. I look at the queen and look at the floor. "Help the other women with the food"

"Yes, my queen" Ulfrick stopped me before I left.

"You are to serve this table only" I nodded.

"Yes, my king" I bowed again and left to search for food.

Returning to the table with enough food for all of them was an adventure, everyone wanted a piece of what I had selected. I prepare full plates for the adults and light ones for the children, I didn't want them sick.

I was feeding Anna with little bits of her food, preventing her to stuff her food like she always do when I wasn't feeding. She pouted for a couple of minutes but eat everything I gave her.

Ulfrick and Astrid started explaining who I was, how I had come here and that I was taking care of his children and his land. Apparently, I was doing a great job in the land because as Astrid said: The grass is greener on your land even with this cold. What does she think?! I love working outside!

"Is she taking good care of you?" he asked to his children.

"Yes!" answered Erik. "But she make us wash every day, Father" with that said, Viggo start commenting about my behavior. Anna finished the last bit of cheese and fell asleep soon after.

"And that is not going to change"

Soon, I was at home with the children on their beds and he was out on the docks. I lie down with Erik, as his request (thankfully).

When I woke up for my daily chores, very early. I bend down to check my trunk, which was near the fireplace, looking for a clean dress; I picked a dark green one with a white under dress and close it soundlessly. Turning around, I had to bit my tongue to prevent a scream slip from my lips when I saw Eric staring at me.

"My lord!" looking at my clothe he nodded. I ran as fast as I could out of the house, hearing a little chuckle from him.

I bath with cold water on the back of the house where I was sure that no one could see me, take all the measures to prevent my hair of getting wet. The cold water was the only thing that could keep me awake at that time of the day, so there was no other choice but to bath with it. I was about to finish dressing myself when Eric appear on the back of the house with two buckets, he just stand there watching me. I retrieve the buckets and went to barn forgetting about the dirty dress on top of a pile of wood, I would pick it up later, I still had to do a lot of washing.

Feeding and replacing the water of the animals was the easy part of the day, picking the eggs for breakfast and watching that the diabolical rooster didn't clawed my eyes out was the hard thing.

"I will make you soup, one of these days! I swear to the gods, you little piece of shit! Don't look so smug!" I ran out of the chickens den, after running away from an awful attack from the diabolical rooster.

The silence on the house confirmed that Eric wasn't on the land when I entered and found only the children. I was beating a mix of eggs, goat milk, honey and flour for shortbreads that I want to make for the children breakfast; just when I was about to put some yeast on the mix and some other things to make it taste better, I saw him from the kitchen window.

There on the naked glory was Eric, washing himself and he was gorgeous. Even if I continue to work with breakfast, I still look at him bath and dress himself.

I start cursing in French when I almost cut a finger when I was cutting some fat pieces of bacon.

"Tatiana, right" I jumped scared and look at the table where Eric was standing, the first thing that cross my mind was: Crap! He knows I was watching him bath!.

"Yes, my lord" I bowed a little.

"Do not call me that" I nodded submissively.

"Yes, master" I saw him shiver, he stayed in silence a couple of seconds and then sigh.

"Feed my children" I had to put all the strength I had to not toss him the pan where I was putting the bacon; I nodded and watching him leave.

"Master? Freaking bastard: feed my children. What in the seven rings of hell I had been doing the last six months?! Feeding the wolf in the forest?" I muttered to myself.

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It took half an hour to get the children ready. When he return they were finishing breakfast, empting their plates on a special bucket I had made for the pigs.

"Do you know how to treat meat and fish?" I knew so I nodded softly.

"She did it a couple of times already, Father" said Viggo, yeah that make me remember. Mental note: never let the children see me treat fish with smoke and salt. Anna had not be able to eat it, she kept saying that it was a cute fish.

"Really? And how did she got fresh fish?"

"It was really simple, she went into the river and wait for a while before staking a sharp stick in the water. She got five huge fishes, Father" I rolled my eyes.

"Interesting. Viggo, Erik and Tatiana we must treat the meat and fish that I had brought. If it gets rotten we will not have to eat on the winter" we nodded.

"And me?" I smiled at Anna, and put her on my hip.

"The master have just arrive from a long journey, I am very sure that he would want to hear some of the new songs that the queen had teach you while he was away. Am I wrong, master?" he looked very surprised that I had spoken for him.

"Yes, Tatiana is right. It was horrible to hear viking men singing, nothing compares to the singing of a beautiful girl. You will sing for us, right?" Anna nodded happily. I put in front of Eric a warm plate full with food.

The children watch their father's face while he ate.

"You know to sew?" I nodded. "Then you will be in charge of the trunks that will come for the house, they are full with fabrics, tools and clothes" I nodded again. "Do not touch the barrels, they are full" I nodded and wait for the trunks and barrels with Anna in front of the house.

I rubbed my forehead and my eyes, I was starting to have what it seemed a very bad migraine.

"Tatti?" Anna looked a little worried.

"It's alright, sweetie, I just had a headache; it will pass soon" she nodded softly.

"If it got worst, you will tell Father, right?" I nodded. "I do not want you to get sick"

"I am not sick, it's just a headache it will pass soon"

Soon I was working with the trunks, searching inside of them and putting them in order. I didn't take too much time and my migraine disappeared with the time I spend inside away from the sunlight.

I heard Anna singing one of the last song that Astrid had teach her, it was very beautiful. They boys were helping Eric with the fishes and the meat, telling him what had happened in the time he was gone and I hadn't arrived. He curse at the news the bull was dead. And when Viggo told him that I had used a horse to bring wood from the forest. His head shot up quickly and look at me.

"My horse is a horse for war" he said irritated.

"But, master…"

"It's not to be tied to a car, it's for cutting heads off" I stomped a little.

"Damned, Viking, listen to me!" I yelled at him but he just laugh it off. "I used Beast, my horse" he stopped laughing.

"You have a horse in my barn" I nodded.

"Queen Astrid said it was alright to keep it there if Beast earn her stay" I cross my arms irritated and he looked at me a couple of seconds.

"A mare?" I nodded. "It can stay" I smiled happily.

"Can I help in something else?"

"Do you have another thing to do?" I nodded.

"I was asking because I have a lot of clothe to wash, master"

"Then go wash, you smell too nice to mess it with all this stink" I blushed brightly, babble a little and nodded. I turn around after seeing him smile; I saw Viggo glared at him before I ran off.

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