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Astrid came by that night for dinner, which I had manage to find a fish it was big enough for the children to have a piece of it with mashed potatoes and some biscuits, she said I had touched a delicate part of the male pried. That he probably had taken it as if I didn't see him strong enough to provide for his children. And I manage to found that she was right, he was very prideful and I had put him on that position with my words.
That night we slept on Eric's bed like we did before his return, I tell them the story of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, and the Red Riding Hood.
"Tatti..." I looked at Erik.
"Hmm?" I was caressing Viggo's blonde curls.
"Will you stop loving us if you have your own children?" I felt Viggo tense up when my hand stopped.
"Of course not, Erik... I will love you, your brother and your sister, until my very last breath on these earth. I will love you even in death, even if I have to stay and roam this land for rest of my eternity to protect you and love you... My love for you three will never be stopped by a silly thing like death, sweetie" Viggo rubbed his face on my ribs.
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I woke up from cold, the children still sleeping but I left the bed and went to put put more wood on the dying fire. For break fast I boiled some eggs, made a little of oatmeal, warmed some cheese and milk.
The children ate everything and went back to bed, while I went to do my chores as fast as I could. When I returned, I went back to bed and begin to knit a new blanket for Viggo.
"It is for you, my little love... It will have a some runes with your name here" I pointed a corner and put a kiss on his cheeks.
"Will Anna and Erik have one?" I nodded.
"Anna's will be light green and Erik's will be light blue" his was bluish-gray, he smiled and went back play with the ball of wool.
"When will father come back?"
"I have no idea"
Around an hour later I left the bed to prepare a warm snack for them and bake some cookies for dinner's dessert, when I heard a great commotion from outside. The children looked at me and grab their furs and boots to come with me and see what had cause such stir on the villagers.
Eric was on his horse a couple of meters from the house looking at me. He jumped of the horse and the villagers and children let go a yell of joy, he brought up to his shoulders the biggest wild pig I had ever seen and dropped it at my feet.
"There is your pig, woman" I heard a laugh and searched for it softly, Astrid was laughing so hard that Ulfrick was holding her standing all while he laughed his share. "Do you all have not things to do?!" I had to bite my lips to stop the smile I was fighting to show.
"I truly hope that you do not expect me to bring that thing inside on my own, Eric" he narrowed his eyes. "That thing is heavier than I am..."
Eric pulled the animal inside, the children and I followed him happier than spoiled children in Christmas. He dropped the animal on the table and the children went to his bed from where they watched us avidly. Note to myself: wash the table with boiling hot water and lots of soap.
"Take off your clothe, you stink..." I put a bucket of water to boil for him to take a bath and while he took off his clothe I looked for a towel, soap and a clean change of clothe.
He looked at my eyes when I gave him the things he would need, took from his hands the stinking clothe and toss them on a bucket of water and soap. When he came back inside I stepped in front of him and folded his sleeves until they came to his elbows.
"Free hands..." he caressed my face and I planted a small kiss on the center of his hand. "Let us get to work, hmm?" he nodded a little and we went to the pig.
We spent the rest of the day and part of the night taking care of the animal, Astrid came to help us with the animal and the children, she made lentil soup and made us eat a bit. She made the children to take a bath a to each go back to bed, while Eric put the meat to smoke we made a mix with different spices and boiled all the onions on the pantry, she said that the mix was for the sausages that Eric would make when he finished before she left with a piece of bacon.
When the meat was ready to be put on the pantry I did it, his hands were covered in blood and ground meat. He put in the ground meat bucket the boiled onions and the mix of spices, and mixed with both of our hands.
"This is so disgusting..." I giggled, he trapped my fingers with his and played with them on long and slow movements.
Finally, Eric pulled his hands out of the mix with a bit of meat on the tip of his finger, he smelled it and ate it. After a few seconds he offered me a bit of meat on the the same finger, I was about to say no You don't need a bacteria on this ages... but I opened my lips and waited for his finger to enter my mouth. His eyes closed for a few seconds when I wrapped my tongue around his finger and pulled myself back keeping the meat on mouth. The heat on his eyes made me to lick my lips, a second later his lips were on mine and his tongue was fighting mine for dominance, and was obviously winning.
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I woke up by Erik's voice telling Anna to be quiet or she would wake me up. I smiled and sat on the bed. I was on Eric's bed after we had finished with the sausages, I kept some seasoned meat to make some burger today, I was making my way toward my bed when the viking scoop me up on his arms and throw me on his bed before resting beside me with an arm on my waist pulling me against him.
"Good morning" the two children were beside me with smiles so big I fear that their faces would break. "What are you two doing?" they pulled me out of bed toward the table, there was a meal for one, and by the sun it was lunch time. "Mmm, what is this?"
"You would not leave with Einarr now, right?" I put a kiss on Viggo's head and smiled at him.
"I never thought of leaving, sweetie" he sighed happily and looked at the bed where his father still sleeping. "And who made this?"
"I picked the eggs, none fell..." answered Anna proudly.
"Great work"
"I will pick one of sea gull for you later..."
"Do not go near the cliffs, Erik"
"I will pick the slower ones" sea gull eggs were delicious and the children loved them but it was risky to pick them, with the cold it was even more dangerous"
"I said no... What if you go and hunt for me a rabbit or a hare?" Erik shuggered (N/A: is this written ok) but Viggo nodded, he loved to hunt.
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Eric woke up just when I pulled some loafs of bread from the fire, I put something for him to eat and put it on the table. He ate slowly and blowing the hot bread while I put some buns on very low fire, I wanted to finished Anna's blanket rather quickly to make some scarfs.
He cleaned the plate and put it away.
"Thank you" he put a small kiss where the neck meets with the shoulder and sat again.
"It was my pleasure" he looked at the napping Anna on her bed with Erik's and Viggo's blanket on her.
"Where are the boys?" he asked looking outside, it was snowing heavily.
"Looking for a hare, for dinner"
"Can you shave me?" I nodded with a small smile.
Shaving was an adventure, his hands caressed my legs softly and just like the first time not one cut on him. He cleaned himself and frowned.
"What is wrong?"
"My face will be cold..." I giggled and caressed his face.
"I will knit you something when I finish with Anna's blanket" I went to pull my hand away from his face but he held it there and put a small kiss on the middle of my palm. He pulled me a little against him.
He didn't kissed me little the night before, he many little kisses on my lips before deepening. I smiled a little when he rested his forehead on mine. He was about to kiss me again when I heard something out of common, Viggo's voice screaming full of panic.
"Did you heard that?" we both frowned but he nodded.
"FATHER! FATHER!" the boy enter the house with the face full of tear tracks and scared to death.
"What happened?"
"Erik fell... from the cliffs..."
"NO!" I fell on my knees, this was my fault, I should have made them stay home and send their father after the boy told me of the sea gull eggs.
"Is he dead? IS HE DEAD, VIGGO?" Please, gods, please... Don't let him be dead... I beg you!
"He... I..."
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