Chapter 29

Hi everyone, I hope your all still enjoying ths story. I'm thinking I'm gonna make this story about 40 chapters max but it could be shortened depending on what I decide so don't worry Freyja's revelation to Agnarr is coming soon so please stay with me and keep the reviews coming! I'd really appreciate hearing from you! God Bless :)

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Freyja's POV:

It had been two months since the wedding and the cool November air was now permeating the town. It was today that I finally decided I would tell him. No more putting it off or hiding away. No mote excuses, just the real truth. I took a deep breath as I stood staring at my reflection in the mirror, I had been using it for weeks to practice what I was going to say to Agnarr. He was currently away visiting another Jarl and Bryn was out playing with his friends( with supervision of course. I made sure both Gyda and Helga went with him.)

As I took a deep breath and gazed at my reflection I began my speech.

"Agnarr listen...no no no that's too demanding. Agnarr there's something I think you should know about me...no no no not straightforward enough. Agnarr I need to tell you something...better."

I took another breath and began again.

"Agnarr I need to tell you something. It'll probably be a lot to take in, but I hope when I explain to you who I really am and why I hid so much from you you'll understand. My name isn't Freyja, at least it's not the name I was born with. My real name is Eadhild and I'm from a Kingdom called Wessex in a land known as England. I was captured from my homeland and enslaved before purchasing my freedom, and I saw my Father killed before my eyes. Yet, most importantly I am a Christian and I worship the one true God of my ancestors. Please don't be angry or think that I kept this from you to gain a position as your wife, or that I do not respect your customs. I only hid all of this from you because I was afraid, afraid of what would happen if others knew who I really was, if you knew who I really was."

I paused and asked "What do you think?" I turned to Kai, whose head was resting on his front paws. He simply yawned and stretched, rolling over to continue his nap.

"Well, I thought it was good anyway" I mumbled, turning back to face my reflection.

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When Bryn was fast asleep that night, I stayed up late, a strange feeling of lonliness and restlessness pawing at me like a wounded animal begging for help. I set down my needle point with an irritated sigh and found myself looking towards Agnarr's room. How quiet and empty it seemed without him and it was then that I realized that I missed him. Agnarr and I, despite the fact we had not yet consummated our union, had grown even closer over the past few months, first it had started out with a usual kiss or two and then one day I'd found myself cuddled in his lap, his large hand supporting my lower back, and our kisses had become deeper, more passionate. He excited something in me, something that I could not name. It was as if I had recognized a part of myself in him and vice versa.

Oh yes, I missed him. So. Bad. And he wasn't due to return for another few days. I looked towards his bedroom again.

"I wonder..." I mumbled, padding towards his room.

His chambers were much like mine, except for a larger bed that could fit two people and tunics hanging in the warddrobe.

I made my way to the bed, the mattress squeaking under my weight as I sat down. I took one of the fur sheets and held it up to my nose, the musky and delightful scent of Agnarr filling my nose. I wrapped myself in it, the loneliness ripping apart my heart being soothed somewhat by his scent. I lay back on the bed and before I knew it I was asleep.

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Agnarr's POV:

It was well into the night when I arrived back at home. I had been planning to return a few days early to surprise Freyja, but had not expected that the journey would require me to travel long after night had fallen. I dismounted Odin and handed him off to one of the stable boys, my heart starting to race as I neared the house and I thought about I would gently wake Freyja up tomorrow and how she'd be so surprised to see me. I'd then pull her to me and kiss her until she was senseless, so she'd know exactly how lonely I'd been without her company these past couple weeks. I would not wake her now though, she needed her rest. I creaked the door open before shutting and bolting it as quietly as possible before taking a small candle and heading towards my chambers.

My heart almost leapt into my throat at the sight I saw when I got there. Freyja was sprawled on my bed, my blanket wrapped around her small frame and her bare feet poking out from underneath. In her tossing and turning her night gown had road up, exposing part of her legs...

Snap out of it Agnarr!

I placed the candle down and made my towards her, kneeling down next to the bed, and shaking her gently.

"Freyja...Freyja" I whispered.

She moaned for a moment before her eyes opened and she squinted against the candlelight.

"Agnarr?' she inquired, still only half awake.

All of a sudden her eyes shut open.

"Agnarr!" she exclaimed, sitting bolt upright and trying to untangle herself from the blanket, but she only succeeded in stumbling off the bed and into my arms.

"I am so sorry...I didn't mean to cause any trouble... I didn't know you would be coming back today. I..."

"Well, here I was hoping to surprise you and instead I ended up getting a surprise of my own."

"I'm sorry, if you want I'll leave right this minute and never come again without your permission."

I tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"What were you doing in here?"

She sighed and sat down on the bed again, a moment of silence elapsing before she began to speak.

"When I was little, my Father would go on trips sometimes and I would miss him so he always left a shirt of his or something with me because it smelled like him and it would help soothe my loneliness until he got back."

A blush crept into her cheeks and she avoided all eye contact as she continued.

"And tonight I was...well..I was missing you, and I thought if I slept with something with your scent that it would do the same thing and help me go to sleep."

She continued gazing at the floor in shame and refusing to look at me.

"It's stupid, I know."

"It's not stupid."

She gazed up in surprise.

"Really?"

The side of my mouth quirked up and I cupped her face with both my hands, rubbing small circles on her neck.

She closed her eyes in contentment.

"Stay with me" I whispered. Her eyes fluttered open.

"What?"

"Stay with me, until morning."

"You mean like in the same bed? Are you sure?"

"I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't. And you Freyja what is your answer?" I whispered moving my face closer to hers.

Her answer came as an equally quiet whisper.

"Yes."

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