Chapter 4…Not so nice surprises
After washing and getting dressed in my own room as I requested to be moved I turned around and looked at the potion, shaking my head I uncapped it and threw it out.
I needed my memories to keep me sane in this place and to know I will get home one day. I just had to deal with being married to an even more stupid Eric, that was surely going to drive me insane.
There was a knock on my door and as I opened it I sighed as I saw it was Eric standing there all dressed up in his warrior furs and belts.
"What do you want?" I asked him and closed the door a bit when he made a move to come inside.
"Mother asked me to fetch you for the celebration, it is mandatory that we enter together" Eric explained to me and I rolled my eyes as he held his arm out for me.
"Ridiculous is what this whole thing is, how is marrying a buffoon supposed to help me get home" I mumbled to myself and heard Eric chuckle.
"How is marrying some silly girl going to make me a better king? I'm going to be the best king with or without you" Eric said and it made me laugh out loud. "Because for one I am actually mature, I don't sleep around and shove my dick into the quickest warm thing I can, I know how to lead and fight, I will not be a queen that sits back home on the throne kissing babies, I will be on the battlefield proving that a queen is equal to her king" I snarled at him and saw wonderment shine in his eyes for a few seconds before it disappeared and his harsh stare returned.
"No queen will ever be equal to a king" Eric said to me and I smirked at him "Well I am proud to be the first then"
I lifted my chin up high and walked forward into the ceremony, I put a smile on my face as the king announced Eric and I to be wed tomorrow, I sat down next to him and I genuinely smiled and thanked the people who laid their gifts at our feet.
As the night went on more and more wine was going around, I felt like I needed a bit of air and announced that I was going to get some fresh air outside.
I stood staring up at the sky for a while before I heard something by the one path, deciding to go see what it was I walked over to see a drunken man standing over a teenage boy, yelling in his face and then proceeding to strike him.
"Hey!" I screamed at him and stormed over "How dare you strike a child like that" I roared at him and he laughed at me and spat at my feet.
"I will strike my son when and how I please, whore" he said and struck me in the face making my head whip to the side.
I felt the blood pool in my mouth and spat it to the ground, I turned to the boy and looked at him as he was shaking from fear.
"Son, head on home to your mother" I said to him and he looked to his father quickly and after a nod from him he ran off to his house.
I looked back at the man and gasped as he gripped my hair and pulled my head back "You will never give my son orders again, do you hear me?" he snarled in my face and I chuckled at him.
I twisted around, kicked his knee down and pulled out my knife to keep it by his throat.
"Now tell me what to do you monster, I bet you beat your wife and kids every time you drink and then promise not to do it again the very next day…next time I see you lift your hand for anybody else, I'll hang your hands in my room like a trophy" I snarled in his ear and smashed his head against the wall knocking him out.
I put my knife away and brought my had up to my mouth feeling where my lip was split, wincing in pain.
"Let me see…" Eric said behind me and I turned to him with a frown.
"You didn't intervene?" I asked him as he stepped forward and tilted my head back to look at my lip.
"You said yourself that you will be a fighting queen, and by the looks of it I never had the need to step in" he said as he looked back behind me to the guy.
"Lets go clean you up" he said and I frowned and shook my head " I can do that myself, get back to the celebration and some maiden" I said to him and went to walk away but his hand pulled me back on my arm.
"For once just agree with me and let me help you" Eric said to me and looking into his eyes I could see that there was no ill intentions so I nodded and followed him back to his room.
I sat on his chair in his room as he prepared a warm bowl of water and a cloth, he knelt down in front of me and started wiping at my lip, cleaning the dried blood off.
"Will you stay the night?" he asked me and I huffed and stood up "Eric I am not going to have intercourse with you" I said and started towards the door.
"I asked you to stay, not to lay with me" Eric snarled and it made me stop and turn back to him.
"No touching?" I asked him and he smiled and I rolled my eyes turning to leave again "I promise I won't touch you until you beg me to" Eric replied and I could feel him standing right behind me.
"Fine, I will stay the night to sleep" I said to him heading for the bed, "and I will never beg you to touch me" I threw over my shoulder as I slipped into the fur bed.
"Not even a goodnight kiss?" Eric asked and I heard him chuckle as I grumbled and turned over.
Morning came way too soon and I huffed as the sunlight was streaming in, I decided to stay in bed a bit more and snuggled back into the warm chest beneath me…warm chest…warm chest?
I thought to myself and then gasped and pulled away , looking down at a smirking Eric.
"Oh please do lay back down, I would like to hear more of those little moans you made" Eric said and winked at me.
"In your dreams perv…" I said and stood up walking to the door.
"One day I would like to understand your language" Eric said to me and it made me stop and look at him. "You will one day…" I said to him sadly and then walked out of his room and into my own where Astrid was waiting for me with a beautiful white wedding gown.
"Astrid…I don't think I can do this" I said to her and started tearing up…
"My child you can…you are going to make a beautiful bride and powerful queen" she said and wiped my tear off of my cheeks and pulled me forward.
I sat still as she braided my hair and then helped me slip into the white dress.
"This is a beautiful dress" I said as I ran my hands over it sighing as my mind kept screaming at me to just leave this place eve if it meant I couldn't get back home.
But I knew I had to stay and do this so that I could return home.
Astrid smiled at me and nodded meaning I was ready for the day.
"When is it starting?" I asked her holding back the tears thinking of standing next to the man who killed me and sent me here someway.
"Soon…we we're up early this morning getting everything ready for the day" Astrid said and I nodded at her and asked her to give me just a bit of time to gather my thoughts.
I went down on my knees and closed my eyes, bringing my hands up into a praying position.
"Whoever is listening up there, please give me the strength to get through today and the next few days or however long it takes, give me strength to not kill this Viking idiot, or rather take the strength away when the need arises in me. Let me get home as soon as possible please…" I asked very nicely and then stood up and breathed in deeply , turning to go out of my room and get this ceremony over with.
I found the ceremony easily outside and I was in awe at all the flowers around us. It was really beautiful the way Astrid did it.
I looked around at all the people and saw they were all smiling at me and then Astrid came to my side explaining what was going to happen.
I walked forward and stood next to Eric who was dressed in what I assumed was his warrior clothes, listening to his father as he spoke…at one stage I zoned out and was brought back as the king announced our marriage and turned to Eric and he leaned down and smeared his blood over my face from a cut on his hand and then I had to do the same, linking us in this marriage.
The feast was loud and it was strange to see people bow down to me and offer up their gifts.
I walked along the path ways for a bit of quiet and saw the witch walking towards me.
"I take it you did not take it then?" she asked me and I shook my head at her.
"I just couldn't do it…I will have to go through with this knowing everything…" I said to her and watched as she hummed and nodded.
"But you see the potion was going to help with something painful that has to happen" she said and I smiled at her shaking my head.
" Whatever it is I can handle it and I will" I said to her and walked past her to go back to the celebration.
"You have to consummate the wedding in order for things to fall into place…" she called from behind me making me stop in my tracks.