swimming in the smoke

The worry was deep but she stilled it as best she could. She nudged him gently in the side "Well don't keep the poor female waiting Ragnar. She was trying to lighten and diffuse the situation as best she could. She smiled as he talked to the babes that had not yet graced the world. "they'll behave.

She tilted her head at him and backed up so he could detach himself better from her. She watched him get ready to go and she thought to herself Good god what am i to do when the man starts to raid and pillage again. It would not be good that much she knew, she may have to go with him just to make sure he did not die.

She could have told him she loved him she thought about it. but this was not the time nor the place and she did not even know how he would take it let alone if he would. So she kept that secret to herself a burning ember in her chest. She would tell him someday, but not before he was about to leave just so that sounded as if she was saying it just because he was leaving.