Sleeping Dragon Out of my league

“It is a much more common practice in my father's culture then I realized. Thistle was his true love but I think he loved Nerian too,” Personally, the idea of loving more than one wolf at a time was something of an unusual concept to Gyda. She understood it was common, and understood how it might be possible, at least in theory. In practice ...she couldn't say she had that. For the longest of times the idea of settling down had felt like little more than a ball and chain to the shield-maiden whom wanted nothing more than to fight and to ear scars akin to Ragnar's own battle wounds. “but those things don't matter much these days.” They were in the past, and she did not wish to tarnish the memories of Ragnar she had with the most powerful and painful memories she carried like a burden upon her. Forgiveness was a slow thing for Gyda, and months later she struggled to forgive herself for arguing with him the last time she'd seen him alive.

Wildfire reclaimed her attention when she mentioned that she knew Gyda's brother. For the briefest of moments, the viking queen was tempted to ask her which brother, though there was a small furrow of puzzlement between her brows when the flame kissed girl mentioned Floki. Her thoughts, immediately, had went to Gunnar and Mercury — the brother's she'd grown up with, the ones she knew — and upon the instant moment the name Floki took Gyda to the trickster healer of Odinn's Cove as opposed to her faceless brother. She canted her head to the side and then it hit her and she breathed out a soft “Oh!” as the realization sunk in. “When I went to Moonspear to speak with my mother she spoke of them...Floki, Jorunn, Kaylan and Ragna, I think.” Three brothers and one sister, and while partially Gyda felt bad about not seeking them out individually she didn't linger upon that guilt for too long. “Yes, he's my brother although I have yet to meet him, or my other baby siblings.” Though, Gyda supposed baby wasn't the right term to apply to them anymore. They were probably around Wildfire's own age these days, if she had to guess.