Sleeping Dragon Ride of the Valkyries

Goliath agrees to the terms and Thuringwethil nods her head. He had been good for Drageda back in the beginning but his brevity left a bitter taste in her mouth. She knows what he’s capable of and than he can be good but he’ll have to turn around and stick his loyalty into the heart and prove it had simply been a mistake.

“Gyda had a litter of four,” she explains, answering the first question he’d asked her. They were to be protected, but from afar, until Thuringwethil knows she made the right choice. “There is a cache not too far from here. Eat. Welcome home.”

Thuringwethil begins to take a step back, turning, and then nudging Hvitserk back the way they’d come.