Meadowlark Prairie Skugge

She makes an about face, resigned to returning to Elfenbenravn without her sister or the others. Berserkir will not turn her back on her home and its values, not even with the temptation lurking in the back of her mind. She is not selfish. She is a warrior and—perhaps even more importantly—a role model.

For years, she has raised guardians and soldiers, teaching them to fight and defend, mostly against the Svartravns. She takes pride in her role in the clan. She has long accepted that she will never take a mate or have a family. There are other vocations and she’s found great joy in hers.

She will find it again, once she’s back home. She will put all of this out of her mind, including @Eventyr. The thought suddenly steals her breath and she stops in the center of a small prairie to collect herself. She sinks to her haunches, wrung out in every way: emotionally, mentally, physically.