Stone Circle who am I to say

<3 me too!! It seemed like a thing Taktuq would do <3

She received his touch with gratitude. Respectful, as he always was. Another reason she had decided he would be well suited to sire a family, to bear children before he died — blood children — who knew him and might carry on the honour of his nature and his name through the generations to come.

His surprise came at no surprise to her. Did he think she should chase someone younger? But she did not think much of romance nor the game of cat and mouse she had watched some couples play. Their lives were short, and there was time for happiness - but she would find joy in the children she’d bear, and in that sense of knowing that the man she chose would truly raise her children well, for however long he had with them.

Still, she hadn’t expected his agreement! She lifted her eyes, and a soft smile touched her face. Thank you, Gunnar. It would be an honour for them to bear the name of Lodbruk. She could not think of anyone she’d met who she’d ever felt a spark with, who’d she’d ever fallen in love with, but she dipped her head with a little laugh and promised, I promise I will let you know these things, if they happen. And what a strange thing if they would, in so short a time!