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But despite what Eydis had said, she still had no answers. Not yet.
Because she’s dumb.
All thoughts of Ivaar, and Brekka, and Aleksander were gone too as she turned and walked away.
So then why turn and walk away instead of going after him? Pointless.
‘We can’t tell Branwyn,’ Edela insisted
That’s what I was thinking. She lost her baby girl over mistaken identity.
‘Possibly, but what we really need to find out is who those men were.
Exactly. What if it was Lothar and the reason he was banished?
wondering as he did, just who had led those raiders to Tuura that night? Who had let them in?
Good questions.
His whole body sighed with longing, but he didn’t think he’d be welcome there anymore, not when Jael had become so friendly with his brother.
She literally just invited you about thirty minutes ago dude…
She had watched him train every day on Kalfa.
Oh! That liar said he was out of practice!
‘Well, you could breathe on him,’ Jael suggested tartly.
Nice one. But maybe be more serious and mention how Eydis may die if he becomes king or that his father is going to die soon… you know, say something that would actually motivate someone into changing?
Eydis has seen your father dying soon, and whatever happens, you have to get better, or we will all die.’
Lead with that son…
But the what, when, and how of organising it all was overwhelming him.
How can you possibly organize the battle without consulting with the ally on their movements? Speaking of, it seems like Lothar is planning a marriage alliance, and not a war, with Hest. Maybe he’s double crossed Eirik to ultimately kill Jael.
‘Where is Morac? I haven’t heard his voice for many days. Don’t you need his advice more than mine? He can help you, can’t he, Father?’
Why didn’t she try to dream about him?
‘Well, you do have nice hair. I imagine it’s impossible to resist a man who makes such an effort with his appearance.’
Lol
Not that she ever got to see him, but at least she could ensure he was sent food regularly.
So that means the maid is doing some shady shit cuz his food ain’t regular…
‘But what about Eirik?’ Runa tried. ‘What will you tell him?’
Just say you ain’t going and leave. Simple. Go stay in the hall until he’s gone. He won’t come there after you.
Grabbing a stale-smelling cup, Jael poured some tincture into it,
How big is this tincture bottle? It sounded small, but now it has lasted for days and she’s even pouring a serving into cup! I thought he was taking drops of it.
‘I need you to approach her again,’ Ivaar insisted softly to the ample breasts he lay between.
Oh really…
Something was wrong with Eadmund.
Yep. A spell was put on him.
Anything they were uncovering was not being shared with her or Kormac.
And why should it? It has nothing to do with you.
‘You were the reason those men came?
How did she get that from “we were coming to Tuura”, we, as in the whole family? But she says you as in Edela…
‘And he hasn’t opened his eyes since?’ Biddy peered down at Eadmund, her eyebrows pinching together.
Hope it’s not Biddy..
And Fianna Lehr had been Aleksander’s mother.
Wow…
was actually thinking about coming to find you,’ she said with effort, cursing herself for the stubborn creature that she was.
She means stupid creature…
It was the sort of shudder usually followed by an urge to grip her sword, to feel the comfort it provided when she felt under threat. And right now, for some reason, Jael felt in danger.
Because you’re an idiot. You forgot you had a stalker who is an enemy and wants your downfall, especially after you threatened and humiliated him. Idiot.
Edela closed her eyes in an effort to calm her rising panic. Aleksander loved Jael, she knew that. Aleksander would never, ever hurt Jael.
First of all, he was a child himself when all that went down. What reason would you have to suspect him now after he’s been with her for 17 years?
‘Well, there is some dreamer in me, you know. I do have the occasional vision. I can see things more deeply than most,’ Jael almost-lied,
Almost-lied?
Eadmund’s walls were very thin...
Which is why it was dumb to remain there.
They wandered away towards a place he’d never been: over a hill, into a small, dark grove of trees. It was their secret place. He heard Ivaar whisper that to Melaena as he bent his face close to her ear,
So he knew she loved Ivaar!?!?
‘I don’t want you to die!’ Eadmund rasped, his breath ragged, tears in his eyes. ‘I don’t want you to die!’ he sobbed. ‘Please, please don’t drink that wine, Melaena! Please...’
So he’s been buried in guilt, not grief, for the last 7 years? Did he know Evaine poisoned her or did he poison her himself?
‘You go, take Tig for a ride, see Fyn. It’s been so long. He’s probably starved to death out there,’ Thorgils said quietly.
With Tiras following her?
‘Perhaps. A little,’ she admitted. ‘It was good to see Fyn again and beat him about with a sword for a while.’
And hopefully you didn’t lead Tiras straight to him and thus Tarak.
Eydis didn’t trust Ayla, but she no longer feared her, and that was enough to keep her talking.
Wow… the innocence of youth.
She would have to find time to speak to Eydis and warn her,
A little late for that, don’t you think? The first time you saw her trying to talk to her should have been when you did that.
‘Eadmund is awake!’ Eirik smiled widely.
No one knew anything about what was going on though… but this does give credence to Jael excuse about why she was at his cottage.
‘They were just dreams, Eadmund,’ Jael said, trying to calm him down. ‘You aren’t a dreamer, so they were just dreams. But you’re awake now. You have to let them go. You’re not there anymore. You came back.’
But, they were likely true so don’t have him dismiss them. The important thing now is to figure out who poisoned her wine, but not his.
Eadmund stared into Jael’s eyes,
But his eyes are closed. Is he staring into the dream Jael’s eyes?
She pushed him backwards, towards the bed and they fumbled their way onto the furs, quickly, awkwardly, rushing to remove their clothes despite the chill of the cottage.
I’m sure both his breath and body stinks considering he was drunk when they found him 3-4 days ago and haven’t bathed him at all since then… ew
Osbert took a sip of ale, swilling it around his mouth. ‘And where will I go?’
There’s only two rooms for the kids? Why? You would think there would be ample rooms there.
This was Gisila’s doing. Or was it Axl’s?
How could it possibly be Axl’s?
‘What?’ Ayla looked genuinely shocked as she stared up at him. ‘Why do you ask that?’
Someone afraid wouldn’t ask him what, or anything. They would answer the question for fear of further angering them.
I will cut your husband’s throat myself and make you drink his dying blood.’
Wow. So he took her husband captive to threaten her and uses her for sex and premonitions. Yeah, he needs to die.
She was going to have to lead him there slowly, Edela realised. ‘The men that came to Tuura that night were looking for Jael. They killed Evva, thinking she was Jael.
No, you just opened the door to your daughter finding out her child was killed on accident. There was no need to repeat all of that, in detail, like he didn’t know. A summary of it would have sufficed for a recap.
‘I can’t help you, Edela. I just can’t.’ Edela sighed, rubbing the tears out of her eyes, cursing her dreams for only ever giving her half a story. If Aleksander couldn’t help her, who could?
Help her what? She hasn’t even asked for anything! He’s saying he can’t help her and she’s accepting that he can’t be of any assistance… but we don’t even know what she needs!
Jael had a habit of putting holes in her socks quickly, and she’d been working through a pile of them all afternoon.
If she does it quickly, why is there a pile built up? Shouldn’t they have been handled sooner?
‘I just need to lie down for a moment. Just a moment,’ she mumbled, almost to herself as she headed for bed. Oh, how she had missed her bed.
No bath after a night of sex and a day of riding horses and training… wow. Bed will definitely stink, no matter how soft.
He was here to help Jael, but how was he going to get past the fact that Edela believed his mother responsible for sending those men to Tuura? He couldn’t. It was as simple as that. He’d have to go back to Andala now, leave Edela to find her own way home after she’d found out what she needed to.
Why does that even make sense?
He didn’t realise how much danger he was in. She wondered if she would ever see him again.
Another Dreamer. He should be wary of that considering where he is…
‘Although, I haven’t seen him for a while, so who knows?’
Why does she say suck dumb shit?
Edela bustled past him, desperate to get to his fire; hoping it had some actual flames today.
How can he not afford a fire when trees and bushes are free?
‘I’m surprised to see you without your young friend,’ Alaric noted
Oh! Maybe he knew it was his mom!
‘Rhea Thorsen.’ It was as if the snow clouds in her head had suddenly shifted and she could see what they’d been masking.
Is she the widow? There’s so many mysteriously important people in the series…
