*Eleanor*
“We will hurry back,” Erik tries to reassure me, but he does not need to.
“All will be well,” I tell him with a smile. “You will go see Olga and return in a few days. Just be sure to help them with the kids while on the boat.”
“Of course,” he says. “I do not want to leave you, especially since Anders will not be here.”
I smile at him, reaching up to touch his face. “I will be just fine. Harald is here. Nothing is going to happen. No one has attacked in so long.”
“Still, I should send someone else.”
“Will anyone be able to sail the ship as fast as you?” I ask him, already knowing the answer.
He slowly shakes his head. “Only Harald and I cannot ask him to leave Catherine and Odelia.”
“No,” I agree with him. “You can’t ask that. We will be fine here. It will not b
