*Erik*
I tucked Ellie into bed. She protested, but she’s growing our child and was up all night. She needs to sleep.
I return to the main room and find the new parents leaving us to go back home. “Come back if you need,” I tell them.
I did not realize that any woman with child other than my own made it through the attack. I was thrilled to see them as I entered the longhouse, though. Another child born into the village is a blessing, and it’s all because of Ellie that he’s here.
“She sent me back to stay with Mani, but I peeked and watched,” Anders tells me as he walks in carrying the bucket with milk for my girl. “She was incredible.”
I nod. “I’ve never watched her, but I know. Helga always told her she was blessed by Frigga, but I truly believe it.”
“When he put the rune
