*Anders*
I flop down dramatically onto the throne that once belonged to Eleanor. She owns Erik’s seat as the Jarl now, but I do not rule alongside her, so I cannot be seen in the chair. However, since the house is empty, it does not matter where I sit.
“They’re all finally gone,” I say, throwing a leg over one arm and leaning back over the other as I exhale deeply. “I wasn’t sure we’d ever be alone again.”
Eleanor giggles. “We’ll be alone until the next winter.”
I groan just thinking about it. “We could run away to another village. No one would know you are Jarl, and we could just be… normal.”
She smiles at me, tugging my leg back to the front of the chair so I can sit upright before taking a seat on my lap. “That’s exactly what Erik did.”
“I thought he was insane when we found
