*Eleanor*
He’s gone. I’m alone. It strikes me as odd that I feel so alone as Anders so kindly held me as I cried, and now Thora and Catherine do the same. Still, even while surrounded by so much love, I feel so alone.
I knew he was gone. Deep down, I knew. I suddenly felt so strange, and after falling asleep, Freyja appeared to me in a dream. She never said anything. She just stood with me as we watched the fire and ice. When I woke, I found Erik’s beloved Mjolnir around my neck. It had appeared to me after a dream once before, so it would return to him. Why would it leave him now?
I knew what it meant. Freyja giving it to me meant she had been with him. I knew the emptiness I suddenly felt was the pain of him leaving me, but I had hoped I was wrong.
As soon as the boat was c
