*Ansuz* Land. I will miss being on the water, but I can’t wait to be home. We have been on the boat for so long after traveling so far. It was a wonderful adventure, but I can’t wait to be home. I glance over my shoulder to see Thorolf beside my sister, legs touching and arm slung around her shoulders. He’s so deeply in love. “It’s sickening,” Viggo says, but I laugh. “You’re just jealous you don’t have that,” I say with a small smile. I know I am. Otto shakes his head. “No. I don’t think I want a man to treat me that way.” I roll my eyes at my brothers and their sense of humor. They never had to grow up knowing the Village would someday be in their hands. They got to have a carefree childhood. Father wasn’t as hard on them because they were so young when he died, and Ande

