Age of the Viking: A Twist in Time

Betrayal?

Alice

We always ask ourselves: is this love worth the pain? Or should I set it free? We never fully understand something until it's either gone or out of reach. Love is like stepping out into the unknown, but when the only love you know is betrayal, how can one learn to accept it without knowing the path it lays out before us.

It's been about two weeks since I've been here. Almost two weeks since I was moved into Rae's room. Sigurd had kept his distance from me but I can't say that it doesn't hurt. I had only know the man two days and on the second day I had gotten the separation I wanted just to regret it.

I walked along the shoreline watching the water lick at the little pebbles that lined it. Rae was busy with training and I found myself just wondering. I have no way of finding my way home. Valka hasn't been much help as she just kept repeating herself and telling me to trust my heart, not my mind.

I found myself looking out over the horizon as I heard some giggling. I looked over and saw a beautiful long haired blonde viking women, talking to a big, ripped man. His back was to me, but the tattoos that lined his arms looked familiar. Then the giggling bimbo spoke, "Sigurd, please? Just one night." My stomach tightened and I found myself turning on my heels. I stumbled over myself as I tired to get away heading for the woods. I didn't want to hear his answer. I didn't want to hear his voice. My heart was breaking but I didn't understand why he would effect me this much in such a short amount of time.

Sigurd

The annoying high pitched girl wouldn't leave me alone. I wanted nothing to do with her or to see her face. It was irritating that she kept asking and asking for one night with me. I felt like I already lost Alice. I couldn't lose her more. I wanted to be with her, I wanted her to be my wife. She was all I thought about through the day.

Once I finally got the giggling irritation to leave, I spent the rest of the day going over plans to take over land. I spent the next few hours there before my door slammed open.

I let out a sigh as I knew the only one dump enough to do that would be my little sister. "You f*****g bastard!" She screamed out. I turned to look at her. "What now Rae?" She came storming up and my captains stood there not knowing what to do. "Where the f**k is she? No one has seen her, but they saw you with the w***e of the village." I looked at her confused but gears started to turn. "Who can't you find?" As if I struck a nerve. "Alice!" Fear filled my body. How long as she been gone? How could I have not known? I yelled at my captains to find her to send out some men to look. Check the woods and check the shores.

My body was on edge as Rae was already out with her hounds to find her. I knew I had to go get my boys to find Alice. I felt like I had to be the one to find her. One of my guards came running up, "jarl, we can't seem..." I cut him off. "Get me my hounds." He ran off to return with three large wolfhounds and a piece of Alice's clothing. "Find her." Was all I said before unlatching their chains.

Alice

I don't know how long I've been walking or how far I have gone. I know it had to be a few hours and that I was lost now. My feet had just carried me away. It felt like the night I found my first love in the arms of another. Just the memory alone causes my heart to clinch. The blonde wrapped up in his arms, their clothes scattered through our house.

The tears couldn't be held back as the streamed down my face. I slid myself down a tree trunk as I hugged my knee crying. The feeling of betrayal, the look on his face had no remorse and she just stood there smiling as I had grabbed my things. I could only imagine how long it had been going on and when I saw Sigurd with that girl it just caused it all to come back.

Valka told me to follow my heart but that seemed to just lead me to more pain. I looked up at the sky as my tears kept pouring out. "Why? Why must I always get my heart broken?"

My energy was drained as I felt myself fall asleep. I would have to find my way back in the morning, I knew I wouldn't have a clear head if I kept going right now.

Sigurd

I followed my hounds closely. I knew I had to find her. I knew monster lurked in these woods and I wasn't about to lose Alice to them. She is the first women to ever have my attention. She is the first that I always wanted to be around.

I watched as one of my hounds run over to a tree and wag his tail. I quickly made my way over to the tree and curled up at the base of the tree was Alice. She was sleeping so beautifully. I leaned over her and softly touched her cheeks feeling them dampen with tears. Did she see me with that girl? If she did that would explain, but I thought she didn't like me in that way. As I sat there in my thoughts she began to stir and her eyes shot open looking up at me surprised. Then anger took the place of being surprised. "What? Did I ruin your chance with your bimbo?" The venom in her voice filled the air. By Freya's fury she was definitely a daughter of Freya. "You mean the one asking to sleep with me?" I didn't know if I should play along or tell her the truth.

She seemed to be fuming a bit "yes that one. I could hear her annoying giggles as I was trying to enjoy my walk." I sighed softly "I turned her down." Her eyes narrowed. "Why?" I smiled at her "because I have my eyes on someone else." Her cheeks turned a bright pink as she looked up at me. I knew she had an idea of who but I wasn't going to tell her just yet. I just smiled at her.

Alice

My cheeks were flushed a bright pink. To think this one man caused me to get this flustered and cause me to get that jealous over another women. A man that wasn't even mine, but I felt joy when he said that he didn't sleep with her. Though I didn't want him to get my hopes up if I wasn't the one he was talking about. "So who is it?" He just smiled at me. I wanted to strangle him because of that smile. "What if I don't tell you?" He said smiling even more. "I need to know." Was all I said, because it was the truth. "Why? How bad do you need to know?" My heart raced as if it was in my throat. "Because I need to know if I'm wasting my time or not." His next words caught my tongue in my throat "you."

Before I knew it my lips smashed against his as he pulled me up into his arms returning my kiss happily. I felt his fingers grip the back on my head as I gasped softly. He pulled away smiling "Alice, please be my wife." My cheeks blushed deeply. "Eventually, though I don't want to jump too far." I knew this wasn't what he wanted to hear but it's what had to happen. He nodded "as long as you're mine that all I want." He carried me as his hounds ran in front of us. "Let's go back home."

Rae found us as we came walking out of the woods, I promised to give her answers in the morning but until then Sigurd and I returned to his chambers where we spent the night tangled in each other's arms before finally falling asleep in peace together.