"Oh Jolene," Kendra laughed, "You can be descriptive at times."
Jolene swished wet hair out of her eyes and her grin turned serious. "They didn't just want s*x slaves or they would have taken all the younger women. Why did they kidnap you?"
Kendra explained. "I didn't want you attacked and the boys killed so agreed to co-operate. It was scary but Rodmaf appears genuine enough."
"Yeah, like a wolf watching our monastery sheep. And his story about your parents?"
"I believe him, actually. It does fit in with things the nuns had told me over the years. I knew my mother had died having me but didn't realise my father was a Viking. The nuns hinted that he was a knight of the realm."
The Prinsesse I den Bølger was now beyond the breaking surf and being rowed through rolling waves. The coasta
