THIRTY-TWO
Rudolf set the jug on the ground and bowed. "Prince Rudolf Vargssen, cousin to Reidar Haraldssen, King of Viken. Reidar's father and mine were brothers."
Oh, how she didn't want to believe it. But how could she not believe him? "So you are the Wolf. The man who has killed, r***d and plundered his way across the Southern Isles to take my home from me."
Rudolf shook his head. "I swear to you, I am the Wolf, but I have done none of those things. I have never r***d a woman, nor killed one since I set foot on the Southern Isles. Not even my aunt, who would not have been so kind to me. I have killed men, it is true, though they tried equally hard to kill me. As for plunder..." He waved at the unadorned interior of his tent. "Do you see anything of worth here? I have taken nothing f
