FREYANo one noticed I had been gone last night, and I could slip back in unnoticed. I don’t know, but I don’t feel the whipping so much anymore. I sneaked into the dark of Dad’s tent and fell asleep on the skins on the floor. But unlike most nights, I was dreaming, and they felt so real.The black wolf was in my dreams, but its eyes were not red anymore; they were ash-grey, blueish, just like the man Jacob’s eyes. And then he appeared where the wolf had been, and he held me close, but not in a demanding way, no, like if he loved me. I dreamed about how he made love to me, soft, intense, passionate love, and then just held me close while we watched the sun go down.I woke up with the strangest feeling in my body and a calm in my heart I had never felt. I looked around in the morning light and saw that Dad was still sleeping, and I relaxed.I stood up took my bow and arrows, and went hunting. It did not take long before I could go back and start preparing the wild pig I had killed.The

FREYA The boats were packed, and they only needed to remove the rest and their belongings. Some hunters had caught a wild pig and a big deer, so now they are bringing cooked food, while some of us made bread and sorted out the eatable berries someone had found.After eating, I did as I had been told, walked back to the house where I was going to live, and then I waited. Thankfully, I didn’t have to wait for long.“Undress.” That was the only thing Leif said when he stepped inside, and I did as told.He walked around me and looked at me, without saying a word. Until he grabbed my hair and forced me to stand with my upper body lying on the new table. I could see him move around his own clothes with the hand not holding my hair, and then he did it. It hurt a lot, and I could not understand why any woman could love it.I kept quiet, knowing him I said anything, he would get worse. Then he moved away and told me to fi

FREYA After a peaceful night, I woke up early. I ate some of the food I had been given and then went to wash myself in the river nearby. Afterward, I got dressed in skinny pants and a sleeveless shirt and then went to work on the part of the land that was mine. Well, not mine, but Leif’s.In not too long, the others woke up and began to work as well, and I thought to myself, this is how my life will be. But I had forgotten about one person for a few minutes while working until I suddenly heard his voice behind me, and I turned to look.“Hello, Freya.” His sexy voice sounds behind me, and my whole body wakes up.“Hello Jacob, What brings you here,” I ask as I turn around.“I wanted to check that the one that left came off safely and see how you guys here were doing,” he says, friendly.“They did thank you, and as you can see we started doing our farming,” I tell him.

FREYAJacob seems a little bit off today since he came back to help me this morning. He is not as chatty as he was yesterday and seems to have a lot to think about, so I stop and walk over to him, and he jumps slightly when I put my hand on his arm.“Let's take a break and get cooled off by the lake,” I say, and he gives me a small smile and nods his head.“Sounds good.” He answers and we walk away from the fields and houses.When we get to the lake, we sit down, take our boots off, and let our feet into the water. We sit like this for a long time.“Is something wrong?” I finally ask him.“Just some business. I don’t want to bore you with it,” he said, giving me a small smile. “You won’t bore me,” I say and smile back.“How is your country? It sounds like it is very different from here,” he said.“Well, you're right. It is much colder there. But there is lots of forest. Some of us live in small towns, mostly by the sea. And the land is divided up between the jarls. Some farmers live

JACOB I had not slept all night, and I had been lying in my bed, thinking about the feelings of Freya’s lips and how she tasted. I had gotten hard just thinking about her, and I had to take care of myself. When the light outside started showing, I got out of bed and decided I wanted to find a reason to go back today and spend more time with her. I called the pack together for breakfast in the big hall, saying I had an important message. At breakfast, I informed everyone about our new neighbors and that my fated mate was among these strangers. I ordered everyone that if they got close to them, they would make no conflicts with them and would be punished if they did. Everyone cheered on the news of my fated mate and wished me congratulations. One of the she-wolves that used to be around Gianna raised her hand. “Speak.” “Who is the girl, you found is your mate?” “She and her people come from another country; she does not know what we are. And until I tell her, I want to keep it t