Not Too Late

No Words

Yn's POV

I wake in shock as I look around. "Hey hey it's just me Yn" I look to see Igor beside me. "What is it? Are you alright?" "Yes but there is a frantic woman awaiting your presence you must come quickly she says it's urgent" I quickly get up and change before following Igor to the throne room. As the door opens I see Judith pacing up and down but not worriedly more like excitedly. I walk over to her and she starts rambling words that I can not understand. I place my hands on her shoulders. "Please calm down Judith and tell me that Wessex and everyone in it is alright?"

She takes a few breaths and calms down before looking at me. "good or bad first?" "Bad" "Ubbe Lothbrok came by Wessex, Lagertha's Dead" And there it was again. The feeling of guilt settling into my stomach. Regret. Regret of every word I had ever said to her. I put my head down for a moment before pulling myself back together and looking at Judith. "The good news?" "Elsewith had the baby a while ago but thought you should know after the war" I nod my head in understanding. "Name?" "Aethelwulf after his grandfather" "A boy tell them congratulations for me. I'll be over as soon as I get back to Kattegat"

Judith hugs me tight. "I'm sorry" "we were both heated at that moment in time, all is forgiven" "I must go I came by to tell you" I nod and smile at her. "I appreciate please expect my arrival soon" "I will" Judith walks out of the throne room. I turn to walk away but met with Ivar instead. "You're leaving?" "I must pay my respects no matter our differences we had a short past and though it may not have been great I would still go if she needed my help" I walk past him and he grabs my wrist. What is it with him and grabbing me as I walk past him? "And what about Igor?" "I'll be back he knows this"

I try and yank my wrist out of his grip but nothing happens. "Why are you always doing everything alone?" "Because I learnt that I was destined to be alone" "you have me and Igor" I avoid eye contact with him. "You only want me because you need me to do your bidding" I manage to yank out my wrist from his grip and walk off.

***

I walk down the snowy hill and sit next to Bjorn. "You travelled in the winter" "this was urgent" I place my hand on his and he interlocks our fingers together. "I have something for you" I take the scared ring out of my pocket and place it in Bjorn's hand. He takes his eyes off of the big boat Lagertha is on and looks down at his hand. He shoots his eyes up at me in shock. "It's Lagertha's" I nod. "I blamed her for what King Harald had done to me and it wasn't fair. She gave me this and then she left. I was carried away by king Harald and I almost forgot about that until I was searching through my belongings and found it thought it would be best for you to give it to her"

He nods and tears roll down his cheeks. I wipe them away and nudge him to go. He stands up and heads over to the big boat.  I sit and watch as he places the ring on Lagertha's body, he hovers over her body for a minute before heading back in my direction. He sits beside me before grabbing my hand. He holds it tight as the ceremony begins. They shoot arrows that on fire on the ice so it melts. As it does an arrow shoots at the boat setting it on fire. We watch as the boat sails away.

Everyone starts to leave the ceremony but Bjorn stays. He continues to look at where the boat was. I lean my head on his shoulder and he leans his head on my head. "You'll see her and Ragnar again one day. And you'll have the life you wanted" I stand up and hold out my hands. He looks at me and takes them. I hoist him up onto his feet. "You really think I'll see them again?" "Yes I think you will" His thumb runs along my bottom lip before placing his lips upon mine. His kiss is full of lust. But of course I wouldn't know that for sure. He pulls away and leans his forehead on mine. "Thank you for coming, I know she would have appreciated it" "I know" He kisses my forehead and walks off. I lift my fingers to my lips and touch them ever so slightly. I look in the direction he was in before grabbing my gear and walking off.

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I practically jump out of my boat and make a dash towards Wessex. I run as fast as I can excited to see the new baby being born into this world. I rush in and stop as I see the little baby in Elsewith's hands. I walk towards Elsewith and the baby. It's as if I was in a trance and all I could see was Aethelwulf. She hands him to me and I hold him in my arms. He smiles up at me and I smile down at him. I place a soft kiss on his forehead and he smiles with his goofy smile. "He's adorable" "would you mind if you looked after him while I sleep a little?" I look at Elsewith wide eyes. "You trust me with him?" She nods and smiles. "I've fed him so all you have to do is keep him occupied" I nod my head and she walks off.

I looked down at Aethelwulf. "It's you and me now.