𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 - 𝐁𝐉Ö𝐑𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄

𝟎𝟓

- Raid

It was early in the morning, Freya was sat on the end off the boat with Ragnar as he attempted to teach her to fish which wasn't go so well causing Ragnar to chuckle loudly in amusement as he watched her struggle to catch a fish, " This is so stupid" she huffed with a look of annoyance on her face giving up as she sat down on the boat.

Ragnar laughed shaking his head at the girl rubbing the back off her head, " Oh, cheer up. It's your first time fishing it'll get easier with time. The other night, you killed a man..." he trailed off turning his head to look at Freya with a look of concern on his face causing Freya to let out a heavy sigh with a nonchalantly expression on her face, " I had no other choice. I did it to protect myself and Gyda"

"How are you feeling?" Ragnar questioned with a frown as he didn't know what the eleven year old was feeling especially taking a life at such a young age, " I know I had to kill him. It was either him or us and I chose the second option. I feel guilty, he could of had a family he had to get back to but if he was so willing to kill two innocent children what else would he be capable off? I stabbed him in the heart and watched as the life drained out of his eyes"

"How did you learn to fight like that?" He curiously questioned as he watched her fight with one of the men that attacked them the other night. It looked like she had been fighting since a young age as she had a specific skill set an eleven years old shouldn't even have as even Bjorn wasn't even advanced like Freya and knew if the two of them trained properly the red headed girl would have won quickly.

Freya stayed silent for a couple of moments before looking down at the water and confessed, " I used to have nothing but then I met Simon he was warrior that came to visit every couple of months. I wanted to be more than just a slave the monastery made me. I wasn't living I was surviving. I begged Simon to train me after I caught him training with his brother and whenever he came to visit we would go to the beach and train for hours."

" He used to call me his black widow, But then I met you, and I knew I was going to be better. I had to do better. You didn't even know me and took me in like I was part of your family. I've never felt what it's like to have a parents love but I see you like you were my own father" Freya finished shrugging her shoulders not noticing the look of surprise that appeared on Ragnar face.

"It warms my heart to hear you say that, Young Freya but I'm not exactly the best man to look up too as a father figure. You know that sooner or later Earl Haraldson will be coming after us" he informed the red headed girl who nodded her head sightly in acknowledgement, " I know. He's threatened by the power that you hold and I wouldn't stand by and let him put your family at risk because you, Lagertha, Gyda and even Bjorn are my family even though half the time I want to kill him."

Ragnar laughed throwing his head back as he knew his son and Freya bickered none stop like a married couple but he also saw the lingering looks his son would send Freya even if she was oblivious to it, " sooner or later you'll both have to learn to get along. I know my son starts it half the time but he does it to get a reaction out of you" Freya scoffed rolling her eyes in disbelief and muttered, " He's an idiot, and that ego of his needs to put down a peg or two. Can I ask you something?"