Warrior's Love

Heart is Home

~Two months later~

Calla's POV

It's been two months since the festival and life pretty different.  I barely went hunting and I didn't know anyone here really. I didn't have Ren. I had  forgave Ren for punching Luca, but I had no desire to write to him. He crossed a line and he needed to be punished for it. Luca on the other hand is very sweet. He showers me flowers ,clothing and sometimes jewelry. They were all nice, but it wasn't really me and I think he forgets that.  I am not a girl, I am a warrior. But he was amazing always looking out for me and keeping me happy. Delax loves him too and we seem to fit together... sorta. I trust Luca, but I don't think he trusts me fully. His always just randomly running off  for hours and randomly returning. Weird. But I know he will trust me when his ready so I haven't  push it. Currently I was helping Mia, Refiner's wife. She was really sweet and needed help with some things since she couldn't be on her feet for long periods.

" Your going to make such a great wife. Thank you for all your help these past few weeks." She was sitting on her bed as I was helping her sew a new blanket. I smile a little, but the idea of being a wife was uncomfortable for me. Or was it being Luca's Wife? Shaking the thoughts from my head I speak " No problem Mia really. Umm... Does Luca have trust issues? He just disappears for hours and he never tells me where he goes...." Mia gives me a funny look before going back to her side of sewing. " Not that I know of. Why not just ask him and see what his hiding?" She had a fair point. I mean I moved all the way out here to get to know him and his still keeping secrets. I guess asking him won't hurt. " I guess your right."

Luca's POV

Sitting on a fallen tree in front of the lake I wait patiently. Come on Olaf! Calla is gonna start suspecting something. After sitting for a few minutes I hear rustling in the bushes behind me. Turing around I see Olaf. "Well?" I stand up " Calla still likes me. I will ask for her hand soon. After we are married she can not return to Norse. So strike the day after the wedding. She won't be a problem and Ren and Marcius won't see it coming." Olaf nods and we both walk off in separate directions. I head back to the village and goes to my den. I jump back seeing Calla and Delax sitting there she was all packed up. " Umm... Calla what's going on?" She looks at me with a blank expression. Shit! I am in trouble.. " You ask me to move here to get to know you. Yet you refuse to give me all of you.... I can not keep doing this. What are you hiding?"

I gulp. Shit I can't tell her about Olaf. What is a reason to make her not leave.... I'm seeing another girl? No she will leave. It's none of your concern... No that sounds even more suspicious. If I ask her to marry me she will say no unless I tell her what I am hiding. I just stand there. Nothing I say will keep her here. I can't tell her the truth it will fuck the plan up, but no lie is gonna make her stay either. " I.....d-don't.." I cant seem to speak and I curse myself for this. Watching her get up and leave Delax following her. Once I hear the door close I sigh. " Fuck! Olaf is gonna kill me!" 

Calla's POV

I can't believe I wasted two months here. God I hope Ren forgives me.  A tear slides down my check as me and Delax start our journey back to Norse. Thinking about seeing Ren had put a small smile on my face. Those ocean eyes, the black curls of hair, his muscle toned body. The Gods took their time crafting Ren.  Biting my lip thinking about Ren my heart skips a beat.   The thought of training with him and feeling his body against mine, teasing him just to see that gorgeous smile...I like Ren.

Ren's POV

Calla has been gone for two months. She never even wrote me. I had no idea if she had forgiven me and it was driving me insane. Those two months were hell. All I did was train and eat. No girl peaked my interest, just looking at one made my gut wrench. Hunt tried to pull me out of the darkness, but truth is I never noticed how much Calla had an effect on me till she left. If she ever comes back I have to tell her how I feel. Clan law as once a girl was married she became apart of her husband's clan and must stay with them. I wasn't sure if she felt the same, but I had to try.

My father had traveled up to the Notherns clan to see about doing some trade with them. Which left me temporarily in charge. I had just come back from patrol. Walking over to the training area I began hitting the hay dummies as hard as I could to let out this pent up aggression I had. I was mad at myself for throwing a fight in front of her. I was mad at myself for letting her walk away. Hunt walked over and grabbed my arm preventing me from throwing the next punch. " Ren stop! You have been like this for two months!" My blood boiled and I snapped " STOP!? I can't just stop! I love her! And she isn't here and I my never have a chance to tell her!" Hunt was just staring at me with a smirk on his face.  What the fuck is he smirking about.

 He pulls out a folded piece of paper out his pocket. Unfolding it he reads it aloud " Calla and Luca had a fight. She left yesterday and she should be there by the end of the week. ~ Bear" Hunt had a friend name Bear who lived in the Redkin clan. He wasn't a warrior, but I think he met Hunt when he was their for a new axe. The words repeat in my head. Calla and Luca had a fight. What was the fight about? Did he hurt her?!?! She left yesterday and she should be there by the end of the week. " She is coming home?" I couldn't help but smile. My calla home. The girl who has no, is my heart is coming home. The Gods have given me a second chance. 

Author's Note:

Thank you for being patient with me. I apologize for taking so long to post this. I just have been drained physically and emotionally. But like my last note I am doing better and in a better position. I will try and update another chapter tonight if not one will be up sometime tomorrow! Please keep reading, voting, and sharing this story. Also sorry if this chapter was short. It was more of a filler chapter, but it is still very very important.