xiii. her monk

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"We have a message from Mercia." Bloodhair announced and Cnut turned to him. She stands with Sihtric as they watch, Sihtric looks at Cnut with disdain.

"What's this?"

"We have a message from the Dane-slayer."  Bloodhair answered and shoved the Saxon forward.

"Uhtred, sent you?" Brida asked in doubt.

"He did, lady." The Saxon man spoke.

"And his message is what?" Cnut questioned as he placed a hand on Brida's shoulder.

"He says he will come for you, lord. For all of you, in the night, as a shadow walker. He says you will die, as Ragnar died. He says he will send you all to Niflheim." The Saxon spoke with fear and she turned to Sihtric with a small smile.

"I say, let him come." Bloodhair speaks loudly and looks around him. Skade scowled at Sihtric and Sigyn from where she leaned against Hæsten.

"Yes."

"Feed his guts to Odin's ravens." Skade snarled as she looked at Bloodhair. Skade watched anger as Sihtric pulled her sister into a side hug.

"I'll make a sacrifice of the Saxon bastard." Bloodhair promised the seer.

"You should have done that at Fearnham." Hæsten spoke but not loud enough as he looked away.

"I hear a rat's wheeze." Sigyn snickered at the man and Sihtric smirked in amusement.

"I said, if you wished to make a sacrifice of Uhtred, you should have done it at Fearnham, but you chose to run." Hæsten snarled as Skade watched smugly.

"Hæsten, no." Cnut ordered.

"Mind how you speak."

"Oh, you fled, did you not run away?" Hæsten taunted.

"Bloodhair, say nothing." Cnut demanded and then looked at her in suspicion.

"I lost men in battle. You were fool enough to lose men in a fortress." Bloodhair snapped at the blonde.

"Though, I managed to keep hold of my woman." Hæsten spoke smugly.

"Shut your mouth!"

"Shall I show you how I bed her?" Hæsten placed his hands on Skade's shoulders as the seer just smirked. Sigyn grimaced in disgust and turned to hide her face in Sihtric's chest and Sihtric placed his hands over her ears to help her avoid seeing and hearing anything else.

"Shut your mouth!" Hæsten chuckled.

"Come on, come on Bloodhair! I'll be gentle, come to Hæsten. And I will whelp some pups on you." Hæsten taunted purposely humiliating the man.

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