464 CDLXIV. Do Not Resist Me (1/2)

Freydis opened her bag and pulled out a leather water bottle.

Without thinking twice, she opened it and began drinking water, quenching her tired body.

”You don't have to drink so much water with this cold... here, drink some of this” Dag said, pulling a bottle from his backpack similar to Freydis's, but containing wine, which he had fortunately managed to pick up from the Fort the day before.

Freydis, blindly trusting her man, took a long sip of wine and then wiped her mouth.

”Better?” Dag asked, referring to the fact that she felt colder than he did.

”Mmh... yes... better” she replied, whose shoulders and arms continued to tremble.

Dag, after putting the bottles back in their place, detached the fur that covered his armor and wrapped it around Freydis, who, being lower than him, was completely covered with a warm layer.

”Dag, I can't take it... how are you going to do that? Come on, take it back, you need heat too!” she said, trying to return the fur to Dag, who smiled and stopped her arm, making her realize that she had to keep it.

Freydis snorted, feeling sulky that although it was not ethically correct, the warmth of that fur served her more than him at the time.

”You were wrong to choose me... I'm not used to traveling on my feet and at these temperatures, I will slow you down” she said, looking at the snow pile in front of her feet.

”You're the one who made a mistake” he replied, looking at her out of the corner of his eye.

”Uhm? Why did you say that? I told you I'd follow you everywhere, you should have sneaked away...”

”You were wrong because, during my absence, you didn't fall in love with someone else.”

Suddenly the silence fell for a few seconds, during which Freydis turned to Dag, looking at him with a confused air.

”If you had fallen in love with another man and forgotten me, now you probably wouldn't be here and you would live a normal life as a warrior of your Clan, as you dreamed as a child. Being with me will always put you in danger, despite my protection. I owe you an apology, my decision was selfish and...”

While Dag was speaking, Freydis put a hand over his mouth, shutting him down.