Powerful Destiny by Tricia McGill

Author:Tricia McGill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: celtic woman captures the heart of a norseman, lovers meet and are reunited centuries later, lovers reincarnated, lovers reunited over time, viking and celt lovers reunite in present day cornwall, viking and celtic deities and beliefs, viking warrior and celtic princess
Publisher: BWL Publishing Inc.

Chapter Seven

“Fetch the bowl, Astrid,” Brigid cried. The girl obeyed and held it beneath her head as Brigid emptied her stomach once again. If this was what carrying a child entailed, she determined that she would not go through this ever again. Rolf seemed to be pleased at the proof that the oracle had been right in his prediction all those weeks ago.

“It will pass, my lady,” Astrid said with a confidence beyond her years. The girl confided that she had seen many of her kinfolk go through the same torture and all had produced healthy babes. Brigid knew that women sometimes died during childbirth, and at times during the past days suspected that she would die long before the child was born.

Knowing she must do something to fill her days, Brigid began to teach her fellow Celts the language of the Norse people soon after her visit to the shaman. It did not appear to bother Rolf that she went to their hut each sundown. Growing bored, she approached Ingrid, and at her bidding, a loom was erected in the hut. The large Norse woman seemed surprised when Brigid proved to be a talented weaver.

When Margret and the other Celtic women learnt of Brigid’s condition, all offered words of advice. After their first days of unrest and fear of the unknown passed, all the women ended up less frightened, if not totally satisfied with the outcome. Most were given tasks similar to the work they did at home. One or two grumbled at the humiliation of obeying a Norse master or mistress, but then they looked at Brigid uneasily for they knew she had sacrificed herself to the leader to save them all from further outrage and misery.

Their babes were thriving and the children all content. The Norse women cared for their children well, it was clear. One sunny morning, before her sickness began, Brigid visited Stella, the old woman who took care of the young ones while their mothers were away at their tasks, to ask after her welfare. She was outside the hut where the children were playing alongside the Norse children. All seemed to be enjoying the time together.

Bjorn was content with his goats, only becoming distressed when one of them was taken away to be slaughtered for one of the strange ceremonial sacrifices the Norse people relished. Brigid swore to take no part in such activities, but then she thought back to the Pagans of her homeland who often held similar ceremonies and ritual killings.

One day, while alone, Margret asked Brigid, “Does he treat you well?”

What could she say? Despite all her fears, Rolf did treat her kindly. Brigid knew her face deepened with colour for she felt the heat rising up her cheeks. She also knew well what Margret really asked of her. Brigid lifted her shoulders in a show of indifference. “I have no need to complain. When we consider what might have been the outcome of being enslaved and brought to this strange land we have fared well.

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