Viking's Bride: A Viking time travel romance by Mariah Stone

Author:Mariah Stone [Stone, Mariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stone Publishing B.V.
Published: 2023-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Hakon did not want to fall asleep. He could not.

If the gods had decided to forgive him, this was it. She was it.

He held Arinborg in his arms the whole night, her sweet breath tickling his chest, her hair spread on his shoulder and arm like a blanket. They were cuddled together under the cloaks, lying on the sheepskin. The fire died in the night, but Hakon did not stir to feed it. He was holding a gift far too precious to let go even for a moment.

He drifted off just before dawn.

Her movement woke him, her hair tickling his skin. She was sitting next to him, covering her breasts with the cloak, her silky hip pressed against his leg. The scent of her hair touched his nostrils. She smelled divine.

“Good morning.” She smiled.

“A very good one.”

The sun had risen and lit the ground next to them. Arinborg looked around, her eyes bright in wonder. The white mountain tops rested against the morning sky, their slopes dark green with the thick forest. Gentle wind rustled through the leaves. He loved that she was as much taken by this place as he was.

“Come here.” Hakon tugged at her hand. She fell on his chest with a happy laugh, and he kissed her.

Her sweet smell enveloped him. Her soft lips and gentle tongue lit a wildfire in his veins, and he was instantly hard.

“Arinborg, I don’t know if I ever can get enough of you,” he whispered.

She stilled and leaned back, her eyes wide.

“What did I say?” Hakon said and sat up.

“No, no, nothing.” She lowered her eyes and bit her lip. “It’s me. I need to tell you something.”

It was as if she had poured a bucket with freezing sea water over him. “What?”

She found her shift and put it over her head, still avoiding looking in his eyes. “I’ll just feel better if I’m dressed when I tell you this.”

Panic squeezed his gut like an iron fist. He had a sinking feeling that this was the end of his happiness.

No. He should not dive into the old habit of believing that he’d never be happy. What they had, what they’d said yesterday—

He stretched his hand out and lifted her chin gently with his finger. She met his gaze, and her green eyes were dark with welling tears.

“Arinborg, nothing you will say can break the bond between me and you, my wife.”

She swallowed. “I’m pregnant.”

Hakon frowned. He must have heard her wrong. “You are pregnant? Already? You cannot know that yet.”

She tightened her hands into fists, then loosened them. “It’s not yours. I was pregnant when I married you.”

Rage rose up in his blood like the fountain of fire that scorched him from inside and the pain was excruciating. He jumped up, naked and all. “What?”

She looked up at him, her eyes big and full of sadness. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before.”

“You are sorry?” He felt as if she had stabbed him in the heart. He walked away from her and began pacing.

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