Chapter 87

*Part two*

*The real Anders*

A boat is no place for a woman. We don’t discriminate. If a woman wants to be a warrior, we welcome her and let her join. Some of the best fighters I have ever seen have been women.

But Eleanor is not a warrior. She is strong but delicate. She is a mother. No, a boat is not for her. The sooner we get there, the sooner I can get her on land. Well, Erik can. She is his wife, I remind myself for the hundredth time. She is his.

I don’t know how things changed the way that they did. Erik was ruthless and violent and always said he would never take a wife because of it, especially once he was cursed. I was shocked when we found her, and she said she was his wife. She punched me right in the face with a baby tied to her chest. It instantly……