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Skade and Sigrún sit under a single tree, she watches in annoyance as Skade sniffs some herbs when Bloodhair approaches.

"What do you want of me?" Skade said with a sigh.

"There are things I would know. This undertaking, Wessex....when the signs are favorable and we eventually attack which one of us Danes will earn glory? You saw the death of Alfred. You said it was me who took him from his horse and took an axe to his heart." Bloodhair ranted to her and Sigrún wanted to bash her head against the nearest tree. She fights a gag of disgust when he grabs Skade's hand to see the scar on her palm. "I drank with you, more than once."

Sigrún couldn't hold in her laugh when he went to kiss the scar and Skade jerked her hand away from his grasp.

"Then you left me to be passed from man to man like a drinking cup. Each of you is as unworthy as the next." She snaps at the male. "Sigrún and Sihtric have more worth in them than you do in your cock."

"Hæsten wants you only to hump. He doesn't believe in your power." Bloodhair informs her and Sigrún wishes Sihtric was here to keep her company. She wouldn't mind playing a damsel in distress if it got her away from them.

"You abandoned me. Your path has changed."

"Yes, I failed you once. I would not do it again. Hæsten cannot match me, in strength or in spirit."

"And yet, I am his."

"He cannot make you a queen, only I can defeat Alfred." Bloodhair demanded.

"You would not even be able to defeat a cat, you are a coward and greedy. Men like you die alone." Sigrún spoke with boredom as she twirled her hair, she shot Skade a smirk when the seer giggled. They both knew Bloodhair would not leave this camp alive.

"Alfred is now destined to die in his bed."

"Only I can defeat Uhtred. You know it to be true." Bloodhair says as she and Skade go to leave.

"I have never lied to you, Sigurd. But what you wish for and who you wish for, it can never be real while Hæsten is alive. You must kill him." Skade orders and she pulls Sigrún with her to leave.

"I have to say, not bad." Sigrún said with a grin and Skade nudged her hip with her own.

"Do I get a kiss for the plan?" Skade questioned with a grin. Sigrùn laughed at her and walked away leaving the blonde alone and sulking. Upon seeing Dagfinn and Sihtric riding in she felt her soul reconnect with Seidr and she smiled softly at the snake. Sihtric turned in her direction and walked to her with a soft gaze and a wide smile, she quickly placed her hands on his face.

"Kiss—" She didn't get to finish the sentence before he gripped her hips and pulled her close to kiss her. She gasped when he deepened the kiss and she could feel one of his hands move to her throat lightly. Seidr glanced between the two in confusion from where he was wrapped around Sihtric's throat.

When they pulled away she laughed quietly at Sihtric's flustered face, she hummed in amusement as Seidr nuzzled both of their faces before curling around her arm.

"That didn't take much," She teased him quietly. "They will believe your betrayal more now." She grinned at the man and intertwined their fingers to lead him to the fire pit to eat. Skade glared at them in passing but they both ignored her, Sihtric too high on the kiss to care.

"You like to look?" Hæsten questioned Bloodhair once he caught him looking at the blonde. Sigrún smiled when Sihtric leaned over to kiss her head as he ate, she felt Seidr slither down her arm and wrap himself around their tangled hands.

"Why is the witch eating with us?" Brida deadpanned and watched Sihtric in suspicion.

"Because Bloodhair likes to look and that is all he can do."

"She's trouble." Brida said and Sigrún nodded.

"You wish me dead," Skade spoke with a knowing look. "That would benefit whom?"

"Me." Sigrún spoke with a smirk.

"Each of us, all of us." Brida answered.

"Including Uhtred? Did he ride you so well that you now speak for him?" Skade taunted as Hæsten laughed.

"You bore me, witch."

"Sihtric, answer me this: does Uhtred wish me dead?" Skade asked and Sihtric had to force himself to look away from Sigrún.

"He is undecided. He does not know if he should hump you or kill you," Cnut chuckled softly. "He's afraid of you." Sihtric looked back over at Sigrún and smiled when he noticed she was already looking at him.

"Because she's poison. She has you all by the balls. Believe it." Brida leaves soon after.

"Is Brida your woman or not?" Bloodhair snapped.

"Soon. I'm the reason she has returned." Cnut said smugly and Sigrún would rather be anywhere else.

"Soon?"

"Her men will be my men." Cnut says to them.

"You should tell her to hold her tongue." Bloodhair says instead.

"You should tell her about your wife, across the sea." Hæsten says as he and Dagfinn laugh.

"You have betrayed Uhtred, why?" Cnut asked Sihtric once they grew silent. Sigrún used her free hand to trace Sihtric's finger tattoos as they leaned against one another.

"Because he is losing men and losing his mind." Sihtric answered. "And for Sigrún."

"Will he come for my woman?" Bloodhair glared at Hæsten.

"He is afraid of the curse, lord. He wants it gone. Yes, he will come, I'm certain. But he is not the warrior he once was." Sihtric tells them.

"Maybe he is more dangerous now." Cnut speaks as he stands up.

"More reckless, lord. Unable to plan, that is why I am here." Sihtric adds and Skade looks at him in understanding. Sigrún managed to separate Sihtric from them and pulled him into her tent, he lifted her chin with his thumb and pointer finger as he leaned in to kiss her once again. She smiled into the kiss as she raked her fingers through his hair, Seidr moved down to nest in her furs while they were sharing an intimate moment.

"You are so beautiful, Sig." He whispered against her lips.

"And all yours, if you wish it." Sihtric looked at her in astonishment before smiling brightly.

"You do not need to be mine. I just wish to be yours." She smiled shyly and glanced down at his hands before leaning up on her tippy toes to pull him into a kiss.