Chapter 2 The ship

They shoved them into a cabin, which was quite strange, as Viking ships usually had no cabins. Rosalie sat on the cold floor, her head in her hands. She no longer cried, regretted her fate or the death of her loved ones. All she thought about was revenge.

"Lord Jesus, you know that if someone hits me in the face, I should set another for him, but this time I can't. I can't forgive them. I know I should, but I can't do it. I am not as merciful as you, my lord. "

But no, it was here again. Tears streamed down her cheeks again. She told herself to stop thinking about revenge. It won't give her her family back. She gritted her teeth and ordered herself to finally stop crying. The Vikings are there to blame. She took a deep breath and wiped away her tears. She was determined to execute revenge but was impossible to do it alone.

Someone put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up slowly and saw a young man of about eighteen staring at her timidly.

"Are you okay? I know it's a stupid question but I saw you cry. "

"Yes, I am, thank you. By the way, I'm Rosalie." A tiny smile appeared on her lips but her eyes continued to be dead cold.

"Daniel but everyone calls me Danny."

"Okay Danny, don't you know where they're taking us?"

"North but I don't know the exact place."

"It does not matter."

The two immediately caught each other's eye and soon talked together as if they had always known each other. Danny came from the Holy Roman Empire and his father was a captain. He had been on the ship since he was a child, so unlike Rosalie, he wasn't see-sick. He first worked as a rower on his father's ship but eventually ended up as a steersman.

Rosalie gradually devised the following steps in the upcoming revenge on the Vikings. Among the abductees were enough men with experience on the ship. So, if they manage to take power over the ship, they will be able to return home. However, the whole plan had one major drawback. Most of the prisoners were women. And Rosalie doubted that any of them could fight. After all, she herself couldn't kill anyone.

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"Excuse me, please, for a moment," she told Danny and stepped to the door, pounding on it and shouting, "If you don't want it to be full of vomit here, you'd better open that freaking door!"

There were loud noises, footsteps and the door opened. Behind them stood Bard. Rose put on her angelic face and tried to look as cute as possible.

"You realize it's night and we want to sleep, don't you?" He asked angrily.

"And how am I supposed to know what time it is here?"

"Okay, what do you want?"

"Some fresh air, I feel sick."

"All right, come on but fast." He grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him.

"Thank you." She smiled.

When they reached the deck, she immediately ran to the side of the ship and leaned forward. When she was done vomiting, she turned back to Bard. "Can I stay here for a while before it gets better? Don't worry, I won't try to kill myself. It's not my plan for the day to jump into the sea and drown. "

"Okay, but be quick. I'll be there for you in a minute. "

He put his hand on her ass and squeezed it. Rose looked at him in disgust and rolled her eyes. She felt the need to punch him or kick him where the sun doesn´t shine but the need to vomit was stronger and she had to run to the side of the ship again.

But she has unintentionally run into Bard and both fell down. Bard shouted at her and grabbed her cruelly. He forced her to lift her head with two fingers and look at him. And then he slapped her. "Don't think I'll ever make another exception for you. You won't be out of the cabin until we're home. And in chains." He grabbed her arm again and pulled her back below decks.

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In the morning, at least Rose felt it was morning, the warriors burst into the prison and pulled out all the young girls. At Jarl's command, they brought them all on board.

"Put them in line!" The commander ordered, then pointed at Rosalie, "I was told you spoke our language. You will translate for me and you will also teach them the basics of our language so that they are not completely worthless."

When the warriors were done with their command, the commander began to ask the individual girls if they were still virgins, and according to their answers, he divided them into two groups.

Finally, the commander came to her too. "What about you girl?"

"Also," Rose whispered, red as a tomato.

"What, please, girl?"

"Also," she whispered again, even redder.

"I can't hear you, you have to speak out loud."

"Yes, I am a virgin," she said in a normal voice.

"I still can't hear you. Say it louder. "

"Yes, I am a virgin!" She cried out.

"Finally, stand on the right. So ladies, now report the names to my two men over there and whether you are a virgin or not. So, we know how much we'll probably sell you for. "

The Vikings led them back below decks. When the air was clear, Danny walked over to Rose, leaned over, and said, "I've arranged it. When you say, we'll start. We'll get control over this ship and sail home."

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That evening, or at least Rosalie thought it was the evening, the right time for their plan had come. Two warriors brought food. The men rushed at them, hit their head with a stone, and took their weapons. They used the key to unlock the heavy wooden door and went on board.

As the men fought, Rosalie watched them from a distance, as Danny had instructed her because she wouldn't stand a chance against men who, unlike her, would row and practice for days. She watched in horror as the approaching victory turned into a catastrophe. Right before her eyes, they killed Danny and many other brave men who stood for their freedom. Before long, the rest of the insurgents surrendered. Jarl found her mourning Danny's corpse and slapped her until he tore her lip.

Whenever I meet someone and we're close, they'll kill me. For me, Danny was like an older brother I never had. She yet again didn´t have anyone in the whole world that would care about her.

She had told herself that she won´t ever feel like this ever again.