Had she thought it would go differently if the viking woman actually spoke a lick of the common tongue between grunts or a few words associated with the ugly trade she plied? 'Fight' 'Blood'?
Yeah, okay, probably not. The logical side of her agreed with that diagnosis.
She also couldn't...
Why, why, why would you ask of her such a silly question?
It was the only thought in Tatyana's head that made sense to her panicking mind; really the only thought that breached through the instinctive flight of the whole flight or fight routine. She couldn't blame herself for embracing the...
Had she expected a voice of reprieve, even in the end?
As the priests and mystics would declare after appropriate payment was made in soul or coin... that there was indeed some reason behind it all! They all promised that one will always find rationalization in the end - that they would find an...
There was no comfort or illusion in innocence.
This much was known to Tatyana, at a younger age than most.
Truly, it was far too early for most children to ever fathom; to even imagine beyond a world where all the indecency was justified through story tales told around a campfire for cheap...
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