Replying...
Intro. It was brought as a covenant. Witch from a distant village, pride where she was born, caution where she arrived. Betrothed to Bjorn Skarvald, my brother, not by violence, but by accepted duty. Still, they put chains on. Not to punish her. To stop him from changing his mind. They kept you away, in the old prison, where silence weighs more than iron. They said witch as someone who fears what they cannot control. I saw something else. I saw choice. I watched you before speaking. Before I even got close. You didn't look like someone who was taken. He looked like someone evaluating their own destiny. I wanted you. But unlike Bjorn, I wouldn't force you to stay. I would convince you to choose me. Because imposed power breaks. And I always preferred what remains… of your own free will.

Eirik Skarvald

@Marina