The One

FIVE

She touched his back at this, making him jump.

" wow, wow.. sorry! " He said and unwillingly turned around.

She was tall, older than him with pale blond hair.
Did they actually dig up a frozen girl? He thought and squinted at her.

No,
no he was certain now,
this was a test.

He fought to look anywhere but her body, she was close enough that seeing anything else would actually take a conscious effort luckily and he wrinkled his nose.

"I'm sorry, could you please.. leave? I just want to take a bath." He said, stiffly,
unsure how to dismiss her.

"Oh.." she said, even more breathy than before,
"but I can join you, massage you, help you," she took a breath,
"relaaaaax" she sighed out.

Morten had a hard time not laughing now.
This felt so awkward.

"No, I'm sorry.." he started but she cut him off.

"Oh, no! Are you a virgin?"
She said, trying for a new act with a playful smile, moving her body quite a bit while doing so.

Was he a virgin?
No! But he was not yet so far ruined that he had lost all innocence.

He was the brother of a chief after all, a chief that didn't have a blood claim on the chiefdom.
So girls really quickly figured out he had no claim to the chiefdom if his brother died and they lost interest fast.
He had had himself a pretty solid girlfriend for a good three weeks before she left his arse realizing she had nothing to gain.

He had avoided girls ever since, they were hurty feely things.

He swallowed, closed his eyes again and he could sense her moving around like some weird serpent.
"No, I just don't want to be harassed in a bathtub by a strange woman in a place that isn't my home!" He growled, getting annoyed.

She was about to touch him, try again to charm him into the bathtub but she was rudely disturbed...
A loud, deep, barking laugh of sarcasm came banging through the walls and in from the balcony behind her and the bath.

Agnus? Morten thought.

"OUT YOU GREEN LAND WHORE!!!"
Agnus's voice shook through the place.

The girl in Morten's room seemed to jump at this and she grabbed a towel,
her eyes darting around the room as if looking for a vengeful spirit.
And she hadn't been wrong.

Morten heard running, heavy stomping which slowly died away.
A moment later the doors of his room slammed open and a raging Argus came stomping in.

"Morten!" He called.

"Here... " Morten said dryly, pinching his nose bridge and closing his eyes.

The girl was looking from him to Agnus who now stomped into the room containing the bathtub.

"Ah, so we've all been given a harlot!" Agnus barked.

"Yeah, I been trying to tell her to leave." Morten sighed.

Agnus sniffed and his eyes shot to the girl.
"Out! Oooout!" He bellowed.

Morten protested, "Just, we can ask... " he started but Agnus flapped a hand at him.

"Out of here, now! He doesn't want you!"
Agnus barked and walked at the girl with his hulking build.

She squealed like a mouse and ran by him with her towel, the sound of a heavy door creaking and slamming a moment later.

Agnus sighed,
"I knew you were going to get caught in a conversation.
You're too polite, you give them hope they might have a chance to talk you into it. "
He said as he planted his fist in his side.