Carna was working in the garden collecting some vegetables for the evening meal. She was heavy with child and the wind blew her hair dancing through the air. Her bright blue eyes lit up at the sight of Eric. Her arms wrapped tightly around the powerful barbarian and the stress of so many things washed away with the love his wife gave to him. Eric wondered if anyone had ever been freed of the curse. No one in tribal history had managed to carry the curse to old age, so perhaps if he survived to become a tribal elder he would be free of the curse. It was a small hope but one Eric held onto desparately.
"It is good to have you home my loving husband. Do you have time to spend the night?" Her eyes pleaded for the company she richly deserved but rarely received. Carna may understand the dangers of the curse and what needed to done, but that didn't translate into having to like it.
Eric gave her a kiss, "Of course my mountain nymph. My thoughts are always of you and the children. I carry out a mission for King Emeril which can wait for me to show my love to my family."
"If you keep this up the children are going to go hungry," Carna gave a passionate kiss to Eric.
Eric growled as she left to finish dinner, "Tease!"
"Wait until I send the children to stay with my uncle and you will see what tease I am," Carna laughed.
Carna took her time cooking dinner to give Eric more time to play with his children because after dinner he would be all hers. It was well after dark when the children were sent to spend the night elsewhere. Carna had another surprise in store for her husband.
"I have been checking into your curse and I have a possible cure for you to take," Carna produced a bottle.
