The Viking certainly was surprised and not just by my mere presence. I knew he could not place me but after this he would be afflicted with a longing that would never leave him and he would never forget me again. He had bewitched me and that had been what disturbed me so, for I was the witch. I had every intention of returning the favor and then taking my leave of him. He would not know if he had dreamed me or if the encounter had been real. So he wanted the command over this tryst. "Then he shall think he has it," I laughed to myself. " No barbarian." I whispered in his ear, " I want you too badly and have come a very long way let us not leave this watery domain, take me here first."