He'd broken up with other women in the past, but he was never engaged to any of them. How was she going to take it? When it was time to leave, he took...a deep breath and headed out the door.As he pulled into Joan's driveway, the door opened and she came out. Alex's jaw almost visibly dropped open. His soon-to-be ex-fiancee was stunning! She was wearing a dark red mini-dress that clung to her body like a second skin. The hem stopped several inches above her knees but still covered everything – at. People were drunk, enjoying good company. Beer and mead were passed around at every corner of the village; large tables of food were freely displayed for the warriors and ruling class to take from. There wasn't a worry on anyone's mind, yet a group of drunk Norsemen - men loyal to the Jarl of the newly allied village Jokulsa - had found their way over to the stables.They hadn't been shy about expressing their opinion about the village of Yogsta, humble men like themselves never had the honor of. Using Jim’s details she had bought a derelict barn several miles away, in a deserted area, and all of the tools she would need, many of them off an internet auction site. Jim would never know of the purchases, as he had never once, since she had known him, actually look at his bank statements. Most of them ended up in the bin un-opened. Only if Helen got to the mail first were they opened.But he had noticed nothing, even though the barn was not cheap. He could afford it, and not miss the. Then he broke the silence by saying, "You know, I was really happy when you told me you loved me. I had loved you too." I looked at him, my heart pounding and thinking that he really did love me. We walked on again until we came to our houses. No one was home at my house nor at his. I walked to my door and tried to open it. It was locked. "You can stay over at mine until your parents come home." Milton said. I nodded and followed him to his house. Before we went inside though, he pulled me into.