There was no staying alone in the cave after that. And I certainly wasn"t going to go back to the scene of the crime. Not when it felt like solving the murder would actually be a bad thing this time.
badInstead, I did the one thing I never thought I"d do without being summoned.
I went to see the council.
This wasn"t as simple as just going to the hall. I was sure, at this late evening hour closer to bedtime than dinnertime, no one would be there. But I sent Mjolner with messages to fetch Haraldr and Valki while I went to Brigida"s house myself.
"Ingrid Torfudottir," she said to me blandly when she had opened her door.
"Oh, good! I didn"t wake you," I said. She was still dressed as she had been that afternoon, her hair still in its elaborate crown braid, her fingers still glittering wi
