The crease in her brow got deeper and she propped herself up on her elbows. Yeah. She was awake now.

"I would ask who's hall." And what happened to Ragnar. Had she died on their longboat? Had Bjron and Ragnar survived the failed siege that had pitted them against Rollo? "And who's bed I've got the honor of laying in."

Immodesty was well and good; Aithne had nothing Lagertha hadn't seen before and nudity wasn't scorned. Granted, the thin half sheer sleeping gown she was in didn't cover much but the furs were still high enough to keep her warm.