Giant town

Freya was raised up and six pairs of eyes peered at her.

The women bellowed something joyful and the joyful cries were picked up. The mother giant crushed Freya to her chest, suffocating her with her stench and she nearly passed out. Speaking excitedly, she displayed her proudly to the men. This was not exactly Freya’s intention when she crawled into the shroud but somehow, she was being mistaken for the dead baby come back to life. Warily, her eyes met the male giants, the ones that had chased her into the hut and she found their large filmy eyes narrowed suspiciously at her.

A male giant said something, making her tense as she prepared to spring out of her smelly disguise. He pointed to her and spoke harshly but the mother giant snatched her away from him and her words became harder and even harsher than the men.

Did he recognise her?

She waited with bated breath to see which way her luck would swing and for the first time, it seemed Lady Luck was smiling at her today. The male