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“The Ashen,” began Harpa, “are all things in this kingdom blessed by Sunnvald.”
But it is said that the Volsiks contain an additional blessing from Sunnvald.
Sunnvald selected among all humankind your bloodline to keep order in the kingdom.
“You must take a step back before you can move forward. You must learn how to surrender.”
“Perhaps a winged beast too heavy to fly or something that could not leap the fence,” Rey said.
“The protection rune?” asked Vig, breaking the silence. “No,” said Rey. “It is upside down, which means…” He cleared his throat. “That is the death rune.”
“We believe the queen is plotting against her husband.”
“We’ve reason to believe the queen is using the Klaernar to steal Galdra for her own purposes. We believe she is building a weapon to seize control of the kingdom.”
“Before Cohesion, a Reader can read the thoughts. But after Cohesion, a Reader can”—she hesitated—“write the thoughts.”
“It strikes on a seven-day pattern,” she’d heard him tell Vig. “First, your sheep. Next Váli, then Ástrid. Do not let your guard down.
The ice spirit darted to a patch of exposed rock in the ground, gesturing at a frosted symbol she seemed to have drawn. It was the protection rune, though upside down.
Death!
Ana’s gaze met Saga’s for one heartbreaking second. “Because my sister was put to the pillar in Eisa’s place.”
Emotion burned in Saga’s throat as she thought of little Bryndís, who’d died so Eisa could live.
She’d stolen the leaves while a woman lay dying, and with that, Silla had lost all sense of who she was. It had been a vile thing to do, so despicable she did not recognize herself.
Fuck honor. And fuck Rey. He turned to Kaptein Ulfar. Put his hand on the man’s shoulder. Ulfar turned, meeting Jonas’s eye. “Kalasgarde,” he said. “The man you seek is in Kalasgarde.”
Motherfucker
“It didn’t eat a serpent. It is a serpent.”
He wanted to hold her, wanted to shake her, wanted to kiss her and strangle her all at once.
Kissing her was more than mere need. It was a compulsion against which he was helpless.
Is this finally happening? Silla thought as he stalked toward the bed. “Only if you want it,” he answered, uncertainty flickering in his eyes. Silla blinked. Had she said it aloud?
He can read minds?????
When ground into a fine powder and tattooed upon one’s skin, they serve as a…reserve of sorts. A place to store galdur outside one’s own source.
Halda
“It says we have our element of surprise.” The kaptein’s eyes met Jonas’s. “The queen’s Chosen will arrive in two days’ time.”
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“Let me make this clear to you, Silla. There is nothing uncertain in how I want you.”
“So touchy, Galtung. And here I’d thought a good romp in the furs would loosen that stick up your arse.”
Lol
this a twisted joke? W-who is this? Has someone put you up to this? Wonderful, thought the would-be-Saga. My delusional voice is now yelling at me.
LMAO
Once again, she was frightened. And once again, Reynir Galtung was by her side.
Wasn’t it always about power? Men who had it, strove to keep it. Men who did not, schemed to steal it.
100
A life for a life, whispered that malevolent voice, seeping like venom into her mind.
Who is the dark one
“A good girl you are, my darling Svalla,” said the king, much to her surprise.
“But I miss her so much.” The king let out a long breath, and his whole body seemed to sag. “I’m sorry.” Silla looked at him, confused. “What do you mean?”
“A life for a life,” said the king. A blade flas...
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A white-hilted knife had fallen to the flagstones, and she stared at it hard. There was something evil about that knife, a vile, horrid presence pouring off it and into the air. The tip was red, and a warm trickle dripped down her neck, wetting her dress.
It was Ana.
No :(
Ana was her punishment. How foolish Saga had been to think that she was the one who’d pay for her rebellion.
“It has the feel of chaos magic, causing disorder within her aura.
“The chasm,” murmured Harpa, glancing at her weaving. “The chaos magic…the ice spirits…the dark threads. It must be connected. The chasm may be the source of the serpent.”
Valis cloak pin
“Your unkind has all the fierceness of Helga the goat.”
“You make me happy, Sunshine—so damned happy it terrifies me. But the thought of losing you terrifies me even more. I want this. I want you…us.” Rey paused. “And if you never want to be Eisa, it won’t change how I feel.
If you want a hundred chickens, I will build you a hen-fortress.”
I wish my husband loved me enough to do this
Reynir Galtung was large everywhere.
“So beautiful,” he whispered into her hair. “Your hair, and your lips and your heart.”
In Silla’s last vision, Svalla had been a young child. But now she was a grown woman. A queen.
Please, my daughters—they must be protected.”
“I don’t want your life, Svalla,” said the thing. “You’ll be dead soon enough on your own.”
“Myrkur is the Dark One.”
Sunnvald evil bro
“Serpent and dragon are Myrkur’s children. But the tree and the queen. These I do not know.”
Saga thought of Ana, of how she’d taken her pain. Could she do this for Rurik to give him an edge? But she’d never been able to find the thread of Rurik’s thoughts,
They were drinking from her father’s skull, like some sort of game.
Sidenote i think rurik is a dragon
Magnus might have branded her a pet, but Saga had been the one to cage herself away.
“Sometimes they call me a chudovishche.[*1]”
Hes gotta be the dragon
“They burned you?” Rurik’s rage was palpable, radiating off him into the night sky
