Viking Historical Romance · The Sworn Sagas
The Wound She Chose
The smoke showed her how she dies: falling snow, a shield-maiden's blade — and the woman holding it is the one set to guard her.
Thorgunna has walked the whale-road twenty winters, selling other people's fates for bread and passage. At a jarl's autumn slaughter she sees two things in the same fire: how Torfinn of Hoskuldsfjord came by his district, and her own death at the hands of Katla Skuladottir, standing across the flames with her hand on her hilt. Then the last ship south goes onto the skerries, the fjord ices over, and the delighted jarl sets Katla to guard the seeress who cannot leave.
A winter of shared fire and shared furs teaches Thorgunna that she is not afraid of Katla's hands. She is hungry for them. But the signs of the vision keep arriving in order — first snow, a black cloak, a notch in the blade — and at midwinter the jarl gives Katla an order her oath will not let her refuse.
Thorgunna cannot outrun the wound. She can still choose its shape, its hand, and what it buys.
A scorching, open-door sapphic Viking romance novella — forced proximity, an age gap, and two women rewriting a fate between them. Standalone, HEA. Perfect for fans of Genevieve Gornichec and Olivia Waite.
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LGBTQ+ / LesbianHistorical / VikingLater in Life
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The Sworn Sagas
