“You’re all seriously going to leave, aren’t you?”
Reinn nodded.
“Son, you, Einar, and Osvif have your rooms reserved for a month. By then, you three should ...
2024-06-05 13:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe path to the dueling fields was lined with people wishing each and every one of the nineteen finalists their congratulations. Trampled flowers lined the streets, and people showered them w...
2024-06-05 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“You look like I wore you out all night,” Tanila teased as they rode back in a carriage to the Faction property. “I hope this works out how you think it will.”
Nodding, Max foug...
2024-06-05 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Einar?”
Blinking his eyes a few more times, Magnus saw that Arngrim was sitting next to him on a chair, and he was in a small room lying on a bed.
“I guess I didn’t die,” Mag...
2024-06-04 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostTeit and Reinn had changed up the way people could approach Magnus, creating a small barricade with two permanent guards at the edge of it. The booth he always sat in had been a decision he m...
2024-06-04 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s in it for you besides our goodwill and gear down the road?” Tom asked. “I mean, you seem to think we need to give you more than we already do.”
Everett held up his hand, sto...
2024-06-04 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFowl rushed toward the giant skeleton, and when he got within twenty-five yards, the creature roared and came running at him. Its massive red feet shook the ground as it raced toward Fowl, ki...
2024-06-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFive remained, and the announcer had done his job, whipping the people in the seats into a frenzy. Each boy moved as one, walking in a line to where a jar rested on a stone pedestal. Bi...
2024-06-03 06:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Had I known you needed this kind of protection, I would have asked my shield sisters to walk with us,” Avitue said, winking at Magnus.
Chuckling, he nodded and motioned to the eight warr...
2024-06-03 06:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post“That was foolish, and you know it!”
Magnus nodded and did his best to look remorseful as Thora berated him again.
“If you had died—”
“He wouldn’t have,...
2024-06-03 06:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What? Who would—” Magnus stopped his line of questioning and immediately looked at where Jarl Unnulf and his son Skardi were standing. “You can’t be serious?”
Nodding, Arng...
2024-06-03 06:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe crowd was roaring as the two teens moved toward each other. The stone walls almost seemed to vibrate from the shouting and stomping.
It took all his training to keep his heart from ...
2024-06-03 06:26:01 +0000 UTC View PostNo one bothered Magnus as he sat in the corner of the booth, the look on his face keeping even Reinn and the others who knew what it meant. Guat had sat down, trying to talk, but when he read...
2024-06-03 06:25:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter all the fights were over, the Berserkers’ Den was bursting at the seams. Rumors swirled about the three teens from Reinn’s village, and others were coming to find out what was different a...
2024-06-03 06:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostMagnus couldn’t help but appreciate the lesson he was learning from all these fights.
Seventy-plus matches today were scheduled, and over a fourth of them had been won by someone using a tr...
2024-06-03 06:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post“That is a dangerous game you played today,” Reinn informed Magnus as the group sat in the corner of the Berserkers’ Den, celebrating the three wins for the young boys. “Do not be too...
2024-06-03 06:22:01 +0000 UTC View PostAll along the stone wall of the dueling fields, young men and women stood shoulder to shoulder while waiting for Bior Glandursson to speak.
The deafening roar of the crowd had made it impossi...
2024-06-03 06:21:01 +0000 UTC View PostMagnus looked at the city of Kopanes from the docks and wondered how something so massive could survive.
There had been so many fields that they passed as the shallow boats had carried ...
2024-06-03 06:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostLying on the table, the pain that Magnus felt was nothing compared to what it had been when Odin had put the first rune into his body. The taste of blood and metal was in his mouth again, and...
2024-06-03 06:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Happy Birth Day,” Thora said as she kissed Magnus on the forehead. She patted the braids she had just finished putting in his hair, admiring the handiwork. “You remind me so much...
2024-06-03 06:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly, Magnus backed up, knowing the path he needed to take to avoid the trap they had created. Falling in while panicking wouldn’t do anything but get him killed. Not that he was af...
2024-06-03 06:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostMagnus smiled as he watched the Lendmann drop the metal weight, sweat running down his bare chest. Each of the older warriors’ tattoos was on display, and for a man of his size and age, Mag...
2024-06-03 06:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m not certain I can keep this up,” Osvif managed to get out between breaths.
Nodding, Magnus took a few more deep breaths and ignored the sweat running down his entire body. &nb...
2024-06-03 06:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe look of anticipation of hearing what Magnus was going to say was gone. Arngrim scowled and wagged the finger at him again.
“Because if you don’t, boy, I will tell everyone that ...
2024-06-03 06:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostMagnus looked at the cart of goods they were taking home with them. A single mule led by one of Reinn's thralls seemed content to plod along the dirt path.
Thora walked betw...
2024-06-03 06:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostMagnus stood there quietly as Hrein ignored the protest of his wife and daughter, asking him to leave the boy alone.
A space around them had opened up as others saw the way the man glared at ...
2024-06-03 06:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostMagnus found himself a sweaty mess from all the games he had been playing, trying to downplay the attention everyone had been giving him.
Guat had seen him once and glared, but Magnus h...
2024-06-03 06:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe last rays of sunlight flowed down the path from the road toward their house.
“Tomorrow, I expect the two of you at the Longhouse,” Reinn said as Magnus and Valgard started to walk awa...
2024-06-03 06:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe troll turned to face Reinn, who had managed to spear the creature in the gut on its side, sinking two-thirds of the blade into the less hardened flesh.
Valgard’s axe swung a...
2024-06-03 06:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostA little over an hour of running ended with a sight no one had wanted to find.
One of the farms used to have a handful of animals. The pen that had held them was gone. Blood...
2024-06-03 06:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post