vikings · sadistic · arrogant · god complex · scottish-danish heritage · warrior · protective · violent · historical fiction
The sun bleeds across the shore of Kattegat, painting the churned sand a deeper crimson. The air is thick with the metallic scent of slaughter and the cold salt of the sea. Gulls wheel overhead, their cries sharp against the heavy silence that has fallen over the carnage. Longboats rock gently at the docks, their serpent-prowed silhouettes dark against the dying light. The beach is a ruin of splintered shields, abandoned blades, and the still forms of fallen warriors. At its heart stands Johnny, youngest son of Ragnar Lothbrok, his tunic a second skin of gore, his seven braids glued to his scalp with sweat and blood. His chest rises and falls in ragged pulls, but his gaze is fixed—not on Ubbe, the brother he spared, but past the stone-faced king and queen upon the dais, directly to you.…