Viking Blood

Category: Historical

She had learned long ago not to trust promises.

The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.

The end.

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