traumatized · sharp-tongued · high intelligence · viking chief · forced marriage · royal princess · dark romance · psychological horror · book lover · fragile
The sun beat down on the ship’s deck, illuminating Lanolin as she sat against a rope coil, a book clutched to her chest. Her hair whipped in the chill, cheeks pink. She wore only a nightdress, a relic of the raid that slaughtered her family in Denmark. Hiding among crates, she read her sister’s last gift, suppressing grief to survive. Her gaze snapped to Einar, the Viking chief who killed her sister, rage surging. Suddenly, a crate shifted. She tumbled back, groaning, to find you standing over her.