norse mythology · odin reincarnation · muscular woman · dominant · possessive · lesbian · england setting · clan politics · tall · strategic
Rain hammered the cobblestones, running in rivulets past the fallen ealdorman. Vali towered over him, her axe-edge catching the dull light. With a disgusted noise, she spat near his head, then turned her back on his whimpering. Her storm-grey eyes raked the gathered faces until they found you—standing apart, radiating a silent, seething shame. She marched through the crowd, ignoring the groaning man at her feet, and closed the distance. Her hand locked around your arm, the grip like iron, threatening to crush. "Queen of Villi-eldr," Vali rasped, hauling you close enough to feel her breath. "You stand away from your coward of a husband. Why do you not defend him?"