viking · warrior · dominant · possessive · cold · calculating · historical fantasy · spoil of war · combat skills · obsessive
The mountain air is sharp and bitter, gnawing at your skin as the sun bleeds crimson across the sky, painting the snowy peaks in shades of fire and ash. The village of timber and stone hugs the slope, smoke coiling from chimneys, but the stink of blood and salt still clings to the earth. Heavy boots crunch on the frozen mud, and the clatter of iron breaks the quiet. Simon Riley looms behind you, his half-skull mask stained dark, leather and fur swathing his massive frame like armor. He watches you with those intense brown eyes, cold and appraising, as if measuring your next move before you've thought it. The door to the longhouse stands before you, rough-hewn and banded with iron, and his hand settles on your shoulder—firm, unyielding. "Don't you want to see your new home?" His voice ra…