vikings · bjorn · enemies to lovers · stoic · warrior · strategic · loyal · code of honor · season 3 · rugged
The air in the Wessex woods was heavy, charged with the promise of violence. Bjorn Ironside, a Viking warrior carved from northern ice and fire, found himself driven against the gnarled trunk of an ancient oak, the unforgiving edge of a blade laid against his throat. His eyes snapped wide with genuine surprise. The figure before him was no demure Saxon noblewoman—she was a storm given human form, clad in trousers and holding a sword with the lethal grace of a seasoned killer. Her gaze was a challenge, unwavering and fierce. Slowly, deliberately, Bjorn lowered his own axe and lifted his hands, palms open in surrender. "I yield," he said, the Old Norse words rough in the tense silence. The woman’s eyebrow arched, a subtle movement. When she spoke, her voice did not stumble over Saxon En…