"We aren't staying," Leif replied, looking toward the horizon where the sun struggled to break the clouds. "We are going to rebuild. Not here. Not in the ruins of the past."
The journey ahead wouldn't be about reclaiming a city. It would be about crossing the known world to find the power to take it all back. The web of fate was spinning a new thread, one that would lead them from the frozen fjords of Norway to the golden spires of Constantinople. Vikings.Valhalla.S02E01.720p.10bit.WEBRip.2CH.x...
The hunt had begun, but the prey was about to become the predator. "We aren't staying," Leif replied, looking toward the
He moved with a new kind of darkness in his eyes. The visions of the massacre at Kattegat haunted him, not as a nightmare, but as a cold, sharpening stone for his soul. Beside him, Freydis guarded the rear, her hand never far from the hilt of her sword. They were no longer just explorers or warriors; they were fugitives in a land that was rapidly turning against their kind. Not in the ruins of the past
"We cannot stay in the shadows forever," Harald said, his voice rasping from the cold.
In the distance, the horns of Olaf Haraldsson’s men echoed through the fjords. Olaf, ever the opportunist, was already hunting the survivors, eager to cement his rule by snuffing out the last of the resistance. But Leif and Freydis weren't just running; they were heading toward a reunion.
The forest outside Kattegat was silent, save for the rhythmic crunch of snow under heavy boots. Leif Erikson didn’t look back. Behind him lay the ashes of a dream—the burning remains of the city Forkbeard had seized, and the blood of those who hadn't been fast enough to escape.