Bound Essence series, Part One

and handed it to Johan and I. Joha

eal your vows

tarted from my lips and traveled straight to my core, leaving me to feel like I've just been branded. Johan must have fel

My father and Johan's had gone all out. Johan took my hand and led me to the head table. As I sat, I could feel the calmness which always preceded one of my visions. I

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ft you shivering as if someone had just walked over your grave. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed the way she held her body rigidly in t

gainst a common enemy. An enemy that seeks to destroy everything that we hold dear. An enemy

the generations to come, peace." His voice boomed across to everyone in the clearing as if amplified. I

recious to me. And like a true leader shoul

y daughter's happiness a

her, Raven, he'd lived for battle. His wife had tamed him a bit but he was still a warrior. He just did

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the boy. But that new bride of his is rumored to be a sorceress, and if they sire an heir, they will be harder to dispose

final blow without anyone being the wiser, let him think this coup was his idea. The fool still believed I was

ny tinge of regret, it was so fleeting and was gone

on my new niece-in-law. I was startled to find her staring straight at me, and I could swear her eyes looked silver in the

e clearing, where I had a few trusted men waiting on my command to slaugh

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here I was looking and waved at

my uncle

shake the feeling of dread that weighed on me and seemed to center around Johan's uncle, Edain. I couldn't get a clear image, I never do wh

had been part of my tribe, the next morning would find us moving into a home he would have built himself in preparation for our joinin

ndle, water from a nearby spring, a key, a small bottle of birch oil and a small bottle of thyme oil. I began by pouring some water into the bottom of the candle holder, then added a pinch of lady'

re, our Union and this Place... We share with you t

nst the center pole watching me. He

he Goddess Frigg

marriage?"

don't you thi

tribe worshiped the sam

oked at him but I didn't sa

asked as he unbuckled his scabbard, laying his sword

did y

o obey my laird."

y my chieftain." I replied

ly a sorceres

a sham