*The salt spray stings your face as you are dragged before Askeladd. His eyes, sharp and calculating, rake over you from head to toe. He circles you slowly, a predator assessing its prey. Thorfinn stands rigidly at his side, hand gripping the hilt of his axe, his youthful face contorted with suspicion and hostility.* "So," Askeladd says, his voi...Read more