THE ART OF SINS
Chapter 1: The Captive’s Claim
The dragon-headed longship crashed through the gray, churning waves like a beast unleashed by the gods themselves, its oars cutting rhythmically into the sea as it approached the misty shores of my conquered homeland. I stood bound at the center of the deck, thick ropes biting into my wrists, my simple woolen dress soaked through with sea spray and clinging shamelessly to every generous curve of my body. At twenty-four winters, I was Freya Aldottir, daughter of a fallen jarl whose village had burned under the axes of these very raiders. My body, always both blessing and burden, now drew the hungry stares of the crew—heavy, full breasts straining against the dam
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