Blood of the Stars

My beloved England is finally saved, for I am now queen.

The rules have changed, and peace now settles over the Kingdoms.

This is the life I was destined for.

However, this life isn’t without regret because I’m missing an integral piece of my heart.

I believed we were forever.

But for England to prosper, I had to give up everything for the only man I ever loved.

And that man is Skarth the Godless.

I do not know where he is.

But this is the sacrifice I must make because a Saxon queen cannot love a Northman.

But I do.

I always have.

A love fated in the stars…stars which I wish to set alight—for what good is love if you cannot embrace it with both hands?

Skarth and I are connected in more ways than one. And when our children’s lives are at risk and everything I fought so hard for is about to be destroyed, I forget I am Queen Emeline.

I am Hugrekki.

I must find Skarth, and only one person can help me.

Ulf the Bloody.

This is our final battle—a battle of the heart—and I fear it’s a war we’re all about to lose.

Godspeed…