A Short Tale From Norse America: Young Ravens & Hidden Blades (The United States Of Vinland) - Plot & Excerpts
They dodged shrubs and jumped lichen-spotted rocks that punctuated the thin soil. Neck and neck, they raced down into gullies hosting sprays of summer wildflowers and shallow streams, and startled birds and hares that fed and sheltered as best they could in the windswept landscape. The boys, despite pumping their ten-year-old legs to reach their destination, found the breath to tease each other that the ghost of the Godsland Wolf was chasing them down. “She’s at your heels!” cried Ulfarr, son of Eskil, the founder of Markland, the new Norse settlements in the west. Brandr, son of Ballr, laughed, but answered by barging his blond-haired friend with his shoulder to send him careening away. A few breaths later, he cried out, “No, she’s not after me, but you! She wants the son of the man who came to steal Godsland away from her!” They both laughed as they raced on, crying out and trying to knock each other off their feet. Soon enough they reached their destination — the rocky shore where they had left their raft.
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