Note: this story is set in the world of Shadow of the Gods and Hunger of the Gods, but about 50 years before those books. It has lots of non-consensual things in it, because that world has limited consent. You won't find any actual characters from that series here - you need yo read the novels for that!
This is, clearly, fiction. Don't try this at home. It is also clearly fan-fiction. This work does not claim copyright over the images or settings within that world, which reside fully with John Gwynne. This work is done without his knowledge or permission.
Go read his books, they are wonderful (although there is a little less sex than in this).
Some words:
brynja
a mail coat
drengr
warriors
Jarl
Earl, lord
niðling
swear word roughly coward
samræði-witch
a witch specialising in sex magic
seax
a short sword often carried as a secondary weapon
sieðr-witch
a shamanistic magic maker
thrall
a slave, bound by a magical collar
vaesen
a small monster
A note on Slater: if you would like to see what Slater's cock looks like, then go and explore the Bad Dragon website. Or, as it would be in this world, the Lik-Rifa website.
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Kanerva had been hunting him through the town for the last three days
, lured on by a scent here and an image there. But at last she had seen him enter the tavern on the road near the docks. Like her, he wore a brynja and carried a helm. His seax looked well cared for. But she knew that this was the least dangerous part of him.
Pausing for a few minutes to let a drunk fisherman past, she entered the tavern. The rush light flickered, darker than the moon-lit streets she had just left, and it took her a few seconds for her eyes to compensate -- seconds in which she stepped aside from the door. Best not to be seen framed by it, even if there had been no signs that he was aware of her.
The stink of piss and stale ale that mixed in the rushes on the floor would probably hide her scent from him, but she had no desire to get close. A nod to the innkeeper had a pot of ale before her in exchange for a copper, and she sat down in the corner whilst her eyes swept the stinking room.
Finally she saw him in the far corner, by the door to the outhouse. He was leaning over a pretty lass who probably worked for the inn. Watching out of the corner of her eye she appraised the girl. There was something about her. A hardness that talked of the warrior way rather than the usual bar work you might have expected. And an arrogant look to her too.
Aha! It seemed that she wasn't the only one hunting tonight. Perhaps this would provide the proof she needed -- and far quicker than bespelling the man. Sure enough, after a few minutes her prey and the girl left through the back door, but not before they gave a look around the room. A lesser hunter would have been spotted, but she wasn't to be caught out like that, and all they saw was a tired warrior-woman with her head in a pot of ale.
She could try to follow them, but there was always a risk that they were waiting and watching. Far better to go back out of the front. There were only two directions the alley at the back of the tavern could take, towards the town gate, or back towards the centre.
Her instinct told her that they would head out, towards the wood. Sure enough, from under the overhanging thatch she spotted the couple, arm in arm, heading towards the wall.
She kept entirely still, relying on the shadows to hide her, as he raised his head and sniffed the air. Apparently satisfied he walked on, the girl at his side. A few houses further on they stopped again. This time it was the girl who raised her head. If she hadn't been sure before, she was now.
Just ahead of them the town gate was closed, and wouldn't reopen until dawn. At least that was the theory. But evidently a coin and a smile was enough for the couple to be let out onto the path to the woods.
She had no intention of spending her coin on a corrupt doorkeep, although she decided that the Jarl should be informed when it was convenient. Instead, she quickened her pace, and walked along the inside of the wall for a dozen yards.
Making sure that the guard wasn't watching, she muttered the ancient words under her breath, and leapt up onto the logs at the top of the wall.
In the distance she could see her prey, almost at the forest now. Flexing her legs she jumped down to the ground. The girl ahead had heard something, and her head whipped around, looking back at the gate. But no good hunter would let herself be seen, and the long grasses kept Kanerva hidden.
Seeing nothing untoward the girl stepped on, disappearing quickly into the shadow of the trees. Kanerva guessed they wouldn't go far. Why would they need to? And of all the people who might be in the forest tonight, they had the least to fear. No vaesen would go near these two!
If only they were as safe as they thought.
A few minutes into the trees she could hear them. Clearly in their rut they had foregone caution. All the better.
Kanerva approached the clearing carefully --making sure she was silent and downwind. She could already smell the somewhat rank maleness of her prey, and the heat from his conquest. As she looked through the branches the moonlight twisted her view, dappling everything in its silver grey light. Both of them were already half-naked, his brynja discarded on the ground, and her dress pushed away from her breasts. He was leaning into her, building their desire with short nips of the teeth on her neck and breasts.
Kanerva knew that, even though she couldn't see it, his eyes would be flecked with yellow -- as would the girls'. Their limbs seemed slightly longer, their teeth sharper, their movements quicker and more aggressive. In one movement he ripped her skirts off her, leaving her naked and angry. "My dress! You fucker niðling!"
"I'll buy you another for your troubles"