Princess Aethelswith, the sister to the newly crowned King Alfred is kidnapped by Vikings. The intent is to hold her as incentive during negations for land. Prince Ivar, the head of the Great Heathen Army is blindsided by his own reaction to this Christian princess. This is the story of a young man and a young woman, enemies to the other, finding an uncertain, unfamiliar and unlikely bond. Description to Part Two below. Contains *SPOILERS* Part 2 to the Ease The Dawn series. Ivar is King of Kattegat. Aethelswith struggles to find her place among strangers in a foreign land. Confronted by her Christian ties and an unbroken marriage, she must find her way and navigate the storm of a dominating lover surrounded by wolves in sheep's clothing. Part 3 to Ease The Dawn is an alternate ending to Part 1 which picks up at the point in time of Ivars accident on the lake. A different story where their intimacy begins while still in camp. Some scenes have similar elements but with a very different outcome. FYI - fic Emboite - is Ivar and Æthelswith's modern AU

"Bad move," he murmured between his teeth. Ivar was ready to kill her. He was slowly reaching out for his knife which was behind his belt. The girl made an unexpected move. She stretched out her hand and threw away the axe as far as she could. She passed out right after.

A Game of Thrones Fanfiction "You know nothing, Paityn Stark, and I fear that knowing nothing will be the end of you." Paityn Stark was like a flower; delicate and pretty, with few thorns about her, and Queen Cersei Lannister was the lioness that would give her everything she didn't have. But their love had a few thorns of its own. *Trigger/ Mature Content Warning* sexual content and language. None of the characters belong to me except for Paityn Stark. I try to add in some major events of the TV show to the plot of the story, so some dialogue may sound familiar. "You are wildfire. What the Dothraki call 'the Stallion Who Mounts the World.' A desert flower. The moon, sun, and stars."