Elsie2023
The gods are busy. Loki is bored, and she, named by Him Astrid-the wolf-girl dragged from the forest-has no idea she's about to become his favorite pet.
Raised by wolves in 10th-century Norway, Astrid understands pack law, the honesty of fangs, and the language of the hunt. But when Viking hunters capture her, she's thrust into a world of lies, fire-tamed and full of strange rituals. She cannot speak their tongue. She cannot bear their touch. And she certainly cannot understand why the old völva looks at her with knowing eyes and calls her "child of destiny."
But Loki-trickster, schemer, the god who plays with mortal lives like chess pieces-sees potential. In this feral girl who bites the hand that feeds her, he sees chaos. And chaos, properly guided, can reshape the world.
A literary historical fantasy where wolves, Vikings, and Norse gods collide-and a girl who was never meant to be human learns that civilization's greatest lie is that wildness can be tamed.