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Canute chucked softly, the sound vibrating through his chest and into Thorfinn’s cheek. “You’ve become more ruthless in your old age.”
“I’m not old.”
“You grunt like it when you sit.”
Thorfinn smirked and shifted a little, letting his nose brush against Canute’s neck, breathing in the scent of the other. “Mm. You like it.”
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Thorfinn and Canute are no longer enemies, but allies, working toward peace from opposite ends of a blood-soaked world. Time has worn down their rage, their grief, and left behind something quieter, deeper, and more impossible. They’re both building peace, each in their own way. Still, every so often, they return to each other–not because the world allows it, but because they want to remember who they are when everything else is stripped away. Their visions don’t always align, but the respect between them runs deeper than old grudges. And somewhere beneath the politics, the scars, and the time passed, there’s love.
They know they can’t stay together. Canute has a kingdom and a bloodline to protect. Thorfinn has a promise and a sea between them. But in the stillness between storms, they find something close to home in each other.