England is burning.
Lord, hear my prayer....
I am a sinner.
My soul is tarnished.
And when his rival, Ulf the Bloody, shatters my world, it becomes clear the lessons have only just begun.
Fear makes us blind to the truth, and I refuse to cower because Skarth soon becomes my teacher-in all things.
People fear what they don\'t understand, but I will not allow that to control me.
His name...
Skarth the Godless.
So when my father captures the most savage Viking known in our land, I do what no good, God-fearing Christian would do-I help him.
However, it is not in my nature to surrender.
I must do this for my people.
Without this union, Northumbria will fall, which is why I must submit.
My father wants to protect our kingdom against the ruthless Vikings who continue to raid England, so he has betrothed me to Aethelwulf, the son of King Egbert of Wessex-the most powerful realm in all of England.
And me? I am Princess Emeline.
My father is King Eanred.
The Northmen.
And the cause...men are too afraid to utter in nothing but a whisper.
England is burning
