With Shield and Ink and Bone

The sharpest blades are forged in fury. A hard-earned shield. Days before she is to take her place as a shield maiden like her mother before her two deaths alter the course of Livs future. One belonged to a witch who called her by name the other a chieftain from the north. Vengeance for the chieftains death comes in a wild fury that burns her village and slaughters her family. Left for dead Liv pleads to Skuld - norn and weaver of the future - to spare her. A deal is struck that will endow her with the dark magic needed to claim her vengeance. But this power comes at an unfathomable price...Ink made from the ashes of loved ones. After his home is attacked Calder races to warn neighboring villages of the threat. Little does he know hes traveling into the path of fate that will lead him straight to Liv. Despite being broken angry and overwhelmed by power she cannot contain its her willingness to defend others that draws Calder to her. Armor forged from the bones of those she held dear. Together Liv and Calder discover they are two sides of the same sharpened blade. Rising from the heartache and fury in their pasts they see a future together worth fighting for. With their strengths and hearts combined can they become a force powerful enough to defeat the fleet of darkness coming for them? Or will the thread of fate that binds them unravel?