At dawn, unable to sleep after the previous night’s tension, Bjorn quietly leaves Freya sleeping off her drink and wakes his mother, Saga, for a private confrontation. Outside the cabin, Bjorn demands to know what Saga said to Freya. Saga shifts quickly from irritation to warning, reminding Bjorn that once Snorri learns Freya is in Nordeland, he will pursue her relentlessly and with even greater destruction than before.

Bjorn and Saga then examine the blood oath Freya swore. Bjorn repeats the exact wording, and Saga concludes that the oath is both narrower and more dangerous than she first suspected: Freya’s idea of allegiance likely does not force her to stay loyal to Snorri or remain beside him, but it could compel her to answer a call to arms if Snorri can reach her. Saga also reasons that the promise of protection probably binds Freya to shield Snorri from physical harm, though not from wounded feelings, and Bjorn argues that Freya’s curse against him suggests the oath may not prevent every form of attack.

From that interpretation, Saga proposes what she sees as the obvious solution. Bjorn should take Freya far from Nordeland so Snorri cannot contact her directly or through others, keep ahead of him, and eventually disappear with her forever. Bjorn hesitates, both because the plan feels too simple and because Freya has not forgiven him. Saga admits she tried to push Freya toward forgiving Bjorn, then breaks down and confesses the fear behind her harshness: in her visions, Freya stands with red eyes over a sea of dead, and Bjorn is nowhere to be seen.

Freya, already awake and listening nearby with the wolves, steps forward and agrees with the escape strategy. Freya refines the plan: she and Bjorn should leave a trail south that Snorri cannot ignore, drag him far from both Nordeland and Skaland, and force him to waste wealth, men, and political support chasing them until he weakens himself. But when Bjorn asks what happens after that, Freya makes the personal cost clear. Once Snorri has been drawn away and exhausted, Freya and Bjorn will go their separate ways.