At dawn, Freya and Bjorn resume their journey to Saga’s home. Freya’s restored composure makes her more afraid of the meeting, because Saga’s prophecies were the reason Harald and Bjorn once hunted her. When Freya asks whether Saga might try to kill her now, Bjorn says his mother is not violent but warns Freya to be cautious. As they climb the isolated, overgrown path, Bjorn explains that rune-marked posts around the property were carved by Harald to protect Saga.

When they arrive, Freya is startled to find Saga warm, beautiful, and already aware that Bjorn was nearly taken by a huldra. Saga immediately reveals that she had once urged Bjorn to steal Freya away from Fjalltindr rather than deceive her, and she bluntly says his lies cost him Freya’s trust. Freya presses Saga about prophecy, and Saga explains that the Unfated rarely change the future unless they act against their own nature. That is why Saga believed Bjorn killing Freya might alter events: murdering her would have been deeply unnatural for him.

Freya then directly asks whether Saga plans to finish what Bjorn refused to do. Bjorn swears that if Saga harms Freya, he will try to stop her and, if he fails, follow Freya to Valhalla. Saga dismisses his dramatics but swears that no one will die that day, then sends Bjorn away so she can speak privately with Freya. Alone in the cabin, Saga admits that Freya terrifies her and that, in weaker moments, she wishes Bjorn had killed her at first sight. Even so, Saga refuses to kill the woman Bjorn loves, because losing her son would be too high a price. She also confirms that Freya’s path has changed, but not her destination: the same catastrophic future still awaits.

Freya asks whether Harald’s hope is possible—whether Snorri might lose control of her without her dying—and Saga says she does not share Harald’s optimism, though she cannot rule it out. Freya then reveals the truth of her power: she carries the blood of both Hlin and Hel, can curse people by tearing out their souls, and hears Hel speaking inside her mind. Saga realizes this explains her vision of Freya standing among countless dead with burning eyes; she now believes Freya is destined to use Hel’s magic to send thousands to Helheim. Though Freya insists she is no longer in Snorri’s hands, Saga says she still senses a leash on her. When Freya begs for guidance on changing her fate, Saga says she sees only one dark future and no escape from it. Left desperate but determined to learn something useful, Freya asks Saga to tell her the truth about the night Snorri tried to kill her.