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in which kinsley
helps uhtred ragnarsson
reclaim his birthright.
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OR

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in which kinsley learns the
cost of wasting time.
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HⵊRAETH   ᴀ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ʟᴏɴɢɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴇsᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ's ʜᴏᴍᴇ

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KINSLEY hated being left behind.

Calvert was her brother, he was all she had left. But he was always leaving her, unable to promise that he would return.

You're too young, he would say. You're a girl, he would say. And then he would go, and Kinsley would spend the weeks of his absence wondering what he was doing, if he was alright, if he was thinking about her.

When the opportunity came for Kinsley to leave with her brother, she made a vow to herself to never give anyone a reason to leave her again.

So when the chance for her to live a life with love came, she hesitated to take it. Because love gave people another reason to leave her behind.

It wasn't until it was too late that Kinsley realized how much time she had lost. How much was really left behind in the end.

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I N T R O D U C I N G

EMILY BADER

as

K I N S L E Y F A B I A N S D O T T I R

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EWAN MITCHELL

as

O S F E R T H   A L F R E D S S O N

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KIT HARRINGTON

as

C A L V E R T F A B I A N S S O N

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"ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴡɪꜰᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ, ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ sᴛᴀʏ ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ. ɪ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ -"

"ɴᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ. ᴊᴜsᴛ ʏᴏᴜ."

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published :: january 10, 2025
finished :: n/a

season two — season five

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DISCLAIMER! i do not own or take credit for the last kingdom. the plot and characters belong to the show's creators and distributors.

the only characters i own are my ocs and their storylines. the rest all come from the last kingdom.

there's not going to be smut in this. i'm not sorry lol i just don't want to write it. prepare for some good old fashioned pining instead lol

TRIGGER WARNINGS: this book will contain major character deaths, murder, strong language, other mature themes, and a bittersweet ending (i'm sorry).

AUTHOR'S NOTE! the hyperfixation is so intense that i have watched this show like six times since august lol. also i am in love with ewan mitchell so this is not surprising lol.

this fic will have slow updates!! if i could drop out of college and only write fanfics i would lol. i'm just kidding but i am in college and i do have to put school first.

i'll be messing with the timeline a bit mainly because it gives me a headache lol. i don't know how much time passes between season 1 and 2 but for my sake im going to say its like five months so i hope that's chill. i probably wont ever address the time skips again just because they drive me crazy trying to figure out lol

i am a girl who loves romance, but i don't write fics for just the romantic plots. i write fanfics so i can incorporate characters into different worlds if that makes any sense. what i am trying to say here is that osferth isn't showing up until act two and before we start rioting remember!! osferth doesn't show up until the end of season two and act 1 will cover the first half of season two and act 2 will cover the second half. but don't worry, he'll be here!!

also i plan to write a fic for calvert one day 🤭 i can't say how soon it will be, but his love interest will be eadith (my queen)

i want to say that i write fanfictions purely for my enjoyment. i just have ideas and i that i want to become realities. if you don't like this book, then that is fine! but please don't leave any hate comments, just stop reading :) i am completely open to constructive criticism, but please don't leave hate just to hate.

i hope you all like this fic!! the last kingdom is one of my favorite shows ever and i hope i can do it justice <3

DEDICATIONS! ethelcained carollingdxnvers xscarwpx AMadRoyal riddleravenclaw_ amcrfati sunphyres MsMarvelfangirl cqstlebyers yasdawn claudebarnes extrxmist

and to my other mutuals i definitely forgot to tag <3 sorry this took me so long lol i know i've been talking about this fic since like september. hopefully the wait is worth it!!