275 CCLXXV. The Severing

After those words, which seemed to elicit no sensation in her, Dag opened his jaws and bit her neck violently, right where the runic scar was. 

Freydis, caught in uncontrollable pain, began to agitate with her last strength, trying to wriggle out of his grip and hardly scratching Dag behind his back, causing deep furrows in his skin, which stuck under her nails.

With a decisive gesture of the head upwards and his jaw clenched, Dag tore a thin piece of flesh from Freydis's neck, surgically removing the flap of skin on which Inguz was engraved from her body.

Suddenly, the girl's screams and groans subsided, as did Karl and the others, who were watching the scene expecting the worst.

Dag turned his head to one side and spat out the piece of flesh, which after twirling in the air, ended up on the dusty ground of the arena, which got wet by the blood of the young Shieldmaiden, whose eyes began to close, losing consciousness.