Part 4

“I'm prisoned, but believing.
Twisting my delusions, best beware.
My peace can be deceiving.
I'm steady in the deep end of despair.
So far away, from safe and sound…”

(No Easy Way)
 

“I will not open a debate about this, father. You know well that I’d go after her to any realm. After this either she comes to live here in Asgard, or I go live in Midgard. I won’t lose her out of my sight ever again. I am in love with her” Thor stated frowning as he looked down at Odin, standing on one of the rebuilt balconies of the golden palace.

“Son…” the Allfather sighed using his one eye to examine the determination on Thor’s face. He was far from that reckless boy who was seeking a fight wherever he went.

“Father…” Thor softened his voice “Please… to me she is like mother was to you. I know it. I can feel it deep in my heart” he put a big hand on his wide chest.

Pain flashed in Odin’s old eye as he looked down at his son’s hand, thinking about his beloved Frigga, who was no more. “Son, you have a strong heart and strong hearts mean strong determination to achieve the desired goals and to make the good choices” he said calmly and turned back to the city to watch the still ongoing construction works, resting a hand on the balustrade. “I knew she was like that the first time she talked to me and looked at you. Despite the terrible losses her last visit caused I don’t blame her. She is different from the other Midgardians that one is clear to me, and I can see that your love is true” Odin turned back to Thor “She’s changed you and made you the man I am proud of today. Forgive my old self. Until now I was not aware of what I might lose. Your mother, the queen is gone forever and it reminded this old man on what is important and what gives you more power in this life. Love, son. That is the reason why I have decided to give you the choice to forge your own path with her. I only have two conditions.”

“What conditions, father?” Thor asked carefully, still somewhat surprised hearing his father’s words.

“First, I still want you to take your rightful place as the king of the nine realms. I am tired and old, son and I saw it in my dreams: to keep the peace we need a new beginning. You are strong and wise enough now to be that new beginning.”

Thor nodded after thinking about his words for a moment. “And what would be the second condition, father?”

“That you become the king of Asgard and live here with the choice of your heart, the Midgardian woman.”

“Thank you father for your trust. I will try not to disappoint you again. I will think this over and discuss it with Jane once I saved her” he said and smiled faintly as his father put his wrinkled hand on his shoulder.

Odin nodded too then turned towards Fandral who stepped out on the balcony and bowed.

“The preparations are done. Heimdall is ready to send us to Niflheim.”

“Thank you my friend, I’m coming” he said and nodded towards his father as he headed inside.

“Thor” Odin called his name and waited until his son turned back “This time I dare to say… may good fortune be on your side, son.”

“Thank you father. I shall return soon.”

Odin just watched him leave with worry in his heart for his son. A new darkness was rising, he could feel it in his old bones. He spoke the truth. Losing his beloved wife was another hard lesson of his long life, but he couldn’t blame the Midgardian woman for that. He couldn’t see the future clear but he knew that they were at the brink of a new beginning and he was hoping that he raised a wise successor to lead Asgard and the nine realms. Only that darkness worried him. He did not know much about it, but it was true that without darkness there wouldn’t be light. And the light will be protected with the help of his son. He had no doubt about that.

***

He was watching her form the bathroom door’s shadow, half of his body hidden behind the heavy wood. His eyes traveled down on the graceful line of her naked spine as she let her dirty clothes fall on the floor and she finally stepped into the steaming water, moaning softly. By now she must have been rather cold. This wasn’t her world and natural environment. Being the son of Laufey had its advantages when it came to cold. He didn’t know what it was in this mortal woman that grabbed his attention, but he was intrigued and found her exquisite. He knew himself well. He was getting obsessed with her and trying to make her want him too. Loki was never good with people and showing emotions – except anger and loathing.

He liked this mortal from the moment she slapped him hard in Asgard, looking at him angrily and accusingly with her dark-brown eyes. What a sick twist of fate was it that the first woman in centuries who managed to grab his attention was a mortal… and his brother’s lover. Oh how he hated even the idea when he’d heard about it for the first time. His mighty brother and a weak Midgardian… He felt disappointed, even cheated. What was Thor thinking? Was this his way to come back at him for all he’d said and done against him? Everything would’ve been so much easier if Thor was just a little bit more like him. He would’ve even considered ruling together with him. Despite how things have gotten out of hand, Loki has missed him even when he was rotting in his cell in the glorious Asgard. But no, Thor had to be the complete opposite of him and follow his hot head into countless meaningless battles, shining like a comet on the sky of the nine realms. And what happened to Loki while he was pursuing his shiny dreams, dragging him along? He slowly became his shadow… his dark opposite whom secretly – or not so secretly – everyone despised and could never understand or trust. And Thor was too blinded by fame and glory to notice these changes in him. Well, that didn’t really surprise Loki, he knew his brother has been always blind to many things. Like how deep but fragile the dark-haired man’s love for him was.

They might see the world from completely different angles, but somewhere their taste must be the same. He wanted Jane too. First he planned just to hurt her and make Thor feel miserable because of his betrayal, but now… Thing’s have changed the moment he met this woman in person. And it wasn’t just the Aether or its lasting side-effects. She was one of a kind. Special. And Loki liked special things – especially if those were in his possession. And he will possess her. Soon. The last few days made the cracks on her defense wider. She won’t be able to resist him much longer. That passionate kiss told everything to him. Although he had to admit that Jane wasn’t the only one who was affected by it. No matter how hard Loki tried to deny it, he felt something there too. A spark. A promise of something that he’d experienced only once before: with Thor.

It’s been a long while since the last time he desired female flesh like this and as he watched the soft curves of her body he knew he had to have hers – and not just to have another weapon against Thor, although he had to grin already from imagining the shock on the familiar face when he realizes it. No, something else was pulling him towards her. That spark he felt when they kissed. An unknown and ancient, animalistic power that fuelled his desire to touch and taste her, to be around Jane. What was she doing to him? What kind of witch was she?

Loki fisted his hand by his side, feeling the already healing wound she caused throb. He will have to be patient only for a little while longer until the thoughts of power that he’d put in her mind gets rooted and spread, altering her thoughts and opinion about him like the Aether or any kind of disease would do.

He thought back on the conversation with his ally. She asked if Loki though it was worth it to keep her there and put his energies in trying to change her. Was it? Loki believed it was. She was such a young and flexible mind. With some work, he believed, he could forge a new, a stronger person from Jane. Someone who’d suit her personality better. He already laid out his brilliant plan and was eager to take the next step in it to change the fate of the unsuspecting woman for good.

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