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Thor glanced down at the simple tunic and leather pants he wore. Despite feeling so despondent, he knew Darcy was right. "Very well. Let us move inside where we can discuss Loki's treachery more freely." He began heading for the door, Jane still tucked under his arm. |
Darcy took care of entering the code and opening the door. Once they were inside, she went to make the tea while Thor and Jane sat down at the table. Taking her bag from her shoulder, Jane set the files she'd been perusing earlier onto the the surface and then sighed heavily. Darcy was busy making tea, but Thor regarde... |
"Jane?" He inquired, reaching across and taking her hand in his much larger one. "What troubles you?" |
"There are a lot of things right now, to be honest," Jane admitted, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear before lifting her eyes to meet Thor's penetrating stare. |
"This isn't the first time Loki has betrayed me, nor will it be the last." |
"But why do you keep falling for his tricks, Thor? How can you let him get away with these things?" Jane was more than frustrated over this entire thing, mostly because she knew it was going to break Hermione's already fragile heart. Not to mention, probably get them all killed. |
"He is my brother, despite his true heritage, and I will always believe there is good inside of him." Thor let go of Jane's hand and stood, walking to stare out the window at the door. He thought on the situation for a moment, his mind turning the events since Hela arrived on Aasgard over and over. "You asked why Loki ... |
"Why didn't he talk to you about this first?" Darcy said placing their tea on the table and taking the seat Thor has left empty. "Why put you through hell and leave you hanging?" |
"These are Loki's ways. As much as I hoped that he had changed, perhaps he never truly will." Thor placed his hand on the cold glass of the window, his head hanging in despair for his lost brother. "I suppose he means for no one to know his true self." |
"Not even Hermione, it would seem," Jane snapped in irritation. She ignored the cup of tea Darcy slid her way, instead crossing her arms and glaring across the room at Thor. "How is Hermione going to take this news? What about Gwyneira? I know Hermione puts on a tough façade, but we all have seen how she can really be.... |
"Then do not tell her," Thor advised, turning away from the window and returning to Jane's side. "Let her believe Loki is safe on Jotunheim and I have been cast out by Hela without his knowing." |
"What?" Darcy nearly choked on her tea, the hot liquid lodged in her throat. "We can't just lie to Hermione frickin Granger! Have you met her?" |
"Darcy's right. Hermione would know that we lied. She has a way about her, and since bonding with Loki, it's become much worse." Suddenly an idea came to Jane and she felt her blood run cold as it continued to formulate in her mind. "Oh. My. God." |
"What?" Darcy asked, no longer choking. When her friend made no indication that she heard her, she prodded her with the tip of her finger. "Jane?" |
Jane looked to Thor, who was standing watching her with his arms crossed. "Thor, what do you know about the bond the Rime Diamonds creates between the two souls?" |
"You mean one soul split into two," Darcy corrected, ignoring the dark look Jane sent her way for interrupting. She pulled a face instead of apologizing, her hands held up in front of her. |
"Yes, Darcy, one soul split into two. What else do you know? I don't have those books anymore. We left them on Asgard." Jane waited patiently as Thor pondered her question, his face pulled down in a frown. |
"I am not sure I understand the question, Jane," he began slowly, still turning the thoughts over in his head. "From my understanding, and the limited amount of information Loki has shared with me since the fall of Fenrir, he and Hermione's souls are bound as one and their connection will only ever grow stronger. Nothi... |
"For a while?" Darcy was the one to ask, her voice hushed compared to before. |
"Yes, they will find each other in the afterlife, their souls merging and then finally finding rest in Valhalla." Thor sounded somber, his voice lowering as his explanation filled the room. |
"But what about what happened to Hermione when Loki sent her back to Earth?" Darcy asked, causing both Thor and Jane to glance her way with confusion. She rolled her eyes. "Her depression? You know, how she almost died until she realized Gwyneira existed and all that?" |
Understanding dawned on Jane's face and she whipped back around to face Thor. "She's right! What is going to happen to Loki?" |
"I am unsure that the bond and Hermione's depression are related. She could have been experiencing just the anguish of the bond separation doubled with her normal diagnosis." |
"But what if it's more than that? What if Loki gets that way?" Jane was pacing now, her mind racing with a myriad of ideas and hypotheses about the bond and the Rime Diamond's effects. There was something important she was missing in all of this and needed to sort through the facts in order to find clarity. However, wi... |
"Then I fear we are all very much doomed for if Loki does not have knowledge of this, then he will be ill prepared for the side effects," Thor intoned, rubbing a hand over his face before yawning. He was exhausted, his battle with Hela taking its toll. "I believe that I need to rest." |
"I still think that Loki is no longer on our side," Jane muttered, leaning against the counter for a moment. "But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and keep my mind open to the possibility he's playing all of us right now." |
"Trust me, Jane," Thor replied, preparing to head for the bedroom. "He will come around. I am sure of it." Then he disappeared, leaving Jane and Darcy alone in the kitchen. |
Jane turned to Darcy and raised her eyebrows as if asking, What now? |
"We're fucked," Darcy muttered, picking up her tea and resuming drinking. |
And for the first time in a long time, Jane had to agree. She plopped back down at the table and picked up the tea Darcy had been kind enough to make her. Staring into the mug, she thought about Hermione and Loki and everything they were going through. Sighing heavily, she glanced up at Darcy and decided to try and tal... |
"Darcy," she started, setting down the mug and meeting her friend's curious stare. "Compared to how they used to be, how would you describe Hermione and Loki now?" |
Snorting, Darcy rolled her eyes. "Stupid," she replied honestly, getting up to refill her mug. "Blinded by their love and ambitions, but mostly stupid." She glanced over her shoulder, a grin on her features, but it fell upon seeing Jane so serious. "Okay.... Not the answer you were looking for then?" |
"Not really, no," she replied through pursed lips. Sitting back in the chair she tapped her fingers on the table. "Think back to how Loki was when we first encountered him after revealing him as the false Odin and how Hermione was when she introduced herself to us in that coffee shop." |
Biting her lip, Darcy frowned as she pictured the two in question. Giving up on making a fresh cup of tea, Darcy wandered back to the table and sat down. It felt like a decade had passed since this journey began... "Well, Loki was ruthless, determined to do everything in his power to push Hermione away, as well as find... |
"Yes, exactly. He tried pushing Hermione away, but even then he was already changing from the proximity of the two Rime Diamonds and their bound souls." Jane dug around in her bag and dropped a stack of folders on the table. Flipping open an older file, she drew the tip of her finger down some of her earliest notes on ... |
"That's easy. She was lost, a ship in the night looking for a light to shore," Darcy muttered causing Jane to give her an odd look. "What? I can be poetic if I want to be." |
"Yeah, I know... It's just...weird." Jane and Darcy looked at one another and then promptly burst into laughter. It relieved some of the tension, but, eventually, they calmed and Jane apologized. "Sorry, go on. I didn't mean to interrupt." |
"Sure," Darcy teased, giving her friend a playful glare. "Like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, Hermione was sort of floundering, but she knew she wanted to help save everything." |
"Yes... All of that is true, about both of them, but you're missing the bigger picture." Jane rubbed her eyes with the tips of her fingers until she saw stars. "In simplest terms, how would you describe them at the very beginning. Give me one word for each." |
"Uhhhh," Darcy crossed her arms as she thought about what Jane was asking. It had to be something super simple or Jane wouldn't be having this conversation with her. Granted, she was educated, but Jane tended to leave all the scientific mumbo jumbo to the likes of Banner or Stark. Darcy was much better at solving the m... |
"Hermione was good and Loki was evil!" Excited at having figured out what Jane was trying to get at, she smirked. "Or not evil, really, but not so good." |
"Exactly," Jane muttered and then wet her lips. "But something has happened. Something has gone wrong." Her stomach clenched as it all fell into place. |
"What's wrong?" |
"Loki always said that the bond was bringing them together, intertwining their souls and sharing their characteristics with one another." Jane grabbed a pen and began jotting down some notes on a fresh piece of paper at the back of the folder. |
"Yeah, so Hermione got a bit more mischievous and hot headed whereas Loki became slightly more tolerable to all of us." Darcy let out a low whistle, only now realizing how much the two had changed over the course of the year. Frowning, she looked back at Jane, who was still scribbling away. "But that's not right..." |
"No, it's not." Tapping her pen against her lips in thought, Jane further explained, "Hermione has changed entirely, not just minimally. It's very rare that the old her shines through this new façade. Even tonight, she was rather distant and a bit cold, don't you think?" |
"Absolutely..." Darcy ran fingers through her hair in frustration. "But that doesn't explain Loki... He's taken sides with Hela, that bitch, and banished Thor from Asgard!" |
"That's true, yes, but let's break it down..." Jane grabbed a fresh piece of paper and kept on writing, glancing up at Darcy occasionally. "Loki always takes what he wants, and we know he wants Gwyneira more than anything. He's wanted a family all these years, right?" |
"So he just left without a fight, him and Thor going off the Asgard to protect the realms from Hela." Jane paused, waiting for Darcy to catch up. "Why would he just give that up?" |
"Shit... He really has changed. He doesn't want to fight with Hermione." Shaking her head, Darcy rolled her eyes. "I mean, he probably still has an ulterior motive, but this makes sense. Loki being more like Hermione, who would never take someone's child from them." |
"That's what I was thinking too. It's just so unlike him.... And she's not herself either." |
"So what could be causing the complete characteristic transfer? The only thing that changed was..." Darcy's eyes went wide at the realization. "Gwyneira! Hermione had a baby and then everything went to hell!" |
"I think it's far worse than that, Darcy," Jane mumbled, sliding her notes across the table. She let her friend examine her work for a quiet moment before continuing on. "I fear that Hermione and Loki have switched personalities because of Gwyneira. It must be the hormones." |
"Would pregnancy hormones really have caused that to happen?" Darcy asked, almost scared of the answer. She hated the solemn look on Jane's face and wrapped her arms around her middle to stave off the chill she suddenly felt. |
Shaking her head, Jane tucked all the papers away in her folder and then picked up her now cold cup of tea and took a sip. Cringing at both the chilled beverage and what she was about to admit, she said, "I don't have the faintest idea, but we better figure it out soon because if we don't, who knows what's going to hap... |
Instead of replying, Darcy merely rubbed at her temples. They needed to talk to Hermione about all of this, but where do you start? Hey, your daughter triggered a hormone induced character trait swap that is probably going to end up with all of us dead? Yeah. No. This was going to be much more difficult than anything t... |
Loki stood staring down at the dead Vanir at his feet. His throat was slashed clean across, the crimson of his blood bright against his pale skin. The coagulation process was taking over, but there would be no respite for this man. He was dead and it had been at Loki's hand. Emerald eyes blinked slowly as he gaped at t... |
Smirking, Loki crouched down and used the Vanir's tunic to wipe the blood from his prized dagger before hiding it within the folds of his leathers once more. Behind him, footsteps approached, slow and calculating. He knew who was coming, his smirk growing as he rose to his full height. He did not turn around, though; i... |
Arms wrapped around his waist, hands coming to splay across the leather covered planes of his chest. Still, he said nothing, nor did he react to her presence. His gaze was trained on the Vanir, amazed that he'd been able to actually go through with the spell. Loki always knew he was driven by a thirst for power, but ne... |
She said his name like a prayer, or maybe more like a spell. It called to him, pulling on his soul until he could stand it no longer. Turning in her embrace, he stared down into the eyes of his longtime companion and friend. She kept her hands on his chest, the fingers digging in slightly as a smirk grew on her red, pa... |
"How do you feel?" She inquired, her voice husky with arousal. She'd been watching from across the field, hidden behind a tree as Loki took his first kill. |
His fingers tightened their grip on her hair, tilting her head to the side so he could bury his face in her neck. He drew his nose along the column of her throat, inhaling her scent before placing a chaste kiss just below her ear. "Exhilarated," he murmured, the vibration of his voice making her tremble. "His seidr is ... |
"And now it is yours," she responded, her hands sliding down his chest to grab at the band of his leather trousers. "You can have all the power you want so long as you are willing to do what is needed to gather it." |
"Surely, I will not always have to kill to obtain magic?" He pulled back slightly, loosening his grip on her hair so she could look at him more easily. He quirked a single eyebrow, waiting for her reply. |
"Of course not, dear," she cooed, her face softening, though her eyes remained dark. "But this will ensure your magic is unique and stronger than anyone else in all the realms." She paused, a slight tinkle of laughter erupting from her. "Well, aside from me, that is." |
Loki frowned, but she reached up and used the tip of her finger to trace his lips. His tongue snaked out to taste her, the tip lapping at her digit and causing her to moan. Her glittering eyes raked over his form and then her hands were back at his waist, skillfully tugging at his trousers and leathers. He allowed her ... |
When her mouth wrapped around his hardness, he groaned and grabbed at her hair again. This is how it always was between them after a battle, but this was the first time he'd physically killed someone for his own purpose and not for protection of his home realm. If they were caught, they'd be imprisoned and tried for mu... |
When Hela suddenly pulled away, he almost whined at the loss but it appeared she had other plans in mind. Standing, she used her magic to disappear her skin tight green and black clothing, revealing her naked form to him. He swallowed, his cock twitching at the mere sight before him. They had messed around, that was tr... |
She placed hers in his gently and then tugged him toward her. His lips were upon hers in an instant, kissing, biting, tasting all she was giving to him. Her hands raked over his back, her long nails scratching his pale skin and making him gasp from the pain. When he ground his hips into hers as the pain turned to pleas... |
"You and I are going to rule all the realms one day," she told him, voice thick as honey. With her other hand, she reached down and took hold of his cock, stroking him lightly. "I can show you things you never even dreamed about, make you feel things you never knew possible. Would you like those things, Loki?" |
"Ye-sss!" He cried out as she brought him to the brink of orgasm, but he managed to hold back. It was hard to keep a clear head with her touching him as she was. "I want all of that and more, and only with you...for all eternity." |
"Good... Loki, my pet... Now, I want you to fuck me right here and now..." Releasing her hold on both his hair and his cock, she presented her body to him. Lightheaded from all the power and desire raging through him, he stumbled toward her and took her in his arms, kissing her once more. |
He laid her down in the grass, the scent of blood and seidr permeating the air. Her thighs parted, revealing her glistening entrance to him. Kneeling between her open thighs, he trailed one hand down the valley of her chest before brushing over her damp folds. Her body undulated under his touch, seeking out more from h... |
When he knew she was close, he withdrew his fingers and met her half lidded gaze as he lapped her juices from his fingers. Her own tongue came out to wet her lips and then he was crawling up her body, the heaviness of his sex resting against her wetness as he captured her mouth in a kiss. Her tongue eagerly slid into h... |
"Take me now," she demanded and so he surged forward, his cock sliding home. |
Loki had never felt such perfection, Hela's walls clenching around him as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He leaned his arms into the grass, not caring that the blood of the Vanir was now staining his pale skin. Hela was his first, though he suspected he was not hers. This did not bother him in the slightest, fo... |
Underneath him, Hela was crying out for more. Harder. Faster. Deeper. She wanted all of him. Just before his orgasm took him, Hela used her strength to roll them so she was on top. She rode him fast and hard, her hips rocking against his as her nails drew blood from his chest. His back arched from the force of his orga... |
When they were finished, Hela collapsed atop him, her head resting on his chest as her fingers drew lazy circles in the blood there. Whether it was his or the Vanir's, he did not know. In the back of his mind, Loki knew they could not linger for much longer, but still they remained. There were a great number of things ... |
Smiling to himself, Loki deftly rolled them over and captured her lips in a passionate kiss that left them both breathless and panting with renewed desire. When he pulled back, his sparkling emerald eyes held the promise of both mischief and a future yet unknown. Hela merely smiled, slow and sinful as she used her reju... |
Loki opened his eyes, effectively dispersing the dream of long ago which haunted him even now. Maybe more so now. Centuries had gone by in the mere blink of an eye since that fateful day, his life turning the moment he'd taken Hela's advice to murder that Vanir for his seidr. The darkness had taken hold of his heart th... |
Sitting there, with the sheets tangled around his naked body, Loki had never felt more lost. Once long, long ago, this is what he'd wanted. Power. Pleasure. Hela. Now... He wasn't so sure. He still yearned for that power, but he had that with Jotunheim. Pleasure? That had been easy enough to obtain with Hermione, in mo... |
Throwing back the covers, he stood from the bed while willing a simple black robe to appear on his body. As he walked to the balcony doors, he realized that his essence was already fading, the Rime Diamonds draining him as the bond between he and Hermione grew more and more strained. Opening the doors, he stared out at... |
Turning his face skyward, Loki closed his eyes and tried to pull some of the sun's energy into his body, into his bones. Had it really only been three weeks since he'd cast Thor out to Midgard? In that time, he and Hela had procured five of the nine realms, Asgard and Jotunheim included. Despite the warmth of the day, ... |
Shivering as a light breeze started up, Loki gripped the rail and thought back to his dream again. Nightmare, perhaps, was a more fitting description for the past he kept dreaming of each and every time he closed his weary eyes. Hela haunted his days and his nights. She was his past and his future. Her presence sucked ... |
Then again, did the Goddess of Death truly ever sleep? Loki wasn't sure. He had yet to see her asleep, his own body too exhausted to remain awake after their coupling. Sleep would take him not long after completion, his mind and body shutting down so thoroughly that he had no idea if Hela ever even remained by his side... |
Hela had never been prone to affection, not even in the past. After years spent locked in magical captivity, why would she be any different? Loosening his grip on the railing, Loki glanced down at his hands as he turned them over. What would he be like centuries from now if he and Hela were successful in conquering all... |
He should take more pleasure in each realm they conquered, in each body that fell for their cause. And at night when Hela came to him, he should be enjoying her hands on his body, her mouth and cunt bringing him release after glorious release. He should be reveling in all of these things, but he was not. Instead, he gr... |
Inwardly he cringed, but he refrained from even flinching as he listened to Hela make her way through the bedchamber and join him on the balcony. Keeping still as she sidled up behind him, her arms wrapping around his waist like that of his dream, he closed his eyes and tried not to shudder. He had to remind himself th... |
"I was hoping to find you still in bed, my pet," she murmured, rising on her tiptoes to nibble at his earlobe. He felt her clothes disappear along with his robing as she urged him to turn around in her arms. |
"That can easily be rectified, mistress," he responded, ashamed that his body was already responding to her presence. He smirked to hide his own self-disgust, his hands sliding up and down her sides. This earned him a growl of approval before she was taking one of his hands and pulling him back inside. |
"Good," she cooed, shoving him down forcefully and straddling his hips. Loki hid his pain by pulling her down for a kiss, allowing her to take control when she bit his tender lips. Backing off slightly, she spoke softly against his parted lips. "And afterward we'll bathe and then plan our next conquest. How does Vanahe... |
If Loki was surprised by her choice, he showed nothing of it. Instead, he placated Hela by rolling his hips, his hardened cock making her gasp as it slid through her slick folds. "Wherever you wish, mistress," he replied indulgently, making a groan of pain turn into one of pleasure as she used her magic to bind his wri... |
"Just what I love to hear," she breathed before taking hold of his cock and sliding it into her body. Loki closed his eyes and allowed Hela to have her way with him, entirely numb to the experience. He was lost, so lost, and it was killing him inside. |
It wasn't often that Hermione had a few minutes to herself these days and so she relished this quiet time before Pansy brought Gwyneira back to the flat. Setting her briefcase by the door and hanging her cloak up, Hermione peered around the living room and wondered what she could get done before her daughter was home. ... |
Instead, Hermione made her way into the kitchen where she filled her cat's food and water dishes and then pulled a container of leftovers from the refrigerator. She'd warm it up after changing and sorting through her mail. Wandering to her bedroom, she discarded her work robes and threw on an old t-shirt and the yoga p... |
It appeared all was well so she went back to the kitchen to prepare her dinner. Gwyneira would want her attention once she was home and she wouldn't have the time to do much else. With Loki gone, she found her daughter growing more and more finicky as the days wore on, but only when in her presence. She was an angel fo... |
Theo: Have you seen Blaise? |
Biting her lip, Hermione wondered why Theo thought she might have seen his husband. Racking her brain, she tried to think of the last time she'd seen Blaise, for that matter, and couldn't remember. She saw Theo nearly every day at the Ministry, their paths crossing probably more than they ought to considering the shit ... |
H: No, but then again, I only really ever see him when we all get together. Sorry. |
She made to set aside her phone and go back to the kitchen but he returned the text before she could even turn off the screen. His words were enough to cause her to perch on the edge of Ron's old chair and give him a few minutes of her attention. |
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