Clara Stark walked through the streets, the gray hood of her leather jacket up to keep her signature blond hair hidden. She moved slowly and cautiously, deep blue eyes hidden by sunglasses looking around every once in a while to make sure no one was following her. Her father, the once Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers were gone. No one knew if they were alive or dead, all they knew was that they were gone, and for Clara that meant to stay deep in hiding. She knew the new king, Loki, and he knew her, but that was the problem.. Ever since he had seen her in New York, he had fallen deeply for her, and now for the full year he had been in control he was looking for her. Clara stay hidden to the best of her abilities, keeping her golden blond hair hidden behind a hood, deep blue eyes concealed behind sunglasses no matter the time, pale skin covered with a leather jacket, skinny jeans that did give away her slim outline, and brown tall boots. She never stayed in once place for too long, as the risk of being caught was too high. That was why she was on the move, trying to stay hidden but that ended up back firing when someone came up behind her and stopped her by pulling back a little on her shoulder.

"Crap...," She whispered, voice too quiet to be heard. She didn't turn around, so the person behind her spun her around. She looked up to see the man she had been trying to avoid for all this time, Loki...

Loki looked at her seriously, not sure if she was the beauty he was looking for, but only Clara had the tall, beautiful slim figure that could be spotted any where like this women did. Her face was hidden back behind the hood as was her hair, he couldn't see her eyes either due to the sunglasses. This bothered the king greatly, so he acted, pulling the hood down. Instantly her blond hair came down to it's natural flowing position.

He smiled, this was her. No other women in all the nine realms had her flawless features and silky golden hair. She was like a lone star in the pitch black night. Though her sky blue eyes were still hidden. He took a hand off her shoulder to slowly pull of the sunglasses. Once they were off, he threw them to the ground.

Clara bit her lip, looking down at the ground for a moment before looking up and looking into his emerald eyes. This was it, all the hiding was for nothing as he had found her. He didn't give up, she would gave him that, but she didn't exactly appreciate being hunted down like an animal.

"Hello beautiful. You are a hard one to find," He smiled, stroking her cheek lovingly. She wanted to move and run away, but there was no where to run any more. Earth was his, and she was in the area of the lowest rankings. Who knew what they would do to her.

Loki watched her closely, noticing the slight fear that came across her angelic features. He didn't know if this was fear about him or their location. He tried to shake the thought off that she was afraid of him, and focused that she was fearful of her location with her identity being revealed.

"Love, you have no reason to be afraid anymore. I will protect you," He promised her, stepping closer to her and placing a soft kiss on her forehead. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her to his armored chest.

Clara didn't know how to react, she had been sure that when he found her, he would mind control her so that he would follow his every command. Instead he was loving and soft, despite the harsh and cruel name he had for himself. She wouldn't admit this to him, but she actually she felt.. safe.. in his arms. A thing she hadn't felt for a year now. She closed her eyes and just enjoyed his cold embrace for a moment, allowing her blazing hot skin to be chilled to a comfortable temperature before stepping back and away from him.

"What do you want from me?" She finally spoke up, making Loki drop his arms from her as he looked down at her.

"I do not want anything from you Clara Stark nor do I wish to hurt you," He answered, wanting to hear her talk more. Her voice was soft and warm.

"Then what do you want?" She replied, eyes narrowing.

"For you to be safe and happy... at my side."

"You want me happy? Let my planet go!" She stopped, her body was absolutely exhausted. She hadn't slept in days and she couldn't remember the last time she had actually eaten. Her vision had been slightly blurry for a while, but now it was really bad. She could barely make out anything. Everything stared to spin and the ground seemed to becoming closer. All she remembered was her name being called and strong arms wrapping around her, pulling her away from the ground before she hit. Then everything went black.