Ch.4: Bedding a Maiden
Lorraine
It has been just a day after my parents departure from Asgard's palace. After saying my goodbyes, Loki and I spent the rest of the day in the gardens.
We talked and continued to learn about one another. I was growing to enjoy our talks together. I was learning a lot about him.
I was to begin my apprenticeship with Loki today.
I have decided to get ready and my four handmaidens were already in my room, ready to help me get dressed.
"What does one where when training with Prince Loki?" I ask them.
"Well it does depend on how the young prince will mentor you. You are his first apprentice ever." Sera says to me.
"That mustn't be true. There is surely someone else that he has mentored besides me." I say to them.
"But it is true. Prince Loki has never been interested in mentoring anyone in the field of magic." Ayl says to me.
"Not to say that he hasn't been asked. He has been asked many times before and has always denied their requests. For some odd reason who chose to accept you as his apprentice." Megara says in a cold tone.
"Be kind, Megara. The young prince never seemed interested in any of the other apprentices but when he was informed about you, he just couldn't refuse. There is something about you that just seems to draw him in." Greer says to me.
I nod.
"Can one of you ask Loki what I should wear for today?" I ask them.
That is when I saw Megara finally smile.
"I shall do it." She says and runs out of there.
I looked at the closed door she left through.
"She takes a liking to the prince?" I ask to them as I continued to stare at the door.
"I wouldn't say a liking. She just wants to bed him and hopefully become his mistress." Greer says.
I felt myself get angry at the thought of Loki bedding her.
"Is that why she dislikes me so much? Because I am spending time with the prince?" I ask them.
"I fear it is, my lady." Sera says to me.
I nodded my head in agreement.
"Please put my hair up in some sort of ponytail style." I say to them.
They nod and did just that.
Time went by and Megara had not returned.
"It does not take this long to ask a simple question from a man whose chambers is right across the hall." I say angrily.
I got up and changed out of my night gown. I went through the closet and found black trousers and a blue tunic.
I changed into that.
I put in my knee length boots.
"I am sorry for being a bit rude but I must leave now. Thank you for your help." I say without looking at them.
I walked to my door and opened it wide open.
Just in time to see Megara walking out of Loki's chambers.
She glanced up at me and smirked at me.
"Loki said to dress comfortably." She says to me.
"I see and it took you so long to get an answer for one simple question. Are you that incompetent in your job?" I say with a glare.
She glares at me.
"No I am not. I was busy with a request to help…relieve the prince of his stress. I am sure you can imagine that took all my attention and time." She says.
I glare at her once more before walking away from her and down the halls.
I could not believe how angry and upsetting to hear of what Megara was doing in Loki's chambers.
I had no right to be upset. Loki is not my betrothed and has no duties to me besides one as a mentor.
I shall act like nothing is the matter and just learn what he has to teach me.
I walk down the halls and was soon outside the gardens.
I was met with a boisterous voice that I recognized right away.
"Lady Lorraine!"
I looked up and saw Prince Thor walking towards me in long strides.
He then lifted me up in his arms and twirled me around which causes me to giggle in excitement.
"Prince Thor, please put me down." I say through my giggles.
"I shall if you promise to call me by Thor only. No Prince. We are to be spending a lot of time together." Thor says.
My hands laid on his bulging muscles.
"I promise, Thor. Now may you please put me down?" I ask.
"Of course, my lady." He says.
He sets me down on my feet.
We stood in front of one another.
"Are you ready for your first day of your apprenticeship?" Thor asks.
"I guess." I say.
He looks at me with furrowed eyebrows.
"What is wrong, my lady?" He asks.
"Nothing Thor. Why must there be something wrong?" I ask him.
"Because you seemed all but thrilled to be working with Loki since your arrival. Now today before me, you seem all but afraid to work with him." Thor says.
"I do not wish to talk about it Thor." I say, looking down at the ground.
I felt a hand on my chin and lift my head up to look at him. He didn't remove his hand from my chin.
"I will abide by that but please feel free to speak to me about anything. I know you may trust Loki more but you will need someone to talk to about my brother. I am lending you my ear to feel free to spout off any anger you may have towards him. I am here for you, my lady." Thor says.
"I thank thee for offering your ear. I will keep your offer in mind." I say to him.
He smiles at me his bright smile.
"I would be pleased if you did not distract my apprentice from her duties." Loki calls out.
Thor and I pull back from one another and turned to our side to see Loki walking towards us.
He looked angry and was glaring at Thor.
"I am sorry brother but I just wanted a chance to speak to Lady Lorraine since I did not get the chance to before. You have taken up all her time and I just now got the chance to speak to her. You must share her brother." Thor says with a smile towards me.
I smile back at him.
"I do not need to do such thing." Loki says.
I look at Loki and glare at him.
Loki looked shocked.
I then turn my attention back to Thor and smiled at him.
"I will be sure to save time just for you Thor. I have been rude in not speaking to you when I first arrived but I will be sure to fix that." I say to him.
"I am glad, Lady Lorraine. Will you allow me to spend time with you after your lessons with my brother?" Thor asks.
"I will allow that Thor." I say.
He smiles at me.
"I shall be waiting then, fair maiden." Thor says before walking away.
I then turn to face Loki who looked at me with a confused look on his face.
I wiped the smile off of my face and held a neutral expression. Showing no emotion to him.
"Shall we start?" I ask in an even tone.
Loki stayed silence and nods.
"We shall run around. It is important to be fit when performing with magic. Magic takes up a lot of energy. You will need to work out as much as possible to stay fit." Loki says.
We then started running in silence next to one another.
I was running with all the anger I felt coursing through my veins.
Loki ran ahead of me by a few feet. He then stopped nearby this lake.
I stopped behind him as he faced the lake and looked out.
It was then that I paid attention to what he was wearing.
He was wearing similar clothing to mine except for the color of his tunic was green instead of blue.
"Is it not beautiful?" Loki asks me.
I looked out at the lake.
"Yes it is, Prince Loki." I say.
That made him turn to face me and a look of hurt cross his face but then was shadowed by anger.
"You call me Prince once again but seemed to be fine with calling my brother by his name only." Loki says to me.
"I just realize that all you are is my mentor and it is not wise to drop formalities and forget what our role is. You are my mentor and as I am your apprentice. Thor has no responsibilities to me." I say to him.
"Why are you speaking of such a thing? Just last night, we were fine. I thought we were forming a friendship?" Loki asks of me but still with a glare on his face.
"I understand that Prince Loki but that was before I learned of disturbing news." I say.
"What news and will you please stop calling me Prince?" Loki asks.
"Knowing that you use women to help relieve your stress is disgusting." I stressed out the word 'relieve'.
"What do you speak of? I have no clue what you speak of." He says to me.
"I am just informing you of what I find out. I won't be like those other women who you use for your selfish pleasure. Are we done?" I ask.
"Yes we are done with our lesson today but we are not done with this conversation." Loki says to me.
"I am rather done with it." I say and turn to walk away but then stop.
I turn to look at him.
"Please relieve Megara of her duties as my maiden. It is clear that she is needed elsewhere to help you relieve your stress and I was taking her away from you. I do apologize." I say to him before turning back and running away from there.
I heard Loki scream out in frustration.
I soon made it back to the gardens near the palace.
There was Thor, talking to three men and one woman.
Thor looked up and saw me. A smile brightened his face.
"Lady Lorraine, done so soon?" Thor asks.
"Yes, Thor. It was an easy lesson." I say as I reached his side.
"Let me introduce you to my friends. Here are the Warrior Three and Lady Sif." Thor says to me.
"This is Fandral." Thor pointed to a blonde, handsome man who smiled at me.
"This is Houlston." He says, pointing towards an Asian man.
"And finally Volstagg." He says towards a man who was huge and a red beard and hair.
"Warrior Three, Lady Sif, this is Lady Lorraine. The young maiden who is my brother's apprentice." Thor says, sounding proud.
They all smiled at me.
"I hope Loki is treating you right?" Fandral asks.
"As well as the God of Mischief and Lies can treat a maiden." I say.
Thor looks at me with concern.
"What has my brother done to you?" Thor asks.
"I rather not speak of it to you, Thor. I do not wish for you to be involved in our arguments. It is between Loki and I. I am sorry but I do not want you two to fight." I say to Thor.
Thor nods.
"I can understand that, my lady. Are you tired?" He asks.
"I am a bit famished. Today's lesson was running." I say.
"Let me escort you to your chambers then."
I nod in agreement.
"Shall we see you at the feast today?" Lady Sif asks.
"Yes, I will be there." I answer.
She smiles kindly at me.
"We shall save you a seat with us, Lady Lorraine." Lady Sif says.
Thor then guides me inside the palace.
We walked down the halls.
"I understand you do not want to talk about Loki but do know this, my brother was never one to accept an apprentice until father mentioned you. Loki took a liking to you and accepted without any hesitation. Once you arrived, I could see it on my brother's face that you had captured his complete attention. He is quite taken with you." Thor says.
I shook my head.
"I do not believe that. If I have captured his attention it is the attention of which he wishes just to bed me." I say to Thor.
We soon stopped at my front door.
"What makes you think such a thing like that? Has my brother made any uncalled actions towards you?" Thor asks.
"No, but it is what I found out once I came out of my chambers. I was met with a maiden who hinted at being bedded by him." I say to Thor.
Thor looks shocked at this.
"That is not true. Who is this maiden and why would she say such a thing?" Thor asks.
"It was my former handmaiden, Megara." I answer.
Thor seemed upset at that.
"I must leave now. I have a pressing matter to attend to. Do you wish me to escort you to the feast?" Thor asks.
"I would wish you to." I say to Thor.
"I shall return for you, my lady." Thor says before turning to walk away.
I went inside my chambers and went straight to the bathroom.
I shed my clothing and took a bath.
I washed myself from the sweat I gathered during today's lesson.
I started thinking of everything Loki has told me since my arrival at the palace. He has been kind and welcoming but after what I saw earlier, I was starting to think that Loki was just telling me lies.
He is after all the God of Lies. He could have been lieing to me all this time just to attempt to bed me.
I did not want to believe it but it was the only thing to make sense to me. After all, Loki has a reputation for his lies to get what he wants.
That thought in mind, terrifies me alone. I wished he was not the God of Lies but he is. That will not change.
I fell for his lies. He is not nicknamed 'Silver tongue' for no reason.
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