Chapter 10
"Siren!" Odin yelled.
My silver tail hung out the end of my dress against the cold floor. Frigga tried to help me up but Odin was to fast.
"I know something was off about you Siren!" I fist gripped my hair, pulling my fair body across the marble floor. Everyone to shocked to help me. "You wanted to use my son! Seduce him! Learn our weaknesses to feed them to your vile kind!"
"No!" I cried. He finally let go, I pulled my body towards the stairs to the throne so that I could better prop myself up. "I love your son, very dearly. I wished for nothing more then to be with him!" I gasped to fill my lungs.
"LIES! You wish for nothing more then to steal his life force! To add his years to yours! I have seen the way your kind works!" Odin's finger pointed all the guilt and hatred of both our kinds at my chest. I took in another lung full of air. I refused to let my fear show on my face.
Loki fell out of his shock then and ran to my side. He sat upon the bottom step and cradled my form in his arms. Frigga also rushed to his side. She slowly poured a glass of water over my head, trying to buy us some more time.
Odin's eyes filled with betrayal, "You both side with this Sea Witch!"
"Everything will be alright" Loki whispered to me as I gasped several more times. He refused to notice anything but my eyes now.
"How dare you call her that!" Frigga defended. "She has done no wrong to us!"
"Her ancestors kidnapped and murdered our kind. They sucked the life from their very bodies!" Odin yelled.
"And why should she be punished for the sins of her ancestors?" Frigga stood, "Guards, gather everyone you can we need to bring this girl water! Use anything that can hold water!
The Guards seemed unsure of the order and very few began to move slowly to the exit.
After a second Odin turned to them, "What are you waiting for! You heard the Queen! Anything that can hold water." Odin rushed out of the main hall, bringing Thor and Odette to help the servants.
Loki's cold skin was all I could feel. I was going numb. I struggled to take in air as Loki whispered things of love and hope into my ear. I used the last of my strength to focus on his clear blue eyes.
"Lok..Loki." I took a deep breath, letting my words come to me. "Loki, I could not be happier that my last days were spent with you."
"No, no, no." Loki begged, tears forming in his eyes, "Don't talk like that. You're going to be alright. The guards will arrive with water short-"
I placed my fingers to his lips. "I want to give you something."
I replaced my fingers with my lips. His lips were cold and dry and tasted slightly of salt from his tears. I rested both my hands against his jaw holding his lips to mine. I inhaled his scent deeply into my lungs with my last breath through my nose as I refused to brake the kiss, the only kiss i would ever share, the kiss of a mermaid. With every ounce of my body I exhaled every fiber of my being into the cold Prince.
In my last breath I shared my powers, magic, memories and feelings with the man I loved. I felt the last of everything I was leave my lips and enter him as my world faded.
. . .
The Merfolk of Alfeim would never return home to Asgard. The people of Asgard would continue to believe them extinct. The Elven Princess Odette would return home and pass the news of Nysa's death onto her people, so that they would know she passed being loved. Everything returned to how it should be.
That is, almost everything returned to how it should have been. Loki's love was replaced by grief, grief turned to hatred. He was alone in a cruel world. Even with the new powers granted by Nysa, he was unable to bring her back. So he would hunt for as long as takes to find a great enough power to bring back the one he loves. Even if he must destroy every realm to do so.