Chapter 13
Aliah moved her tongue slightly to the side of Loki's innermost thigh, thinking for a moment, careful to not let Loki see the surprise on her face.
"That's….odd." she said quietly to herself.
She wasn't sure exactly what she had felt but she knew it wasn't ordinary. She composed herself and looked up at him briefly. Loki's head was still thrown back on the pillow, his mouth open as he enjoyed her touch.
She slid her tongue back to underneath his jewels and ran her tongue down him carefully. She felt his opening and she pushed slightly in with her tongue, sweet nectar greeted her in response. Loki moaned loudly at her touch, and breathed in shallow breaths as her tongue caressed his slit. It was a small opening, perfectly hidden beneath him and had a structure quite different from a normal yoni. But the fact could no longer be questioned in her mind, Loki was in possession of both sexes, there could be no doubt.
Aliah's mind kicked into overdrive and thoughts flooded over her now. Loki walked with a grace unlike any other man she had seen. His long slender fingers holding his books now flashed before her and she saw him again in the library, sitting with his legs perfect crossed. She saw him again earlier in the day wearing a white wolf pelt draped around his shoulders, a look of pleased satisfaction on his face as he sat reading a book. Her mind switched and she saw his decidedly a-symmetrical clothes now in a new light. She had never thought of it before, but thinking on it quickly now, she had never seen another man with these characteristics before. These were undoubtedly un-masculine qualities displayed only by women and suddenly, she felt like a puzzle had fallen into place.
She looked back up to Loki who showed no signs of embarrassment at all. He either didn't know this was not normal or was completely accepting of the fact. Given how she knew he was seen as different back home, she thought perhaps this was the reason for it but was unsure. It would be entirely possible that if he was not told he was different he would never know. But that had to be impossible, how could anyone get to be so old and not know this wasn't normal?
"Do you like that?" she called to him quietly, searching to see if he would show any embarrassment.
"Oh yes," he called back.
She sent out her mind and came to his, searching to hear his thoughts.
"Do I make you wet there?" she called again, trying to search his mind.
"Oh gods yes." Loki answered quietly.
Aliah heard his mind respond quietly. Whispers swirled thorough him quickly of 'I was hoping she would go down there soon…please don't stop…finally…don't hurt me please….will it hurt?'
Aliah slowly moved her tongue back up to his naval and trailed kisses up his body to his neck, finally stopping at his lips and stared into his eyes.
She had to think about this, he obviously wasn't ashamed or afraid. She could only surmise that he either wasn't told every other man wasn't like this, being as it would be impossible to see unless in these exact circumstances or that this subject had somehow never come up. She had to think about this more, she would need to go to her library and research this before she proceeded.
Her mind was confused, but one quick thought flashed through her and made her smile, she had a new avenue available to dominate him totally.
She decided to let this part of him be for now while she thought more on what to do about it later.
She brought her lips close to his and looked deep into his eyes; she turned her tone serious now and took her hands away from him completely.
"When you are late, you shame me." She said simply.
" You also shame yourself, others quietly laugh at you when you do this and they see you as nothing more than a child. You lose their respect. Never let it happen again." She said.
Aliah waved her fingers and the restraints holding Loki back disappeared.
"Do you understand me?" she said forcefully.
"Yes." Loki answered quickly, his face instantly changing from pleasure to one of question.
"Do you understand me?" she asked again.
"Yes my lady" Loki answered louder now, his face twisting into a hurt expression. She noticed his eyes start to turn slightly red.
Aliah moved beside him and retrieved her book from the floor, returning to lie on the pillows making sure not to touch him in any way.
"You may go back to your room now, don't ever do it again." She stated calmly.
She opened her book and started to read where she left off.
Loki moved himself onto his knees to look at her, a hurt expression on his face. The comment about him being seen as a child had hurt him, his father's word now screaming in his ears.
He reached out to her but she let out a quick, "don't touch me." Before he could touch her.
"Go," he heard her say without looking up from her book.
His eyes welled up with tears he desperately tried to hold back now, he refused to let any tear fall but his eyes showed his true thoughts.
"Please," he said simply, "don't ignore me." He now felt as if his mistake had suddenly broken a precious thing, and he was flooded with the knowledge that no one had ever truly paid him any attention before, not like her, and he had ruined it.
Aliah lay there quietly, not looking at him.
Loki couldn't take it anymore, he was sorry truly, he thought to himself how he would make sure he would never be late to anything ever again.
"PLEASE!" he cried, slapping the book out of her hands, "DON'T IGNORE ME LIKE ALL THE REST!" a small tear running down his pleading hurt face.
Aliah's quick look of anger was replaced with a blunted look. She looked carefully at him as he sat there on his knees, begging her to not take her affections away, the trauma of his father caring little for him all his life showing clearly.
Aliah's expression eased and she reached out her arm to wrap around Loki, pulling him down to lay his head on her shoulder.
She felt her shoulder grow wet but he refused to cry openly, he was used to holding back and hiding his tears well by now.
She rubbed her hand slowly up and down his back comforting him.
"I'm sorry," she heard him say almost whispering.
She reached her other arm around and brought his tear streaked face up to hers. She cupped his face in her hand gently and ran a thumb down his jaw, pulling his chin upwards into a gentle sweet kiss. She ran her hand around his cheek and into his hair, stroking him gently.
Loki breathed little sighs of relief at her kiss. She kissed him deeper now and ran her tongue across his lips, sucking gently on his bottom lip.
She heard his mind whispering quietly thoughts of, 'I'm sorry, don't stop, please don't ignore me, they always ignore me.'
She pulled away slightly and smiled at him, bringing her hand back to stroke his face.
"ok." She said simply.
He laid his head back down on her shoulder and held her tightly to him. She could feel his emotions wash over him, a tight lump in the very pit of his soul.
She bit her lip and felt torn between being sad for him and being repulsed at his tender emotions.
She decided she did not want him in a state where she couldn't enjoy his body and waved her hand towards the bath. The switch in the great stone basin flipped and it started to refill with steaming hot water. She ran her hand down his back and buried one in his hair, stroking him harder. She rolled over and pushed him down, kissing his face and finally kissing him hard. She forced her tongue into his mouth and swirled her tongue around his. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him, breathing heavily in between their lips.
She waved her hand subtly and cast the strength spell on herself. Slowly she pulled him to the side of the bed and picked him up in her arms, carrying him to the bath where she gently let him down beside the tub.
She ran her hands down his body and gently took his hand in hers; she led him into the tub and turned him to face away from her, pulling him to sit in front of her.
Loki breathed a sigh of relief at the hot water, letting his mouth fall open slightly as he felt the warmth embrace him. She pulled him back to her, pressing his back against her breasts and wrapped her legs around his sides. She held him closely in a tender embrace that way for some time, stroking his shoulders and chest and running a hand through his hair.
Finally she pulled away slightly and gently poured water over his hair. Reaching around behind her, she took some shampoo in her hand and gently washed his hair, lathering his hair into a great soapy mass, carefully massaging his head with each stroke. Loki sighed at her touch, closing his eyes and smiling as her hands caressed his head. She carefully wiped the soap from his brow, before it got into his eyes. She tended to his neck and back carefully washing him as tenderly as she could.
He looked back at her and she saw his smile, his eyes still slightly red. He watched her face as she worked, not wanting to meet her eyes out of sadness still.
She reached out and pushed him back into her, kissing him gently, caressing his face. She broke away and looked at him deeply, moving her gaze between his two eyes, watching him, searching him. Finally she kissed him again, and turned him around to tend to his body.
She rinsed his hair carefully, running her hands down his head to get every bit out. She pulled away and turned to kneel on one knee, pulling him to stand up before her.
Loki stood up carefully, embarrassed at his nakedness now, his manhood so close to her eyelevel. She put some soap on a sponge and tenderly cleaned and soaped every inch of him as if she was worshiping him there before her.
Wetting the sponge clean when he was all soapy finally, she squeezed out clean water over him and washed the soap away, carefully running her hands over every inch of his form. Loki watched her hands caress him and finally closed his eyes again, letting her tend him, a contented smile on his face.
She stood up and held out her hand, steadying him as he stepped out of the basin. She took a large towel and carefully patted him dry, leaving little kisses on his skin as she went.
When he was dry, she finished with little kisses on his neck. Loki smiled deeply and let his mouth fall open slightly. She took his hand and drew him carefully back to the bed, lying him down on the pillows before crawling in beside him. She kissed and licked his neck, trailing lower and lower down the length of his body. He breathed soft sighs as she went, his eyes closing in ecstasy at her attention. He ran his hand into her hair and massaged her scalp gently.
She trailed down and finally moved his legs apart, seating herself between them. Loki opened his eyes and watched her as she moved her mouth down his pelvis and ran her tongue around the base of his shaft. Loki grew hard in her hands as she ran her tongue up and down his length. His mouth fell open and he kept his eyes on her, watching silently unable to tear his gaze away from her.
She licked his head, and slowly sucked him into her mouth, a low moan escaping his lips. She sucked harder now and pushed him deep into her throat, trailing her tongue around his corona when she came up. Loki's head fell back, a loud moan escaping his lips. He buried both hands into her hair, running his fingers over her scalp.
She went faster after a while, bobbing up and down on him in a steady rhythm, she heard him gasp and felt his body tense, he pushed her head down on his member, unable to resist the urge to come undone. She felt his moment arrive and heard him cry out above her.
His mind melted as he gave into the feeling. He let out a loud guttural, "AAAAHHHH!" as she drank him down, his member throbbing as he erupted in her mouth.
She licked the last drop from him as his hands fell away from her hair.
Slowly she came back up and lay down beside him, pulling him into a tender embrace around her. He buried his head in her shoulder and kissed her neck, trying to regain control of his breathing.
"Aliah..." Loki called quietly. Aliah pulled him closer and held him tight at his words, shushing him quietly before he could continue.
They lay together in their embrace, curled around each other until he fell asleep, snoring quietly on her.
As soon as Aliah heard him snoring softly, she waved her hand and cast a gentle sleep spell on him ensuring he stayed asleep.
Slowly Aliah pulled herself from his embrace and laid him comfortably on a pillow, covering his naked form with the silk sheet.
She got out of bed and waved a long robe onto her, tying it around her as she slipped sturdy slippers onto her feet and walked out the door.
Aliah walked to the library and looked around carefully. It was late enough that no one was around, only a few lamps were lit to light the corners and walls remained.
She walked over to towards the back, and turned a corner, coming to a wall of books along an alcove in the back. She reached her hand up and pulled a book from the shelf around chest level, searching the frame of the shelf with her hands. Feeling the recessed button, she pressed it and replaced the book as it swung inward, revealing a small stair leading down. She walked in and swung the shelf closed again before descending.
Coming to the bottom of the stair she walked into a great room lit up by great torches, rows of shelves of books looked back at her. A great table sat in the middle covered with books in various states of repair. Some looked as if they had been ripped apart, lying in a neat stack; others were covered with a new binder and were almost ready to be covered with new leather.
She walked around the shelves and ran her hands down the spines, reading the words that shown out in bright letters. She came to one book and read its cover. Pulling it out, she flipped through the pages carefully and walked back to the table.
She sat the great book before her and turned to the page she sought. She finally smoothed the spine as she looked at the chapter title. "ANATOMY OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NINE WORLDS" it read.
She flipped through the chapter and scanned the pictures inside. She examined the diagrams of various people before her, reading first those of the Aesir. She quickly ran her hand down the page scanning the words describing the sexual and reproductive nature, looking for anything matching Loki's characteristic. Seeing nothing she scanned through other people listed in sequence.
Checking off every race as she went, she finally came to the section on Jotun anatomy and stopped.
She read the words as her eyes grew wide and her mouth fell open. She read the chapter twice, making sure to read carefully so she would not miss anything. Examining the diagrams closer, she finally accepted the words before her eyes.
'Jotuns are the only race to exhibit both male and female genitalia of all the known worlds. Both male and female Jotuns are possessed of both sets of organs, and it is possible for both genders to bear children with the only difference being that the women are smaller than the males and are possessed of much smaller penis lengths. The males display smaller vaginas, well hidden behind their larger, more predominant male organs.'
Aliah closed the book and sat back thinking. Either Loki had been born with a mutation that would obviously be hidden from him and everyone else because of his royal lineage, or he was a jotun. There were only these two possibilities in her mind. Loki looked nothing like a jotun however, and she decided it must be the first possibility. She had to know for sure. If Odin was hiding something, it would explain why he had been so neglectful of Loki all his life. It would also explain why he had emphasized his demand that Loki be trained in diplomacy above everything else.
It was entirely possible Aliah realized, for Odin to embed a spell to hide his jotun features, even from Loki, if he had performed the spell very early in Loki's life.
She had to know which it was. If there was a spell embedded in Loki, she would find it. She just had to search for a spell to discover it.
Aliah thought about how no matter what the answer revealed, she knew one thing. She was going to need a spell to take care of Loki's …other need.
Aliah walked back to her room and sat down on the side of the bed. She watched Loki lying there, peacefully sleeping, unaware she had ever left.
Watching his chest rise up and down, she looked closer at his form now, an eye out for anything else out of the ordinary.
He was tall, taller by a head at least next to Thor. That could easily be explained of course and nothing else really stood out about him, aside from his very pale complexion and black hair. Thinking about Thor and Frigga and Odin, she realized they were all blond and tan, Loki was not.
She turned him on his back and slid his legs open, knowing the spell would keep him asleep even if the castle was falling down around them.
She pulled a light over and lifted up his jewels, staring at what she saw before her, she easily saw how his hidden yoni matched the diagrams in the book perfectly.
She closed his legs and put the light out, crawling into bed and pushing him over on his side so that she was spooned around behind him. She sighed quietly and got comfortable behind him.
'The poor thing, he doesn't even know. What has happened to you my dear?' she wondered, something wasn't right and she had to find out what was going on with him.
She then turned her thoughts to the delightful possibility of being able to dominate Loki as if she were a man. A spell would easily give her the equipment she needed to accomplish the task, and she enjoyed the thought of fucking Loki with her own magically created male member.
She waved her hand to remove the spell on him before dropping off to sleep, dreaming of the look on his face as she took his cherry.
Aliah woke first next morning, she saw that Loki was curled into a peaceful fetal position in front of her, her arms wrapped around him in a comfortable embrace. She got up and pulled the cord beside her bed, then walked to the balcony to look out, a robe appearing around her again as she went.
She stood there thinking about Loki and his…special gift. She reached out and searched his still sleeping mind, searching through memories he held deep inside. Scanning him like pages in a book, she saw a quick flash of his mother, telling him to never be uncovered outside of his brother. She saw them bathing together as children, but aside from that, he had made sure to always be modest. Loki had never thought to question anything, seeing how his brother looked, at least from the outside, to be the same as him. It was easy to see how his extra part would be hidden from view and any thought as well.
She sighed as the door opened and the servant walked in, tray in hand containing fruit and tea as well as muesli this morning.
"Thank you, Inga," she said. "Please," she added quickly before she left, "send for Celiedh."
Aliah walked over and woke Loki up.
"Hey you, wake up." She called gently.
Loki rolled over and breathed deeply, stretching his arms and legs as he did.
"Ungh, good morning my lady." He answered with a smile.
"Come on you, time to get up, we have a busy day today." She said.
As soon as they had finished their food, Aliah's tailor, mistress Celiedh had walked in and bowed deeply before them.
"Ah, yes, thank you for coming" Aliah called to her
Celiedh was a small, slender woman with long dark blond hair. She carried a great bag slung over her chest filled with all manner of things for her craft. Scissors and a notebook and tape measures spilled out the top of the bag, as well as giant knitting needles and various colors of yarn could be seen out the top.
"My lady," she answered. "I am at your service, how may I serve you?" she called.
Aliah smirked to her and nodded over towards Loki. He turned in his chair where he sat sipping his tea and looked at the tailor with a questioning look.
"This is Lord Loki, my pupil," Aliah told her. "He will need some things made while he is with us, please take his measurements and make him a set of fine court garb as well as more pants and shirts as to his liking. He will also need more sets of sleep wear as well as a robe."
"As you wish." She said simply.
Loki got up and walked to Aliah keeping his eye on the tailor as he went.
"Thank you my lady." He said to Aliah. "This is very thoughtful of you. I was just thinking how I was in need of more attire." He said.
"Of course my sweetest one." Aliah said to him. Taking his hand in her she kissed it gently. Loki smiled gently to her at her words and looked down at her, a small blush creeping onto his cheeks.
"When she is done with you, meet me in the throne room. Today is the people's court and it will take some time, I will need you to sit with me." she stated.
"Of course," Loki answered and nodded slightly to her.
The throne room was a bustle of activity as Aliah walked down after breakfast. Servants were setting out banners displaying her family crest as well as running around dusting things and setting up the tables that sat in front of the benches where the citizens would sit.
Guards were slowly filing in to stand beside the doors and bailiffs were shuffling papers as they arranged their notes.
She walked into the room, clothed in a deep purple entari and pants, her boots echoing off the stone floor as she went.
She went over and sat down in her throne, immediately slouching a little and flaring her legs out in comfort. Her advisor Bjorn came walking over to her and bowed before her below on the step.
"My lady." He said simply, "everything is in order and the gates will be opened soon to let the citizens in.
"Very good Bjorn thank you, we won't start until lord Loki is with us." Aliah said as she motioned for him to take his place behind her at the throne.
"As you wish," he answered simply.
Aliah sat there, centering her thoughts on the events before her. Her face became deadly serious and she thought about the justice she would hand down for those who sought it from her. Anyone had the possibility of bringing their grievances to her once a month if they could not settle their problems any other way. She thought about the special notice Bjorn had given her on one case earlier.
"Bjorn, make sure the…distasteful one will be last." She said quietly.
"My lady." He said simply and shuffled his papers around behind her.
She sat there, lost in her thoughts as she waited for the preparations to end. A cup bearer came and stood silently beside her just then, waiting at her call for refreshment.
"Alright my lord," celiedh called to him as the door closed. "Let's get started."
Loki walked over to her and nodded.
She sat her bag on the table before them and pulled out a notebook and long tape.
She handed him one end of it and knelt down before him.
Loki stood up straight and placed the one end of it on the inside of his leg, holding it there for her to measure his inseam.
She let the tape fall to the floor and looked at her bag, pulling out a notebook. Loki looked down at her as she opened it. She readied a quill to write down his numbers as he watched her.
She looked up at him and grabbed his hand, moving it to a higher spot, just under his jewels. Loki blushed slightly but let out a little 'eheheh,' laugh to her. He was thankful it was his own hand so close to his member and not hers.
"Stand up straight please, look straight ahead." She called.
Loki cleared his throat and did as he was told.
She scribbled a number in her book and stood up. She held out her hand and he handed over the tape to her again. She walked around him spreading the tape over him at different places, writing down a number she read as she went.
Finally she put the tape away and flipped through some pages in her book.
"Alright," she said finally. "Preferred colors?" she asked.
"Green, dark green," he answered, adding quickly, "and black, with gold, dark brown is nice too."
"Ok, I can do that, here's some sketches I've done for some court garb for you, tell me what you like," and she showed him some drawing in a book she had made earlier.
"Oh these are very nice, as long as the colors are as I've asked, any of these are fine. I prefer the long coats with tails, easier to move in you know." He answered.
"No problem my lord," she answered.
"Any other requests?" she asked.
"No this should be fine; all of these are my style, thank you." He answered.
"As you wish, thank you my lord, that's all I need." She said and bowed quickly before him.
Celiedh gathered her things and shoved them into her bag before bowing again and walking out the door.
Loki smiled and adjusted himself before checking his image in the mirror. Seeing it met with his approval, he walked out the door to join Aliah downstairs.
Loki walked into the throne room and saw that everything was a bustle of activity. He looked at Aliah sitting on the throne and smiled watching her sitting there, legs spread wide, a look of pure authority about her. She ruled the room as much as she did that chair at that moment, and he felt a slight jump in his groin he quickly silenced.
He walked over and stood at the step before her and bowed respectfully.
"My lady," he said as he smiled up at her.
Aliah smiled down a wicked grin.
"Welcome to the circus." She said to him and motioned for him to come up.
Loki walked up the step and stood beside her. "Where would you like me my lady?" he said.
Aliah gave him a wicked grin and flashed a wink at him that made him smile back at her, a flash of naughty understanding passing between them.
Aliah waved her hand and concentrated; the chair grew and expanded to accommodate another seat. In the next instant, Loki watched as his seat dropped down slightly, allowing Aliah's head to be above his.
Loki grinned and looked over at her. "I understand." He said, quickly seeing that he was to be viewed as lower in status than her, making everyone who saw them immediately understand she was in charge.
Aliah winked at him again and settled back in her chair as he sat down beside her, making sure that his head, now that he was seated, was indeed just below hers.
"Bjorn," she called over her shoulder without turning, "let's get this going."
"Yes my lady." Bjorn answered and waved his hand to a guard standing at a door. The guard moved to signal to his superior and word spread around that they were ready.
Four guards came through the door to her left and stood in front of the dais, separating her from the people who were to come before her.
Outside, the doors flew open and people walked in slowly. Barristers now took their places before their tables and people filed in to the benches sitting down as they found their seats.
Bjorn waited till everyone was assembled and stepped out before her.
"Come now to this people's court, the lady Aliah sits in judgment, praise her rule!" he called.
Everyone rose and bowed deeply to her; Aliah nodded back at them and waved her hand at them. "Let us begin." She called.
Slowly groups of people came before her as they were called, pleading their cases and explaining their offenses as they defended their actions at the words of their accusers. Most of the people complained to her respectfully how they had been cheated in some business deal and demanded justice. Others explained how another had wronged them in some way as the others denied it usually.
Aliah listened to them all carefully, asking questions of both sides here and there, letting them air all they had before they bowed and waited for her verdict. After each one she pronounced a judgment, either a fine to be paid in some way or called for a sentence of various lengths in her dungeons depending on the severity of the crime.
Loki listened carefully as he sat beside her, satisfied with her just pronouncements after each one. He noted how she was merciful in most cases. She was not overly harsh and even the people she sentenced to be imprisoned for a time were accepting of their fate, knowing that anywhere else they would have been treated far harsher. No one was sentenced to more than a few months and the people applauded after each verdict as they were either led away or sat back down on the bench, satisfied with the justice they had received.
Finally Aliah looked at the clock on a far wall, it read out 3:30. She crossed one ankle over her other knee and sat there, her fist propped against her jaw holding back a tired look.
Bjorn stepped from behind her and nodded to her, one last paper in his hand. She nodded back and waited for him to call out the names.
"Come now before her justice, Svala and Eid." A man and a younger woman rose and stood before the tables in front of them. The woman was followed by her parents, who held her shoulders and smiled at her frowning face.
Aliah saw as the woman's eyes were red and she held back tears as best she could.
Bjorn now read out the offense to the crowd.
"Svala jorundsdottir now accuses Eid ogrunson of rape. Eid, how do you plead to the lady Aliah?"
Aliah sat up straight in her chair and uncrossed her legs. Loki noted her change of posture and mood as everyone sucked in a slight breath and held it at the announcement.
The room was tense, and shocked faces stared out at her from all around the room.
"I am not guilty of this!" Eid called out, a smug look on his face.
"Svala, do you have any witnesses?" Aliah called to the woman.
"I do not my lady, just the people who were there before it happened, he waited for me in a dark place when I was alone before he….but I swear to you, he did this, I would not lie about such a thing." She answered.
"Tell me what happened," Aliah said.
Loki sat there quietly, trying to hide his discomfort at such a heinous charge.
Svala described how she had been walking home late at night from working at the pub. She pointed to Eid as she almost broke down sobbing, describing how he had drank so much he become very drunk, grabbing her violently as she walked around serving customers and tending the place. She told him to stop but he had stood up and grabbed her, forcing a kiss onto her and grabbing her ass, demanding she come upstairs and sleep with him. She demanded he stop and slapped him, this only made him extremely violent and he had begun throwing mugs and insults around the place before he was thrown out.
As she walked home after it closed, he had waited for her and pulled her into a dark alley, attacking her viciously and beating her before finishing with her and leaving her there.
"Come close to me Svala, show me your wounds." Aliah said.
Svala came forward and was allowed to walk up the step to Aliah; she bowed before her and with tears streaming down her face, shamefully raised up her sleeves to show great bruises all over, some in the shape of large hands that held her down.
Aliah nodded and stood up; she put her hands on the woman's shoulders looking into her eyes.
"Are you sure it was him? Aliah asked her quietly.
"Yes my lady, I have no doubts, I saw him perfectly even though it was dark, there was enough light by the moons to see him." She answered. "Please, help me." She added pleading with her.
"I will, stand beside me here, take heart, I will not let him get away if he is guilty. Do you understand? Aliah said.
"Yes my lady," Svala answered, a relieved look on her face as tears streamed down still.
Aliah turned from her and waved her fingers towards the man.
"Did you do this?" she asked simply.
The spell took effect and the man could no longer lie.
"Fuck that stupid bitch, she shouldn't have denied me!" he replied, immediately turning red at his words. He looked around but he was compelled to speak only the truth. His eyes went wide as he stared at Aliah head on.
"So you admit it, you were drunk and hurt this girl, just as she says?" Aliah answered, stepping forwards slightly.
"Yeah, and I don't care, why wouldn't any woman want me?" he answered.
"Guards, seize him" Aliah answered simply.
Suddenly, two guards seized the man on either side and drug him forward before Aliah standing above them.
"You are guilty of rape, guards, tie him to the wall." Aliah called out.
The man screamed loudly as he was drug to the wall beside the entrance.
"Tear off his clothes." Aliah called. The guards ripped the clothing from him and threw it on the ground.
The crowd gasped a collective breath, many of them calling out various encouragements and calls of approval at her actions.
"I will not allow such crimes in my lands, let it be known, they will not be tolerated, all will be met with this same justice." Aliah called.
The people applauded and called out Aliah's name. Svala's parents bowed deeply before her and cried visible now, she heard them calling out 'thank you my lady!" as they wept.
A guard came out from offices carrying a large whip with nails attached to the ends and stood before the man
"Flay him alive." Aliah called. The crowd gasped and watched as the guard tore into him, blood immediately flying everywhere as he did.
The man screamed and writhed as he tried to get away from the pain.
Aliah watched the man, feeling a great joy leap in her heart.
'Yes' she thought, 'feel it all you bastard, you'll take every bit until you die, I won't let any flesh be left on your whole body.'
Aliah let out a wicked laugh and smiled widely.
Loki watched her and sat back in his chair; he brought a hand up to his mouth and hid a wicked smile, enjoying the justice she had handed out. It brought a joy he had not felt before, and he savored it, tasting the power that was flowing through Aliah, reveling in her face as she watched the man scream and writhe. She was more beautiful at that moment to him, than any other up until then, and he drank in the feeling it gave him. He thought how magnificent she was in her dark power, and he loved it.
Aliah turned to Svala and looked into her eyes, "do you want to punish him?" she asked.
Svala simply cried, and shook her head indicating a no. Aliah nodded her head in understanding, and motioned for her to go back to her parents. They took her in their arms and comforted her, looking back at Aliah as they bowed low and thanked her profusely.
Aliah now turned to the man dancing and screaming at the end of the whip. She walked over to the guard and took the whip from him, and laid into the tied up man.
She was unrelenting; she whipped him harder and faster with each pass, tearing the flesh from him across his back and legs. She stopped only to demand he be turned around. The guards complied and forced him to face her, his face covered in tears and sweat and snot.
She lit into him again; tearing his flesh and making the blood fly, reveling in his screams as he cried louder and louder at every lash. The great dragon inside her heart waking up within her and drinking in his cries, demanding more and more, she fed it all it desired, a feeling of pure joy overtaking her like a massive wave.
Aliah whipped harder and harder, screaming now loudly as she lay into him. Finally she was sated; her arms too tired to continue, she let the whip drop in her hand and handed it back to the guard.
"Take him to the town square, let everyone see him there. Flay him until he is dead. Let the crows pick his carcass clean." She called.
She turned around and walked back to her seat beside Loki. Sitting down she spread he legs wide and called for her cup. She took a long drink, and breathed deeply, panting slightly as she slaked her thirst, her brow covered in sweat.
"Is there anything else?" she called breathing heavily.
Bjorn stepped from behind her and said a simple, "no my lady."
Bjorn motioned for the court to end and everyone rose and bowed deeply to her, before slowly rising and filing out, their backs never turning to her.
She sat there and watched them all leave, the bloody man was dragged away to the town square and servants came to wash away the blood.
Loki slowly turned to her and smiled a deep evil smile at her. He felt a deep feeling of respect and lust deep in his soul at that moment that he could not contain, as well as a slight hardness in his member.
Finally Loki opened his mouth and leaned close to her.
"That was magnificent my lady, I'm starving, care to eat?" he said with a wicked grin.
"Famished." Aliah answered and met his smile with her own.