Chapter 26
With Balder reduced to a mere pile of ash, Astrid replays the sight of flame emerging from every opening his decaying form provided. The now less pissed off sorceress goes to find Loki and Alayna among-est the madness of running guest.
Much to her delight Astrid finds them quickly. "And here I thought your answer involved sex." She tells the trickster sounding every bit as exhausted as she looks. "Well you're not wrong. A king-to-be must wed a virgin unless he is the one responsible for deflowering his future queen." Loki chuckles. "We took care of that and rather nicely, did we not?" The once wayward prince reminds her while keeping his mirth.
Astrid rolls her eyes. "Oh, yeah... Because Alayna totally wants the details." She shakes her head. "Can we go home, now? I need a shower and to sleep for like three days."
"Alayna already knows the details. Get in line." She cynically tells Astrid before turning her attention to Loki. "You two go ahead. I have business to take care of here."