Chapter 8: Beauty and the sexy Beast
The sun rose over the forested area of Asgard for two beings in a shelter. Maria woke up as the sun rose and decided to wash in the lake. No one would notice her with the shield she had cast surrounding the area so she knew she was safe from any pervasive eyes. Well she would tolerate Loki's but anyone else she might stab. Kuro was kneeling by Esmeralda nudging the other horse awake as she silently made breakfast for when Loki woke up with a message as to where she had gone. As she waded naked into the pool of water she hummed a Midgardian tune that she had enjoyed quite frequently.
"I'm at war with the world cuz I ain't ever gonna sell my soul. Already made up my mind no matter what I can't be bought or sold. When your faith is getting weak and you feel like giving in you breath into me again. Im awake Im alive yeah I know what I have felt this time. Now it's my time I do what I want cuz this is my life here right now stand my ground don't ever back down. I know what I believe inside cuz I'm awake and I'm alive."
Her voice harmonious Maria closed her eyes as she relaxed and bathed in the cool water.
Loki woke up and made a fresh set of clothes appear out of no where as he began to dress himself he took notice that Maria had left camp. "Where did you go?" Loki spoke aloud to himself. He walked out of the tent to see food and a note. "I went out to take a bath in the lake. There is some food in the basket. Love you, Loki. Hugs and Kisses." Loki smiled as he ate the food, wait, she said she loved him. Loki then remembered last night that during their sex he had said he loved her however, the memory was vague. As sat in front of the shelter, he thought about what his feelings were towards Maria. She was beautiful, kinder than any being he had met thus far and that was true, she had little to no fear of him and at the same time was loyal. Granted she may be stubborn but he found that if he imagined her with anyone else it angered him immensely. He had given her his heart, which she had accepted and cherished. However, would she leave and turn on him like others had in the past?
Just by judging her thus far Loki did not think so. She was loyal that much she demonstrated so far after Malekith's sudden revival. As he finished his meal he realized yet something else. She had possibly purposefully left to allow him time to think about what he felt about her. "Clever woman" he thought before heading off to find the bewitching creature.
Maria sang as she bathed. She knew Loki would have needed time to think after last night's sex. She herself needed time to reflect on what had occurred, as she bathed, she felt refreshed as the cool water flowed down her form cleansing her. Using a rose scented soap she brought with her to wash her body, she had not even noticed Loki had left to find her after eating his breakfast, and was now watching her from the shadows watching her hum the tune and bathe.
Loki watched as Maria bathed and closed his eyes listening to her voice sing. Opening them only to watch her hum the tune as she rinsed the suds off of her form. After he had listening to her sing a few lines of the tune he began to sing along to the chorus from where he sat at the shore. "I'm awake I'm alive Now I know what I believe inside. Now it's my time I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life Here, right here Right now, right now Stand my ground and never back down I know what I believe inside I'm awake and I'm alive."
Maria jumped, startled in hearing Loki sing from his hiding spot she hummed the tune by the band Skillet to herself as she rinsed the suds from her hair before turning to him.
Loki waved to her as he exited his hiding spot. "Do you want some company?"
Maria turned around to Loki and smiled "Morning to you to Loki." she suddenly realized she was naked and blushed ducking into the water to hide her form. "Uh…sorry I ….I am a bit…." she began to stutter then shut her mouth as she let herself hide under the water.
Loki's clothes that he had just put on disappeared as he chuckled wading into the water of the lake. Swimming over to her, he smiled amused at her blush. "I did not know you could become any more adorable." Loki smiled and placed one of his hands to cup her cheek. "Apparently I stand corrected" he smiled as he moved a piece of stray hair away from her face and planted a kiss on her forehead "Do not be ashamed of your body." He said allowing the kiss to travel to her lips lightly planting them there. "You're beautiful." Gods she drove him to lose control just standing there she was intoxicating.
Maria blushed further a bit remembering that last night he had claimed her as his. This did not bother her at all but flattered her. But, still she could not hide the blush spreading across her face. "How'd you sleep?" she said as she looked up into Loki's eyes.
"I slept fine." Loki smiled as she blushed. "Aww, you are so charming." He reflected over what had happened last night which remind him of the fact that he had marked her. "You've got bite marks on your neck." He ran his fingers across some of the bite marks feeling a leap in her pulse.
Maria blushed red "Yeah...I do have bite marks on my neck" she said her pulse beating in her throat. He made her lose control of herself when he was around her emotions became chaotic. She did not acknowledge her feelings often but what she felt for Loki went deeper than lust and she realized that. She had over the last few grown a certain attachment to the God of Mischief since she had began her role as guard over him. But now her heart and body officially belonged to him she was not sure if he would crush it in his palm of his hand and kill her soul or would he love her in return. She could not make that assumption at all she had to let him decide that on his own. She was a simple guard at least that is what she told herself. She never enjoyed acknowledging that she was indeed of royal blood mainly because it constantly reminded her of her father's reputation. One that she wanted to dearly forget about. She was so lost in thought that she nearly missed what Loki said next.
"You know, I nearly lost control last night because of you. No one has ever done that to me other than Thanos, and he required an infinity stone. Do not take that the wrong way. You are alone in the sex category." Loki paused for a minute to see how she would react to what he had said so far.
Maria hid her emotions well as she replied "What did you expect I was a virgin." she said as she dove under the water. She could almost feel something spill from her eyes as she blinked the tears away under the water she knew he did not mean his words from last night that had just been his lust taking over. However, she was not going to show weakness in front of him not ever.
Loki went under the water and swam her back up to the surface. "Let me finish. I actually enjoyed it. I thought I would despise it but the experience was, pleasurable. If I did not love you darling I doubt that I would have liked it." He smiled before moving cupping her cheek again in the palm of his hand. "Maria, I love you, please promise to never leave me." Loki was still worried that she would leave like everyone else that he had loved in his past.
Maria looked at Loki shocked as she covered mouth before hugging Loki him. "I swear you nearly scared me there" she laughed as for some reason tears of joy ran down her face she said as she pulled away and kissed him lightly "I love you so much...I was just...afraid to say it I will admit that much..."
Loki pulled away from her kiss to kiss her tears of joy. "You don't know what those words mean to me Maria. I have not had someone to love me in a long time." He hugged her tighter to himself just the need to feel her body against his was immense. She fit him perfectly as he wished the moment could last eternally. Just as quickly, reality set into his mind when Loki spotted the sun. "Thor will have people looking for us if we do not return to the castle."
Maria grinned then got out of the water and dried off as she pulled her cloths on this time she wore a black tunic however it attached at the neck to hide the love bites that Loki had given her the night before but allowed her shoulders to be shown while the sleeves covered her arms. She pulled on her panties and matching pants before pulling her boots on. "Yeah we should get going." she said as she watched Loki also get out of the lake. She fed Kuro and Esmerelda some carrots that she had gotten from the basket. "How long do you estimate 'til Thor panics?" she asked curiously, as she mounted Kuro to follow Loki.
Loki transported his clothes to his hands and began to dress as well before looking up at the sun as put his boots on. "It looks near ten in the morning, so I imagine that he is already panicking. Especially, since I did not return last night." He mounted Emeralda and asked her to trot towards the castle. Esmeralda made to rear up which would knock Loki off but she just neighed and began trotting. "Mischievous horse." Loki muttered under his breath.
Kuro shook his head back and forth almost amused at Loki's horse's behavior as Maria chuckled and urge him to follow Loki as she made the basket disappear from the camping grounds with a flick of her hand as both riders rode up to the castle, were a worried Thor noticed them riding from the forest.
Thor was about to send for guards to locate his brother who had been seen last by a couple servants who said that Loki and his guard had gone off for a horse ride. However neither had returned as of yet and Thor was beginning to worry. That was until he noticed two figures on horseback riding back to the castle. As Loki entered with Maria behind him, he addressed his
"I swear on Valhalla Loki your chaos is going to harm you."
Loki laughed, "Brother, I was just camping for a night" He jumped off Esmerelda and walked over to Thor. "I even took my guard with me."
Thor sighed "You could not have told anyone where you were going." he looked at the girl. "At least you had sense to take your guard with you." he said.
"Were you worried about me brother? You know that I can handle myself." Loki smiled at his brother.
Thor replied looking at his brother "Of course I was concerned about what happens to you." he said looking to Maria who seemed to be just observing. "He wasn't to much trouble to you was he"
Maria chuckled "None at all sir. He was a real joy to be around" she didn't want to reveal to the thunder god as to what had happened that night. "Basically after a ride and dinner he went to sleep" she said being discreet. "If you two would not mind, I am going to put the horses away. Excuse me." she said as she led Kuro and Esmerelda to their stalls.
"So Father, shall I be put in a time out or be sent for execution since I was so late." Loki's smile said "I love toying with you."
Thor chuckled a bit "I am just glad you are not tormenting some poor unfortunate soul"
"I'm tormenting you." Loki joked.
"Aside from the innuendos brother you seem to be in high spirits as of late. What has changed that grumpy bookworm face of yours?" Thor meant sarcastically as a joke as he changed the subject.
"You may have been right about spending time outside of my chambers. It gave me a whole new sensation, as if I was surrendering to nature." Loki obviously meant Maria but he was hoping that Thor was too dumb to notice.
Thor arched an eyebrow as he eyed his brother knowing full well when he was hiding a truth after so long being his brother. "Does the new guard help much?" he asked specifically a bit. Ever since she arrived, Thor had notice Loki smiled more since she arrived.
"What are you getting at Thor?" Loki looked over at Thor curiously. He was wary that Thor would think that they did have sex. Unfortunately, Loki's reputation as a womanizer was not going to do him any favors.
"I mean just that brother does she do her job well?" he did not know of his brothers escapades yesterday nor did he ask about them. "She seems to place a smile on your face somehow though. So I assume she is doing her job well." (cough Thor = dense cough XD)
"She worked very well last night. She did exactly as I asked her to eventually." Loki smirked to himself, happy that he could still slip innuendos past Thor.
Thor eyed his brother a bit "Does that mean she was disobedient?" he still had no clue as to what Loki meant. "I don't ever recall you ever being this flexible with a guard brother." he said then shrugged. "Whatever the case may be I am glad she is at least placing a smile on your face."
"I had her try something new and she was having a problem obeying me but it was just her nerves. She was punished though, just less severely." Loki skirted the line of innuendo and flat out telling Thor they had sex. He wanted to see just how dumb Thor was; it was so amusing.
Thor rubbed his temples "So you did punish her." he sighed "I presume that might have been a difficulty for you. She did manage to survive more than five minutes against you in a sparring match." Thor replied still oblivious. "Though, now that I think upon it that does not place such a grin on your face" slowly Thor was catching on. "Loki what exactly did you do to her?" he said eyeballing his brother with a skeptical look.
Loki smirked a bit, "Nothing terrible brother. Quite the opposite actually."
Thor sighed "One day Loki your escapades will get you in more trouble than it's worth."
Loki chuckled "I believe causing trouble is the spice of life brother. Maria seems to agree."
"Maria?" Thor tilted his head "Interesting." grinning Thor eyed his brother "Brother are you smitten on your guard?"
Loki rolled his eyes, "Now, Thor, why would I be smitten with anyone much less a guard. You know how I am, I bang them 'till they scream and leave."
Thor arched an eyebrow, "Let us walk inside and continue this conversation."
Loki sighed, "As you wish." The servants opened the doors to the castle as Loki and Thor walked through the doorway.
As the two brothers continued their conversation Loki felt a bit uneasy. Maria should have returned from the stables by now.
Maria meanwhile was putting the horses away back into their stalls, when she overheard some servants talking. She put Esmeralda into her stall before moving to Kuro's stall, as she pretended to groom him with the brush she listened in on the conversation.
"Did you see which way he had went?" asked one of the stable hands.
"No that guard of his is always on high alert but I believe he is now in the hall with the king." said the other.
"Good." said the other "Is the plan in place? We cannot fail like we did last time the stubborn princess is still unaware keep it as such."
"Yes sir." said the stable hand.
"Another thing Stephen." said the mysterious voice. "Be discreet in your mission for if we fail she may have our heads."
Maria went into Kuro's stall, as she brushed his coat her ears were tuned to every surrounding as the stable hand Stephen walked into the stables and nodded to Loki's horse. Her heart thumped in her chest as she kept calm under the situation. "Loki wishes to have his horse taken to the vet" he said unaware that Maria already knew the truth.
Turning around in the stall, she just smiled. "I believe it is a bit late for that sir." she said motioning at the afternoon sun. "Besides I personally see to Esmeralda's health." the horse shook her head back and forth as if in agreement. "Though I truly appreciate the kind gesture, Tell Loki if he truly wishes for his horse to see a vet that I will join him." she knew this was a lie but she needed to keep this man away from Loki for as long as she could in order for her to buy herself time to warn him.
The stable hand seemed taken aback by the response, unlike others before, this female did not seem to buy the lie. "Madam forgive me but I must insist." he moved towards her. He had to get to Loki in order for the plan to work. This woman was in the way of that.
Maria glared at the stable hand. "Now if you will excuse me I have much work to do" she went to brush Esmeralda as she took note of the stable hand slowly moving towards her from behind with a cloth. "Shit knock out poison." she thought.
The stable hand was still young not a boy, but not a man neither though close. As he walked up behind the female, he thought he had no other choice in the matter she was an obstacle in the way of the plan she needed to be removed temporarily. The poison on the cloth would temporarily place her to sleep allowing him time to acquire his target.
Maria placed her mask over her face slowly her long brown hair hiding it from what she assumed was an assassin. If her hunch was correct, Loki was in grave danger. She felt the stable hand place a hand over her face with the toxic poison on the rag. Maria grabbed the stable hands hand and elbowed him in the gut. Her mask prevented her from inhaling the toxic fumes which would have put her into a deep sleep.
The stable hand felt the attack to his organs and tried to pin the girl down as he noticed a mask tied around her face. "Damn it" he thought, he had to knock her out somehow. As he grabbed her arms, he tried to pin her down. He had to finish his mission if he failed his boss would not be pleased.
Maria struggled as the opponent she faced was indeed stronger than her. However, she was faster in speed hopefully. What made the maneuver difficult was the close quarters of the stall she was in at the moment. She disappeared in front of the stable hand teleporting to the stables rafters and keeping low to the shadows.
"Come out come out wherever you are little girl" Stephen said loading a sleep dart into a tube.
Maria breathed in shallow breaths keeping calm. She could not lose focus now she had to remain calm and not panic. She had to assume this person was an assassin and if it was she had to somehow get away from the assassin and warn Loki he was in trouble. Cloaking herself to become invisible, she watched from the shadows as the assassin looked around for her. Kuro and Esmeralda shook their heads nervously. As she hid, she observed the features of the assassin. He had short blonde hair with eyes that had seen much death but he was young not much older than her if she were to give an estimate twenty three in human years. Were she was 1400 years old or twenty one in human years.
The assassin below searched for the girl more than once before cursing and giving up his search. She must have left to warn the king's brother. If that was the case, he had to beat her to the spot. Dashing out the doors of the stables, the assassin left and began to stalk his real target which was Loki the God of Mischief.
Maria took in a breath as she exited the stable through the back window in the rafters. Climbing onto the roof of the stable she leapt onto the next roof of the nearby building. She had to move fast if she were going to get to Loki before the assassin. With the castle in sight, she leapt from roof to roof gaining speed as she began to climb to the roof of the palace the glass panels below her rushing feet showing several servants walking and talking. Further along in the hallway she noticed the two brothers talking with each other, and further along the assassin aiming a bow and arrow right at Loki's head. What she assumed as poisoned, she had no other choice in the matter, as she leapt down breaking the glass panals, she heard a bunch of gasps as the arrow meant for Loki hit her instead in her side. "Your highness watch out!" she yelled pushing Loki out of the way of the deadly projectile as she fell taking the hit before rolling to the ground and hearing her ribs break as Loki stumbled to the side she groaned trying to stand up as the poison coursed through her body. It was a fast poison she noted her healing abilities where disabled now because of it.
Stephen cursed under his breath as the guard took the hit meant for Loki before dashing off into the shadows a bunch of servants stood surprised. He had to return and report to his boss that the mission had failed before he was caught.
"Maria, are you alright?" Loki looked in the direction that the arrow and Maria came from. Someone was obviously trying to kill him but Maria had stopped the projectile taking the hit instead. As he sat her down on the floor against a pillar he could clearly see she was in pain but tried to hide it. "You actually took an arrow for me." Loki looked at the arrow embedded in her side receiving a bit back pained wince as he from Maria as he then applied pressure to her wound. "My apologies." he said as Thor summoned other guards.
"Take Maria to the healers. Loki we need to get you someplace secure." The guards were about to move Maria but when Loki would not let go of her, Thor looked at his brother confused "Brother?"
"I'm not going anywhere without her Thor. I'll go to the healers and once she is better I will go to the secure location." Loki surveyed Maria's wound, which was quite deep and took note that her color was paling by the minute he needed to get her to the healers and quickly.
Maria winced feeling the broken bones of a couple ribs as the poison slowed her healing abilities by a long shot. "There was more than one" she hissed as she tried to stand but Loki pushed her back down.
"Maria, I'll be cautious but you have to stay still until I can slow the bleeding. Just relax and don't stand up either." Loki picked Maria up bridal style after he had lessened the bleeding of her wound. He personally carried her to the healers laying her down on a bed. As he sat next her bed, the healers went to work.
Maria knew healing techniques as well, from being stabbed with poison darts, blades, arrows, magical wounds, and a bunch of other events. This was nothing new to her as she made brief explanations to the healers "High paralysis poison mixed with a deadly serpents venom" she said "Arrow head was dipped with it. The poison spreads quickly commonly used for assassins. I think a couple broken ribs too." With that, the healers began their work as Maria passed out from blood loss.
The healers looked to Loki. "She is lucky she knows what the substance is your highness it makes our job that much easier." they said as they removed the arrowhead and the arrow shaft from the guards wound, before attempting to remove the poison with some healing potions. "She may have a fever though"
Loki nodded, "She has a knowledge of many things." He watched as the healers worked on her. Loki knew that there was a possibility that they might discover her heritage and so he kept a close eye on them.
Maria could not keep her glamour illusion up like she used to as the poison disabled her abilities for a time. In her knocked out state she heard gasps of shock as the healers noticed her illusion fade. "Damn. Well my cover's blown" she thought as she felt the spell fade her elf ears and Jotun blue skin, revealed her true nature as her eyes were closed. "Nnngh" she groaned. She hated feeling helpless as she felt the poison spreading quickly causing her paralysis through her nerves.
The healers gasped "Your highness did you know?" they said looking to Loki as they continued to heal the girl. "She has many wounds on her body." they took note of Maria's numerous scars from the past abused of her father's torture. "She looks as if she went through a torture chamber…" they said as they placed a cool cloth on Maria's forehead.
"Yes, I knew about what she was. I shall tell King Thor about it soon enough." Loki noted what they were saying regarding her scars. It was not anything that he did not already know but the medical point of view might be something useful to know.
Maria knew side effects of several poisons this one was a hallucinogenic. She knew that if she kept calm she'd be fine but a fever was the worst of the effects mainly because to her it meant she would be weakened for a few days and recovery would take a week at least. She could feel the fever occurring as she lay on the cot. Were the demons of her nightmares began to occur. Still she willed herself not to panic.
The healers looked down on the girl and talked in whispers "She took an arrow they say for his highness Loki." one of them said.
"Indeed. If her father was the being that harmed the queen it may be that she despised him." said the other a bit more sympathetic towards the patient on the bed. "Poor child, those wounds look as if she endured much." she said before looking to a worried prince in the chair.
"Your highness nothing aside from time will tell if she will be well again." the healer said. "Though I believe she will make a recovery." she said to Loki.
"You have my thanks for what you have done." Loki moved his chair closer to her bed. Why was she always trying to help him? The first time she passed out and now this. What if she never had a full recovery? He could never forgive himself for being partially responsible. He moved her hair out of her face. Why did everyone he loved always get hurt?
Maria felt Loki's worry though she could not say the words aloud she smiled and used a bit of her energy to comfort him with a telepathic message "Loki please don't worry" she said and could feel a small tear slip down from underneath her closed eyes as she burned up with a fever. "People you care about will always protect the other from being harmed" she said.
The healers placed another cool cloth on her forehead. "She has a fever. That is good it means the poison will be flushed out of her system." said one of the nurses who looked to Loki. "Your highness would you like to help her?" said the healer dipping the cool cloth in cold water and placing it on the girl's head.
Loki couldn't help but be worried about her. "Maybe I could help." His hand changed to blue as he used his Jotun abilities to help cool her down. "Do you think that this will help her?" He looked over at the healers.
Maria felt the heat from the fever suddenly fade and she relaxed a bit even though she was still burning up a bit she began to fall into a deep sleep she knew Loki had helped her somehow.
The healers looked to Loki then checked the girl's temperature "The fever is gone for now." they smiled. "She'll live your highness. I believe that helped immensely however she needs to have the fever so that it flushes out the poison so only cool her down gradually."
"Alright." Loki nodded his head in acknowledgement and allowed his hand to heat up a little. He spoke telepathically to Maria, "I love you darling." His other hand ran through her hair as he soothed her. He knew that the healers were watching but he did not care. He just wanted Maria to be well again.
Maria forced her body to move her hand to Loki's other hand, touching the one that was not on her head which took every fiber of her body that screamed for her not to. She would not let Loki beat himself up because of an attack made by an assassin. In her mind she growled, she knew what he looked like and would hunt him down if it meant interrogating every person in the damn castle. The assassin had made the mistake of threatening not only her, but the person she had given her heart to. Telepathically she replied to him. "I love you to Loki... Please don't worry…..once the poison is out of my system….I will be able to heal because of my curse….the poison just slows that down by a lot….."
"Rest dear, I know that you will recover. I just hate the thought that someone shot you with an arrow. It's like they shot a part of me." Loki searched her mind as carefully as possible and located the face of the assassin. "Do you mind if I leave for while?"
Maria mentally knew what Loki was about to do. "Don't…..go... after him...alone" she said then forced herself awake as she began to push herself up in the bed.
"Stop." Loki held her down. "I'll stay if I have to." He sat back down next to her bed. "I promise."
The healers chuckled "Stubborn woman" they were amused most beings would have given into the poison but this woman had admirable internal strength.
Maria sighed, she could feel herself almost fall back into sleep before looking to Loki through blurred vision. "If you want to go at least take this with you." she said and made a pitch black dagger appear. "It will make the enemy tell the truth if used…..that a few other surprises" she knew he wanted to get the assassin as much as she did. "Just don't die ok?" she said telepathically to him her own worry evident her eyes were green irises staring back at Loki. Which was only part of the glamour spell she managed to maintain at the moment.
"I won't die. Just please rest before you expend anymore energy." Loki sat on her bed and hummed a lullaby to her while he stroked her forehead. It was a lullaby that his mother used to sing to him. "Please rest Maria."
Maria rested her head on the pillow of the bed and slowly closed her eyes as she smirked a bit. "I will. Also kick that assassins ass for me." she said as she fell asleep as weariness tugged at her once again allowing her mind to see nothing but darkness.
One of the healers chuckled "Well now I see a resemblance in character" the healers looked to Loki. "We will take care of her your highness. She will be better in no time. Promise."
"Thank you." Loki stood up from his chair and walked briskly to the castle. As he called for a couple guards to follow him. However they hesitated in following him.
Maria did one last trick to make the guards follow Loki projecting an illusion of herself she yelled at them "Follow him or when I wake up I will personally take actions to you both severely." she said as the guards flinched one of them responded.
"You are weakened little girl you can barely stand why should we follow him."
Maria got angered at this as frost began to creep up towards one of the guards legs. "Let me make this clear then. If you do not follow him I will assume you were part of the attack on his life and kill you understand. I may be weak right now but frostbite is very effective.." her illusion said calmly almost menacingly. Unlike most of her kind, Maria enjoyed her Jotun heritage and embraced it. Granted on Asgard they were considered monsters but she did not care at the moment what their society thought.
The guards understanding now full well nodded "Yes mam" they both said and the frost dissipated as they followed Loki. "She's as terrifying as him if not more so" one of them said.
Loki chuckled and telepathically to Maria "Thank you darling now rest."
The healers chuckled watching the spectacle as they looked to the girl on the bed. "You care about him don't you?" they said as they placed another cloth on her forehead.
Maria nodded allowing the illusion to disappear. "I would not have taken a highly poisoned arrow meant for his head if I did not." she said and collapsed back onto the bed exhausted.
Loki took the two guards with him as he raided houses. When he did not find the person he was looking for, he went to the stable to get Esmeralda. When he entered that stable he saw Stephen who was about to leave and was in a hurry. He roughly pinned the stable hand against the wall. "You son of bitch. If you had hurt me I would have been fine with it believe me. But you hurt my guard. I am not sure whether I should torture you to hell or just plain out kill you slowly. Who else is working with you?" Loki pushed him back against the wall.
Stephen just smirked "Kill me then I welcome death. Because I never talk." he honestly did welcome death as an assassin it was one of the criteria to never reveal the client even under torture. So the woman was important to Loki he mused the poison on the arrow would ensure her death. As he glared at the god of mischief, he smirked, before taking his own dagger and stabbing himself in the heart killing himself. "You will never discover my secrets god of mischief."
Loki dropped the corpse of the man. There was one thing he could do. He skimmed through Stephen's brain as fast as he could before it died along with the body. After that, he walked back to where Maria was resting in the healers room. "I found out a few things." what he discovered was that she was gone and the healers were tied up and gagged.
Releasing the gags on the healers Loki rushed to one of them. "What happened? Where is Maria?"
The healer replied "a shadow took her"
Author note:
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