"Thor, this is Kaira, Queen of Alheim." Einar and Thor were in a small room decorated with several plants and full of light. He could breathe the harmony that reigned in that place. "She's Kaysa's sister." Kaira inclined her head in greeting. Unlike her sister, her hair was brown and adorned with metallic gold flowers. Her eyes, however, were exactly the same as Kaysa's.
"Do you know my sister?" Kaira smiled. "I have not seen her in a long time. Do you know if she's okay?" Einar looked at Thor. "What's wrong?"
Kaysa entered the alchemy room where she expected to see Loki. The room was completely dark. Kaysa was sure she had made sure that Loki was there. She went to turn around to call her maids. The door closed. Kaysa tried to open it but a strange force was blocking it. Her gaze traveled across the dark room.
"Do you really think this trick will work?" Kaysa asked loudly as she walked towards the center of the room. "I remind you that I am the queen of the dark elves, darkness is something very normal for me." Covertly, she picked up the dagger that hung from her pants. Her eyes continued to roam the room. Kaysa had the power to separate the energy that radiated from people. However, something confused her at that moment. She felt the same energy distributed throughout the room, but the intensity varied with each step she took. Suddenly, all the energy gathered in one spot. Kaysa began to walk there with her dagger raised, ready to finish with that trick. She could feel it. She was a foot from the place. Kaysa raised her dagger. At that moment, the darkness disappeared and the room was illuminated again. Her arm was trapped and a dagger pressed against her neck. She felt a trickle of blood begin to descend toward her collarbone.
"It has not been difficult." Loki whispered in Kaysa's ear.
Kaysa turned on herself while pulling the arm that imprisoned her. Loki fell to the ground hitting his back. For some insensors, his gaze was fixed on the ceiling of the room. He knew he could not face the queen, but his instinct was faster. Loki jumped up, facing Kaysa. In his hands appeared two small daggers.
"I think you do not know who you're dealing with." Kaysa said as she adopted her guard position. Loki smiled but did not answer. He avalanced on the girl dodging all attacks. Both were good fighters, but only one could win. Loki had Kaysa blocked. His muscles relaxed. He knew he had won the battle. However, Kaysa still had one last blow. She invoked a spell that caused a thick black fog to begin to fill the room. It began to surround Loki's boots. Confused, he looked at his adversary. Kaysa's eyes glowed dark. He fell flat on the ground.
"It seems you're not that good." Kaysa laughed in that strange voice that Loki was getting used to.
"Never lower your guard, your highness." Loki replied. The image of him lying on the ground vanished in an instant. His arm surrounded the girl from the back, with a dagger resting on her neck, while in his other hand another pointed right at her heart. "Not one more movement." Kaysa gave up the battle. All darkness disappeared and her eyes returned to their natural state. Loki turned her on herself, only inches from her face. Kaysa slipped away without difficulty and without saying a Word she left the room. That battle had managed to have a strange effect on Loki. He felt strangely excited.
It did not take him long to leave the room, where two guards waited to accompany him to his 'room'. In his mind, Kaysa's image in the battle was repeated over and over again. She is a great warrior. He came to his room with the idea of going through the palace looking for her to see her again, however, he could not leave when he had two sentries posted at his door.
Kaysa was alone in her room taking off her suit. She had thrown out all her servants and had asked not to be disturbed. She felt humiliated after the battle with Loki. A few knocks were heard at her door.
"I said do not bother me." Kaysa's voice sounded furious.
"I thought you'd like to see me." A familiar voice said as he opened the door. A figure appeared in the room.
"What are you doing here?" Kaysa did not believe. "They told me you left." Kaysa walked slowly towards Einar.
"I could never leave you." Einar answered as he opened his arms to receive Kaysa. His hands encircled her waist, covered only by a thin silk of Kaysa's dress. He could not avoid tracing her back and kissing her bare shoulder lightly.
"Oh, Einar." Kaysa sighed as she looked up and stared into his eyes. Slowly she went close in search of his lips, but Einar separated then. "I know what you're going to tell me, but tonight I need you." Kaysa was still clinging to him. However, Einar shook his head sweetly as he kissed Kaysa's forehead and left there.
He heard Kaysa call him, but kept walking until he got away enough. When he turned a corner he clung to the wall. Einar's eyes began to turn green and slowly the image of the man was replaced by Loki's. His breathing was fast and his cheeks showed a certain flush. He clenched his jaw tightly as he strolled toward the gardens. I need a break.
It had been a week since Thor arrived in Alheim. At that time he learned to observe Kaira, realizing that she was totally different from her sister Kaysa. Kaira was an affable and educated elf, always with a smile that illuminated her face. Ever since she met Thor, she had shown hospitality by lodging him in one of the many rooms in the palace.
"Compared to the Svartalheim dungeons, any place is better." Thor laughed when Kaira asked him if he found his room acceptable.
Thor could move freely around the palace, tour the multiple halls and train whenever he wanted without being disturbed.
In one of his nocturnal walks, he came to a kind of balcony located at the edge of a cliff, near a large waterfall. In the middle of the balcony, he found Kaira quite focused on her chores. Her dark hair fluttered in the wind, and her tiara reflected the light of the moon that struck it. Thor looked around for some soldier who was escorting the queen, but he found the surprise that it was only her and him. He hesitated between approaching or not but finally decided not to disturb her and leave.
"Do not leave." Kaira's sweet voice made Thor stop short.
"I do not want to bother you, my queen." Thor said as he moved slowly towards her.
"Do not worry." Kaira smiled. "Please, come closer." Kaira stepped aside showing a strange sculpture. It consisted of a small fountain filled with water. Kaira observed the confused gesture of the God and laughed lightly. "Do not panic and look at the water please." Thor did just as the queen had asked.
"What is it?"
"This allows me to see my sister." Thor's face darkened. "Not her image, but her energy, so I know that everything is fine." Kaira stepped next to Thor and rested her hand on the water. Waves began to form and a small figure of light began to form on the surface. Thor watched the show fascinated. He had heard about elven magic, but he never thought it would be so beautiful to see.
"Does it work with anyone?" Thor asked. Kaira nodded and moved her hand across the surface of the fountain, making Kaysa's figure disappear. She replaced her hand and two new figures appeared. "Who are they?" Thor stared at them, could see how one shone more than the other.
"We are." Kaira answered. "The smallest figure is me. As you can see, my energy of light is much greater than yours." Thor looked at Kaira and then at the figures that remained motionless on the surface.
"Could I try it?" Kaira nodded and took Thor's hand, placing it on the water. The figures disappeared. "What do I have to do now?"
"Just think of the image of the person you want to see." Kaira answered while keeping her hand on Thor's. "When you have it, you'll see how it starts to form." The direct contact with Kaira made Thor tense. It was not the first time someone had touched his hand, but it was the first time he had been so nervous. Thor began to think about the different people he could look for: Odin, his mother, his friends ... But the figure that materialized was not what he expected.
"His light is very dim." Kaira seemed worried.
"And what does that mean?" Thor did not look away from the figure.
"It is a dark person, its light is practically non-existent."
"It does not surprise me." Thor replied. His eyes rested briefly on Kaira's, who had an expression of anguish. "It's my brother."
"How is your sister?" Thor asked after a silence.
"Her light is getting smaller." Kaira answered, still with her hand on Thor's. "Needed help."
"How could I help?" Thor was surprised saying those words. He did not want to help Kaysa, he wanted to take revenge on her for humiliating him, but the feelings that were beginning to grow for Kaira forced him to do anything so that the queen would not suffer.
Kaira looked at Thor with hope in her eyes. Instinctively, Thor placed his free hand on Kaira's cheek. She closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against the rough palm. Slowly they closed the space between them.
"Excuse me, Majesty." The voice of a soldier interrupted the moment. "Einar is looking for you." Thor sighed annoyed. Kaira smiled without opening her eyes yet. Her cheeks were slightly flushed. She took a breath and left Thor without even looking at him. She left the balcony following her soldier, leaving Thor alone. Far from getting angry, Thor looked once more at the fountain, watching his smiling reflection in the water.
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