1 WEEK LATER

Tamsin was jarred awake in the early morning when Sigun's voice popped in her head yelling in pure desperation, 'Tamsin! Please answer me! I need your help NOW!' The sun had still yet to come out.

Tamsin tried to get up and Bo was in top of her. Bo however rubbed her eyes and was about to kiss her Valkyrie when Tamsin put her index finger on Bo lips to stop her and said urgently, "Sigun's on the link. Something bad happened."

Bo this had to be really urgent and she froze and looked on at her Valkyrie inquisitively.

'YES Sigun.'

'Thor! He's gone off the deep end! He is on the way to his dad to renounce his claim to the throne!... I'm trying to stop him, he's too damn stubborn and a lunk head,' Sigun communicated back urgently blocking Thor striding purposefully, who just laughed and picked her up and put her aside.

"You know, if Freya wants to keep that rule even though almost everyone else seems to break it in her order and you want to stay in her order, I have a say too," Thor huffed purposefully striding down to the throne room full of determination.

Tamsin suspected it had to deal with her with Thor so she replied adding Bo into the conversation via the link, 'Bringing the Goddess Bo into this. WHY he is doing this …. Renouncing his claim to the throne, and what is his end game.'

'He…. He… WANTS me and is so rabid for me that he … fuck his hormones! He's been flying solo ever since your last visit here. He already asked Freya already about making an exception on my behalf and she said NO. If she loosens the law for me, then she will essentially be saying that she is fallible and that Valkyrie orgies are just fine, just like under Odin. If he renounces his claim, he is technically free to have me since there are no real explicit rules against it.'

"You DO have a say Thor!" Sigun blocked him again but this time, jumped on him to slow him down. No dice. Thor kept his stride just said jokingly, "Wow throwing yourself at me?"

"This ISN'T funny! You can't do this!" Sigun yelled at her wits end.

Bo replied via the link, 'Do you want him? As an equal and eternal lover?'

Tamsin added, 'You might engage the bond. Are you willing to risk that?'

"WHY NOT! I'm a god and *I* can do what I want. You keep telling me that rules are rules. So I accept. If I renounce my claim to the throne, then the rule no longer applies. I will be free to date you officially," Thor just kept walking even with Sigun on him.

Sigun also passed what Thor said through the link but finally replied to Bo, 'My goddess. I don't KNOW! I like being his equal and right now he treats me wonderfully but…. but he wants me and now. I'm attracted to him and need time to work it out. Thor wants relationships at warp speed, but I'm NOT allowed to have them. I am … am ok with what Thor wants just not now.'

Tamsin replied quickly holding Bo tight and asked a different question, 'Sigun. Like I told you last time, you are using Freya's rules purposefully as a wedge to keep distance from Thor. Rules can hold what you 2 have back.'

'….. y… yes … I'm sorry …. My feelings are all over the place and I … I need time….. I don't want to string him along.'

Bo then asked, 'Will you be hurt IF he sows his royal oats elsewhere?'

'YES! I'd get insanely jealous if he does. I… I know he's being monogamous to get in my panties!'

"PLEASE stop Thor!" Sigun begged. She never begged especially to Thor.

Tamsin added to Bo's comment, 'Is it WORKING?'

'YES! Please Tamsin, you where the only person I could tell. Gods I get drench when I'm around him for the day.'

"Whoa, she wants it bad," Tamsin noted aloud for only Bo to hear.

Bo communicated quickly to Thor allowing Tamsin to listen in, 'THOR! Slow the frack down. If you force or coerce a Valkyrie's hand and anyone's for that fact, they will RESENT you in the end. I know you get what you want but Sigun IS yours. Just say the right words and she may come to you of her own accord with or without Freya's rules.'

'Bo?' Thor stopped I his tracks.

'Yea. Sigun is freaked out. You are forcing a choice she isn't ready to make. Sometimes it is easier to let them come to you. If you chase it, off course it will run away. SIT down with her now and talk it out honestly. You can always renounce your claim later ALTHOUGH that wouldn't be smart since the stability of Valhalla also depends on you too in your current position.'

Tamsin then told Sigun 'The laws are in place to help us make good choices for Valhalla and its inhabitants. It doesn't make sense here Sigun, are you willing to break, at the very least stretch Freya's law?'

'I don't know but I will do it for you Tamsin.'

Bo heard this and was impressed; Tamsin was so revered amongst the sisterhood since she was a Valkyrie. ONE OF THEM. That is why Sigun wanted to talk to her only. Only Tamsin, one of their own blood and background could relate. Also Tamsin was bonded to Bo, so naturally, she was the de facto expert on love, at least to Sigun.

Tamsin was a little flattered that her status gave her that type of pull and then further inquired, 'Have you been up front with your feelings to Thor. YES, I know it is atypical of us.'

'Not really. I express it in deed and not so many words. I have been pushing the limits of Freya's creed.'

Tamsin huffed out a laugh. It was just like her when she started out with Bo. Not only that, if one executed all of Freya's creed to the T, it made someone have the chastity of a nun. Sigun must have been driving Thor bonkers.

'You need to talk and find out if Thor is in LUST of LOVE with you. Lust and love are 2 different things. You know lust, but love is something else above and beyond that. You will know since love comes attached with long term commitments. As the missing Valkyrie, I will allow you to explore your feelings for Thor ON THE CONDITION you open up to Thor about your feelings NOW.'

Bo added, 'As the Goddess of the New Order, I will talking to Freya. So let's lift it for say 24 hours?'

'I… yes . Thank you both. Gods he's rock hard for me without his armor on, I guess jumping on him wasn't a good idea. Gods please don't grind on me Thor… please please please.'

'Go for it,' Tamsin clicked but then added, 'As your future gods, Bo and I want you to hear your actions and confessions to another over the link so that we may bless your pairing.'

'Yes Bo and Tamsin. Gods, my temple doors are slick and thank gods he let me down.'

Bo observed Tamsin's evil smirk and knew the game and wacked her arm.

Tamsin just shrugged innocently and murmured, "If I'm gonna we woken up at Oh Dark Thirty, I'd better be worth my while."

"Evil, pure evil." Bo then carefully told Thor, 'Now just stay calmly and tell her how you feel about her BUT ALSO tell her that you will go by her schedule and that she has all the time in the world, only if it is true of course.'

Thor led Sigun to sit down with him on a pedestal of a 20 statue; one of many hero's lining the bright marble hall, half way to the throne room.

"I'm sorry Sigun," Thor confessed leaning back on the statue of Catherine the Great. "I get impatient and it's not my best quality. Can we talk about something which we must address, your creeds and vows aside?"

Sigun just jumped up and paced and flabbergasted at her wits end blurted not even looking at Thor, "You know Thor, there are LOTS of easier way to get laid. You can have almost any Valkyrie, or even Fae you want. Your power and god status alone will make anyone fall under you spell."

"But I want US to be together," Thor was impressed that Sigun was talking directly about their relationship. "You are the only person I know that doesn't fall under my spell that is truly strong, independent and just."

Sigun almost glared at him but softened it a little, "THAT is because I BELIEVE what I believe and you called me back then a prude, 'Frosty the Snow Bitch' and an 'Honorary Frost Giant'…."

"THAT was life times ago. Again, I'm sorry Sigun. I was a numb skull ….."

Sigun just cut him off and was hot, "NOW you have the gall to try to make things right. I even tried to make you MAD at me, but even when knew how to push my buttons, you chose not to! You freaking knew that I'd be forced to spend time with you if it was for the good of Valhalla….. You're so gods darn stubborn!"

"Can't blame me for trying to be with one of the brightest, most brilliant and smart Valkyries around," Thor smirked trying to give Sigun more room to vent. This would probably be the only time she'd do it.

"Gods, you just can't wait to see me crumble to your will. You just see me as a challenge you must conquer! I won't have any of that," Sigun stamped.

Thor smirked and liked this part of Sigun. She was rather cute when she was mad.

Sigun saw this and knew Thor so well she stamped again even more agitated to no end, "STOP THAT! I hate it when you think I'm …. I'm more desirable this way!"

"But I love everything about you and that is why I'd go through any lengths to have you by my side. All you have to do is say that you hate me and I'd me more than happy to go away," Thor confessed.

As much as Sigun wanted to say it, she couldn't since it would be a lie. "Then WHY have you never offered to bring me on missions with you, yet Kara is."

Thor just calmly relayed, "On those missions, we may leave and never come back. It has happened before to my party members and it will happen again. Siggy, I can't have you killed. I won't stand for it nor will I risk it. This has nothing to do with your fighting skills which are top notch. Reason being is that I do care deeply about you and I like this incarnation of you the best. I also don't want to lose the progress we made together. It is at the end of a mission I look forward to seeing your face again. It's home to me."

Sigun's jaw went slack. This was the first time for several things. First, Thor just proclaimed how much he cared about her well being, even loved her in so many words, the second was his use of her nick name 'Siggy'. That was used one other time across all her lives and it was only when Thor addressed her when he was just 12. She flashed back to that time when Thor stumbled upon her alone relaxing in the field of tall grass after weapons practice. She was a new Valkyrie too that just came into being and was an early teen for human standards. She still remembered it like it was yesterday.

Sigun heard rustling behind her lying in a field of tall grass observing the cloudy blue sky. From the steps it sounded like another Valkyrie from practice. Only her closest friends knew where to find her.

She just kept her eyes on the bucolic sky and just told the approaching person, "Come on and lie in the field with me. Just look at this sky. Makes you feel like something more than yourself. I feel our planet moving, but we are still. Gods there isn't enough time to enjoy all this."

The boy finally replied after lying down for a minute captured by her poetic words and also her beauty overall. "Yea, I feel the same way. Practice practice practice and no time for moments like these."

Sigun shot up and feel prostrate before Thor. She didn't know it was him, the future ruler of Valhalla and she was supposed to be subservient to him. She kicked herself internally for not being alert.

Thor grimaced and just noted, "Why does everyone keep doing that? My father and Freya, yes, but I can't even hold a sword right, much less fight with one. I'm better at fighting bare handed. Please rise."

"I'm sorry," Sigun stammered scrambling to get up and rushing Freya's salute. "I was taking a break and .. and I… I…" She was at a loss for words and this awkward moment became even more so now that she was tongue tied.

Thor just sat up relaxed and looked at her curiously.

Sigun felt like a dork since she was standing and Thor was sitting languidly on the grass.

Thor pointed in her general direction. "You are … Siggy? ….. of the … um 13th .. wait no … 11th order some division … gods I suck at this," Thor looked away disappointed.

Sigun was impressed for having never met formally, he was really close but said, "Sigun sir. 11th order, 5th division, 3rd unit. Currently in trails."

"Ah yes, I remember now. You are the one with spunk that out smarted Rota which moved you from the 13th," Thor noted but then changed his demeanor to something more gentle. "Look if I wanted to be called sir and be formal, then I'd hang out with anyone else. Can we just, if it's ok with you, just talk like when we first met? I promise not to hold it against you."

"But the rules….." Sigun stammered.

"Who cares? Just sit," Thor scoffed.

Sigun shrugged and sat down next to Thor and noted his long sword. Not only was it ornate with gold borders, but it looked like it had touched the hands of the finest iron smiths. For a practice sword, it was overkill and even for one used in war it was still a little overkill. It could have passed as a ceremonial sword.

"So you're in trials still? You must be talented," Thor moved the conversation forward.

"Yes.. umm yea. I think I just got lucky with Rota. I'll probably end up in the 11th," Sigun admitted fixing her pony tail.

"Hmmmm, no such thing as luck. My dad tends to believe we make our luck and I do too," Thor noted. "Never fear, you can probably beat me hands down in a sword fight. DON'T ask me why, I know just by looking at the way you fight."

Sigun smirked and replied, "If you fight and use the same weapons as us, then you might at be a Valkyrie. You're our future leader and…."

Thor just admonished her with a quick glance and said calmly, "Just talk to me like I was one of you."

The Valkyrie took a deep breath and rephrased, "We have a set regiment of weapons and THEN if we are lucky, we can try new weapons, but not at the expense of giving up our old ones. You can do what you please and find what you like right from the start. I'm not saying that sword fighting isn't useful. It has its time and place just an axe or bow, but I guess you have to find that right weapon."

"Hmmmm true, but foundations are foundations so my dad says," Thor shook his head parroting his dad.

Sigun smirked, got up and pulled a sack of weapons out hiding in the tall grass which she was on her way to returning saying, "I'm suppose to return this to the armory since practice is over. But these weapons are used to help us train against them." She dumped some of them out and just added, "Come on, try some."

Thor picked up a bow but put it down almost immediately saying, "Yea tried this. It's ok."

"Studded Chain Mace?" Sigun offered.

Thor picked it up and tried to wield it but ended up losing grasp of it. Thor was so pissed Sigun noted but she was persistent, "Good try. Calm down and just try something else."

He then picked up 2 short staffs and ended up hitting himself on the head with one of them after a minute but he did have a good start Sigun noted.

"SHIT! That hurt. I'm never going to find this weapon that calls me," Thor whined upset.

"Hey. It's just you and me ok? No egos, no titles, no ranks," she smile and reassured. She found it oddly refreshing to be treated as a friend from a god.

"OK. Thanks Siggy. Sorry I keep calling you that since that is the only way I can remember your name. My dad insists that I remember everyone's name and at times I short cut them for the sake of remembering something."

"Siggy will do fine Thor," She was never called that before, but at least he was making an effort.

Thor pulled out a double bladed ax but after a several swings, lost control and Sigun burst in and blocked it. She favored that weapon and knew when things were going south. Thor nodded in thanks and was running out of weapon choices and he was still upset.

"Don't over think it."

"SHIT. I might as well be using this useless weapon," Thor rummaged through the daggers to pull it out. "Feel like a fucking carpenter!"

With that, Thor threw it with full force towards the knot in the middle of a tree trunk over 30 feet away. It stayed on course flipping through the air at blinding speed and in a blink of an eye the tree trunk made a loud crack and the earth beneath them shook.

Thor and Sigun batted their eyes at the tree as it started to crack from the knot up slowly. It was as if something with the strength of a giant was slowly ripping the tree in half with their bare hands.

Finally the tree relented breaking in half and falling to the ground leaving only the trunk up to the knot with his weapon of choice driven deep in it that called his name.

A hammer: Simple but deadly.

An ordinary hammer that managed to, in his hands, put out more destructive power than any other weapon that anyone had ever seen.

Thor and Sigun walked up to the tree still both in awe at what a simple hammer did to it. Thor with his foot against the trunk and Sigun's help was able to remove the hammer. It was embedded in there deeply after all.

"I think we found your weapon of choice Thor," Sigun smiled handing it to him.

Thor nodded, then smiled genuinely and removed his hilt and sword, "And I think we found your weapon that will get you into the 9th order for these trails." Thor then handed it to her.

"I can't accept this," Sigun stammered and was about to bow to hand it back to him. This was too ornate to use after all. She stopped however, when Thor admonished her with a simple glance again.

She accepted it with a simple, "Thanks."

Thor then darted his glance down the field, "Ah. My father calls. Thank you Sigun."

"No problem Thor."

Thor then quickly sprinted off with hammer in hand with renewed vigor. He never got her name wrong again.

As for Sigun, she did make it to the 9th order with a sword that made most Valkyries extremely jealous. Not only was it Thor's which in a way carried his blessing, it was beautiful and matched her quite well.

"Thor, please. You're a playboy but ….," Sigun stopped.

"No Egos, no titles, no ranks," Thor repeated knowing full well that she said it to him eons ago.

"I…. I do want what you what Thor. I treble every time you get near me and whenever you touch me in the simplest way, even when I hated you, I felt a jolt of electricity and a skip in my heart," Sigun began meekly.

Thor nodded.

"But you had a different life style from me. When your raging hormones kicked in, you became a prick. Slept with everyone, broke rules, and worst of all got a rise out of putting me down. Well that was actually everyone that didn't agree with you too. If you wonder why I don't accept your advances, I don't forget what happened in the past. I'm having trust issues."

"I'm really really sorry for being such a pig headed monster to you," Thor apologized. "How can I make it right?"

"You can't!" Sigun yelled back snapping her glance to him. "You've been SUCH a narcissistic a-hole across all my life times! Not only to me, but to EVERYONE. You treated my sisters like SHIT unless they were giving you head. What you did them them… you … YOU DID TO ME! You fucking use them like whores and treated that like slaves. You treated me the WORST!"

Thor had no words. What she proclaimed was the truth and the truth was the truth. At least she was talking.

"Now all of a sudden you are the benevolent Saint Thor of all the kingdoms ever since Bo Dennis your blood sister visited. You want to make things right?! Then tell me why the change of heart? I know that you teleported in the same lunk head but from what I can gather, something happened while you were at dinner where all of a sudden like a switch you fell head of heals for me!" Sigun demanded. "I need the TRUTH if you value me in any capacity."

Thor just gave up the ghost and confessed, "Kara knew I had a thing for you and Bo said that I should go for it. In any case, I've always had a soft spot for you ever since that day in that field. But when I got the training, power, the women, it was like a drug. I wanted it all. My deepest apologies, but when you rejected my advances, no matter which life time you were in, I tried to fill that rejection with more power, riches and women. From here and in other planes."

Sigun kick his shin steaming mad and Thor yelped. "Did it work!?" Sigun vented.

"No."

Sigun just kept ranting, "Now you understand WHY I stuck to Freya's order and her rules to the letter! That was ALL the love I could give you! Now…. Shit! NOW you want my heart too! How much blood can I give you! Heck we might become bonded too and with you casting your seeds everywhere, you're going to hurt me without even being here! Gods I knew talking this out would be a bad idea."

"No, it's not," Thor admitted at least now he got to see what Sigun was holding back this whole time. Her heart. The more and more he slept around, the more distant she became. His chances to be with her were really slim to none at the moment, but Bo was the one that gave him at least a glimmer of hope that is was salvageable. In a leap of faith Thor reached out to hold Sigun's hand who was still fiery mad standing in front of him.

She tried to pull back weakly, but her body was giving in even though her mind was rebelling against this bad boy. She also heard a patrol approach from behind her. It was a standard unit making rounds from the sound of it.

Thor finally knelt before a very embarrassed Sigun and looked to the patrol and stated, "9, 8, 10 HALT and witness this please."

They did so but didn't know what they where suppose to witness, but by Thor holding Sigun's hand and kneeling it looked like a proposal.

"Nooooo," Sigun hissed with flushed red shaking her head. He was moving forward even after she literally tore him up.

Thor then proclaimed to Sigun and all, "I've treated you and the entire Valkyrie orders like my personal pawns, slaves if you will. I lost my way, not realizing that all of you are each selfless guardians with beautiful souls. More over I wronged you uncountable times even though I knew you were mine the moment we first met in that field." Thor's tone then soften and he spoke with unabated feeling with a tremble in his voice, "I do love you and ONLY you Siggy. I humbly ask you to step out from the shroud of Freya's rules because they no longer apply to you if you so desire."

Sigun tried to step back with her eye filing with unfallen tears. She just got a sincere apology and she had never seen Thor so vulnerable. He was speaking from his heart and that took more bravery than even she could imagine.

"I… I can't Thor. That's WHO I am," Sigun meekly replied shaking her head.

The Valkyrie unit standing there were both moved and surprised by this turn of events. Many didn't even know that Sigun and Thor had any type of connection since they loathed each other in public. Some even began to use the link.

Thor just gently said, "No, WHO you are is my queen. No rules apply to you Siggy except for the Old Code which you have been following this whole time. You always were in my heart of hearts. Please let me love you. In any case I will never take another woman into my bed again no matter your answer."

Sigun quickly looked away and wiped a tear off before it could fall. She hated to feel and worst of all to her enemy. She had yet to even fully comprehend with what Thor just said but knew the gravity off it all when the unit she was looking at was not only bewildered, but several of them covered their mouth in surprise.

Thor knew the pressure was on and added almost begging, "I am not asking for your hand now, but what I am asking is if it's ok for us to be together. I want to spend eternity with you even if you turn out of be my best friend. You are the salt in my life Siggy."

Sigun didn't know how to answer this keeping her glace away but it seemed that Thor was taking the entire risk of their relationship and she was going to bear none. As a matter of fact, she'd be his queen if she wanted which would put her outside of Odin's and Freya's rules not to mention the order rankings. She's would, most notably, no longer be a servant to the gods. Could she trust him? Apparently several of the Valkyries in the unit were nodding to goad her to say 'yes' and 2 of them used the link also to tell her to say yes.

A roar and chorus of voices then joined in from far down the hall, it sounded like from the mess hall which was all the way in the next building. They all chanted 'YES.'

Sigun knew that any Valkyrie would die at the chance to be Thor's queen, but she had to make the right decision for her.

Bo ordered Tamsin, "Be my queen!"

Tamsin screamed at the top of her lungs, "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!"

Tamsin and Bo were still dialed into the Thor's and Sigun's conversation through the link but Bo was on top of her Valkyrie keep to her down while her studded toy invaded Tamsin's temple on full blast. She also used beads which Kendra turned her on to which brought Tamsin to a higher more aggressive release.

"Be my QUEEN Tamsin!" Bo ordered again.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Bo! Yes! I…. I am yoursssssssssssss! GODS SAVE Meeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"I love it when you worship me Tammy!" Bo grunted taking her harder.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees I can't stoooooooooooooooop! Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad scuucubuuuuuuuuuuus!"

"You'll be here a long time Tammy!" Bo said feeding. "Now I want RICHER chi so pop goes the weasel!"

"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Yoooooooooooooooooou wiiiiiiiiiillllll paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" Tamsin shrieked cresting hard.

Bo took her chi but also dove between her legs and said, "GOSH DARNIT! You taste AMAZING. Oh your chi tastes great too."

"Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad succubus! Evil evil Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil!" Tamsin exclaimed in her way down.

"YES and I'm all yours Valkyrie!" Bo said wiping her mouth then kissing her deeply.

Tamsin could taste her own juices in the kiss and Bo kept caressing her tingling body. How she loved Bo.

Sigun took several deep breaths and finally looked back and Thor bowing deeply before her and it was moving. Moreover, everyone was tell her yes but her decision needed to be made soon since at the far end of the hall, guards for Freya and Odin could be seen approaching no doubt with both gods in tow. She had to take a leap of faith too, and finally stammered, "I… Gods Thor, you are just into the dramatic aren't you? Thor, you had me the moment we first met. So yes but eternity is a long time, can we please take us one step at a time."

Thor got up and hugged his future queen overjoyed and said, "Of course."

Freya and Odin waited with the unit already there saluting them.

The couple parted in each other arms wearing the biggest smiles.

Odin just added seriously, "I guess I forgot to tell you that you could have any woman you desire EXCEPT Sigun."

Thor laugh at the inside joke and told Sigun, "It means I have his blessings."

Freya then address Sigun who quickly saluted her, "Sigun, as much as I hate to lose one of my most effective protégés, this changes many things, but change in inevitable. Bo had already talked to me and I have granted you a reprieve from your duties to me for 24 hours. I need you, well both of you to consider the implications of this. You will be bonded to Thor and support him through thick and thin. I mean bonded in terms of the human term of marriage. You still may bond like Bo and Tamsin, only time will tell. Also you will be his queen, his right hand. You will no longer be in my order but you have the old code to fulfill. I know you are doing that now, but you will be doing that from now on for the rest of your lives."

Odin then added, "Thor, I never envisioned that you'd choose a Valkyrie, but odder things have happened with your half sister Bo. Sigun never went to my orders because she believes strongly in the values from both the Freya's and the old code. I have tried to give the core ones to you, but if you take Sigun, those values she holds dear must remain in your heart with no room to err or you will poison what you are building here. Be very careful in moving forward because a scorned Valkyrie who has accepted you as theirs is the most deadly to cross. In addition, unlike a queen, Sigun has no alliance or claims to other planes or kingdoms; your work for peace will be hampered to say the least. I am at least relieved that you now have someone who can watch your back since I have grown weary of it."

"Thank you father," Thor nodded capturing his queen once more in his arms.

Odin and shook his head batting away what seemed like an unseen fly near his ear but walked off telling Freya, "I think we need to make a ruling on acceptable use of the link. My ears will probably be ringing for months"

Freya just chucked, "Yes I agree."

"KISS KISS KISS!" The halls chanted with a roar which included the sound of dagger pommels hitting the tables rhythmically with Kara walking past and nodding to Freya and Odin.

Odin looked at her oddly at the way she was dressed and Kara just explained, "Just got off a mission, had to pose as a Belly Dancer for one of Thor's recons."

Freya laughed, "Looks like you made money too."

"Of course my goddess," Kara nodded and winked with Freya, Odin and their guards moving off. She stopped in front of Thor and Sigun like nothing was out of the ordinary but glanced at the unit gawking expectantly then just said waving her hand, "This isn't the kiss you seek. MOVE ALONG."

They did so. Kara now serving Bo gave her a lot more pull.

Sigun thought out quickly to Bo and Tamsin, 'Oh gosh. I'm not experienced with love but I hear Thor is a fucking stallion. I …. I may be ill prepared, not that I want to become one with him now.'

Tamsin, a sweaty mess just told Bo to hush and replied, 'I thought I heard Kara. She with you?'

'Yes she's about to report to Thor.'

Tamsin had a bright idea and included Kara into the party line, 'Kara knows Thor really really well and isn't your enemy, she is bonded to a human named Jason right now, BUT spent time with Thor and if need be, invite Kara in to dance for you and she can provide tips on how to please Thor.'

'OK are you ok with this Kara? You look great Kara, love the red hair,' Sigun replied a little unsure.

'DUDES. Hello everyone, as much as I would like to give tips on HOW to take down Thor, I want you to know I'm no Belly Dancer for hire. I just came back to report in quickly and get out of this stuff.'

'Please Kara.' Bo communicated with a pout, but knew it probably commuted over the link too.

'No…. Well… OK, ONLY because I know what happens to Tamsin when she says no.'

'Ohhhhhh them's FIGHTING words,' Tamsin jeered with a southern draw.

'LADIES! A little more maturity please,' Bo admonished.

'PLEASE stay off the link. Thor can join in you know. Kara can you do me this favor please. I need you around JUST in case peace 'talks' collapse into something more physical.'

'OK for Thor but no FUN if I can't part take. For old times sake.'

"Hey, So back to your place?" Sigun guided Thor taking his arm with a sultry voice.

"Hey Thor, got the intel ya needed too," Kara reported a little aloof following closely.

"Great. I'll get the drinks ready," Thor clapped then draped his arm around Sigun. They were together now.

'I…. I guess if you're going to demonstrate technique to me, I can make an exception since you are bonded to Jason.'

'You got a deal sister.' Kara agreed.

'OK we're outtie. ENOUGH lovie dovie stuff that makes me barf. Anyway gotta get some Z's' Tamsin communicated and then everyone broke the open link.

Bo just snuggled still on top of Tamsin with her wings surrounding her. "Tammy? How did my PJs just slip off in the middle of the night?"

"Emmmmmm you were overheating and I was helping you cool down," Tamsin thought quickly.

"Uh huh. I love you Tammy," Bo smirked then closed her eyes and mumbled, "Evil. PURE evil."

Tamsin used her wing and stroked her slit just right and replied nuzzling into her goddess more, "You got that right."

The archway at the Dal Rita glowed purple when someone entered and as normal, all the patrons looked over to see which human was entering into Fae territory. Some even got a little up tight at this since at the Dal, only one human who visited here elicited fear which was Kendra Shaw.

This was not to be however, but this human still had some serious skills and connections in the Fae world. There in full now updated but thinner class 3 body armor, lighter and even deadlier bunt force and bladed weapons, sporting a Sig loaded with tech as a firearm to name a few entered.

Captain Mia Tate of the 39th.

She just walked up to the bar and nodded to Trick and without a word, he gestured for her to meet him down stairs in a few.

Mia just stood there roaming through the stacks of books. 'No wonder Kendra is so well versed in the Fae culture,' Mia mused. 'Spend all your free time down here and you'll get all the information you need and then some'

Trick entered and it was rare he got to see any of the gang this past month. They will seemed busy following Bo's directive which was to hunt down Massimo and get rid of the drugs on the streets that killed the future both Fae and humans alike.

Kenzi would visit briefly with Dimitri from time to time, but they seemed to talk all about intel and tactics. That and he never was able to understand Russian. Dimitri and Kenzi had a close friendship and that was good, in her rare and vulnerable times when the thoughts of Hale haunted her, Dimitri was her rock.

"Hi Mia," Trick smiled and shook her hand observing her updated gear. "I assume calendar sales are doing well?"

Mia smiled and shook his hand firmly and bowed slightly, "Yes, better than I ever hoped."

Trick motioned for her to sit across from him and that is that she did. He mentioned making conversation, "Which one theme is selling the most?"

Mia got comfortable and said, "Well of the 4 themes out there, Kendra's solo calendar just edged out the calendar with both Kendra and myself featured every month."

"Oh? I though your solo one would be at the very least second, if not first," Trick asked curiously tiling his head.

Mia laughed, "That's tied at third with the last calendar featuring of women in law enforcement. It seems that Kendra showing any skin is so rare that men and falling all over her. The calendar with both of us are in it was fueled by some that couldn't believe that we could work together and of course the fan base that believed that we were the best of friends all along….."

"Maybe they want you two to be more?" Trick implied but was probing. He heard a rumor that Kendra and Mia were an item of sorts but at the same time, Kendra was Dyson's de facto life mate.

"Rumors will be just that. Rumors. Kendra and I happen to be good friends. I don't know what is wrong with people that assume that 2 women being friends automatically equates to a misogynistic induced sexual relationship," Mia chuckled knowing full well that Trick was protective off Dyson. Also she wasn't here to get into the complexities of their bizarre love triangle which was known to only a few.

Trick changed tact to get down to business.

"You requested of Evony and Myself to promote you to 'Commander' which covers several human only regions. The rank of Captain of the 39th covers all the Fae territories and with your connections to the 69th and the 101st, you have some human regions as well. Is there a reason why you need this?"

"The human Commander Andrew Wool, just took leave for family related issues and I want to be his replacement in the interim. I need better control over human regions when I conduct my investigations and raids."

"You already have pull as a member of the Fae and you know that," Trick cocked his head to the side not seeing he logic.

Mia then said bluntly, "I need to use their resources to commence raids in their respective areas I don't currently have command over." She could only do so much as a Fae. She could control information now as a member of the Fae, even operate her team in that region, but what she really needed was more muscle. The Sea of Fae was CLOSE. Everyone that knew could feel it. She needed to find and take out Massimo NOW.

Trick shook his head.

"I must say, this is highly irregular Mia. As much as the light and dark appreciate what you are doing to police and protect our world. From what I can see, which includes you hiring 6 more ex military marines to the 69th under the Fae radar who happen to be half blooded Fae, you and everyone else act like we are at war. We exist for the peaceful coexistence with human kind. Are Bo's premonitions coming true? She never told me the specifics. I have never seen everyone so focused before. Is there more? I think it has to do with this fortune cookie Bo gave me with a message that will only appear predicated on a specific event," Trick got up and paced.

Mia was surprised that Trick knew about the new trainees she just brought on board and decided to justify that item and evade the bigger issue, "No one of pure Fae blood wanted to take the job of keeping our world safe, so I thought out of the box. Train humans who can join the Fae if need be since they are Fae. Some have powers which we can use."

Trick was a little upset, "First, that's not really you call since it skirts into Ash and Morrigan business. Second, I can help if all of you go beyond the generalities of what is to happen. We all can. We are a family," he made clear. "United we will stand. Why is Bo keeping key people in the dark?"

"I can't say," Mia smirked with a poker face.

"You WON'T say," Track accused. "Bo has put everyone into secrecy and I do have ways to get you or anyone to tell me BUT I must trust my granddaughter," Trick walked away turning his back to Mia. "Doesn't she know I care about her?"

"She does, but do you think that it's that same love you have for her that she fears most?" Mia questioned. She needed to engage Trick now to a degree before he forced the truth out of someone.

"What?" Trick whirled around confused.

"We do terrible things to the people we love OUT of that love, even with the best of intentions. You are the blood king and can rewrite history. Maybe the only way out is through," Mia shrugged trying not to get mired into the specifics.

"You know we can stop something from happening short of rewriting history, right?" Trick questioned rhetorically.

"Don't you think Bo knows that and has and is trying?" Mia offered. "Rewriting history, if I'm not mistaken has a cost. Bo used the term Monkey's Paw."

Trick just walked up to her agitated sharply pointing to his chest and said, "Then let me decide that. It's my choice."

"I'm sorry Trick. That choice belongs first and foremost to everyone whose name you plan to write about. They will be better equipped to determine the cost, not you, with all due respect," Mia hated this. Bo just kept blowing Trick off and now she had to deal with it. Moreover, she was susceptible to is magic. As such, that is why she brought her stun gun but it was an extreme last resort.

Trick just exhaled in defeat and shook his head, "Why are we at war against Fae and even human drug cartels?"

"We aren't at war, I'm averting one. We all are," Mia concluded.

Trick just walked to the stairs to get back to work disappointed. He knew he just had to sit and wait it out. He paused and said over his shoulder, "You've got your work cut out for you as the acting commander for the regions."

He left her alone and Mia slumped into the couch and sighed in relief. He could have just said no and he could have twisted the info out of her. Even then FATE was a bitch. She still had to question if Trick would be more powerful than fate but if fate showed the future, then no matter what he did, it would come true theoretically.

Mia knew Kendra at this time should be passing through a town on the trail and was excited to tell her about her promotion since she could be reached on her phone if charged. She sorely missed her lover. People say that distance makes the heart grow fonder; in this case, 1 week away from Kendra made her want to tackle her and kiss her all over and tell her how much she missed her.

She jumped up from the couch and pulled her out smart phone and eagerly dialed Kendra using her video chat app, Interface Time.

She still however needed call in to see how the restore of their primary Activity Directory Server was going at the 69th precinct. On Target was leading this effort and it seemed that their server they used to validate their accounts and access became corrupted after a lightning strike. This corruption unfortunately also replicated to their good backup AD servers as well. As such, they were all locked out off their exchange email today. Lucky for Mia, she was able to use her account at the 39th for that.

She also was eager to depart for a several hour drive later today to meet up Kendra at her next stop with her requested items that she missed on the last box that she mailed out. Through the week even though she missed Kendra a lot, tried her best to hold a smile no matter the situation. Mia couldn't wait to hold her in her arms. Dyson was one lucky person to have had her for a week straight. She was envious BUT did she have the right to be? All she knew was how she felt.

Dyson had every right to be with Kendra. She however was second place in Kendra's life and knew that even before Dyson shifted back, Mia needed to have a conversation with Dyson in private. Sure Dyson might not be able to reply, but she would have to confess her feelings about Kendra to him. Keeping them bottled up was eating her alive and she didn't want to tiptoe around him. If he knew, the she didn't have to hide. It however would come with a consequence where he'd want her to distance herself from his life mate. It was a risk, but was it worth taking?

Did she even need to tell him, was Mia's next thought? They could all be gone soon so why even bother. This situation was all sorts of FUBAR.

Kendra face popping up on the screen right as Mia got into her truck and waved to her and greeted her with a smile that could light up a room, "HEY Mia! I just put in a fresh battery from the package you sent me. I was just about to call you."

Mia was so overjoyed to see her but was a little tongue tied but just opened with, "Hi Kennie, how are you?!"

Bo and Tamsin took a seat in the booth of a run of the mill mom and pop pancake house before their nearby raid in a human region.

Bo poured the syrup for her pancakes and mentioned to Tamsin a little rushed pointing to a satellite view of the house in question, "OK, so I got eyes on the front and back of the house now. Team Kenz spots 2 people are home but no activity out of the ordinary."

Tamsin chewed on her scrambled egg then challenged, "Type of Fae?"

"Unknown but looks like human adult males." Bo shoveled a bite of the pancakes into her mouth.

"Entrance strategy?" Tamsin quizzed.

"Surprise assault, with 2 teams, one in front and rear entrances. Pinch move," Bo then gulped down her OJ.

"Team make up?" Tamsin tersely asked eating her hash browns.

"Team Alpha at front will be you mean, and Kenzi, who has overwatch at the front. Team Bravo at the back will be Alex, Drake, and Dimitri," Bo replied.

"Why not just use tear gas and have them come to you?" Tamsin offered.

"No known hostiles. Also ruins the element of surprise. Unsubs seem to be unarmed. Also keeps the collateral damage to a minimum if there not non combatants in the house," Bo quickly defended.

"Could be a trap," Tamsin played devil's advocate.

"Fall back behind cover outside, here and here both teams. Tear gas the place and call for backup about 10 mics away for the 69th but 4 mics for local human PD," Bo replied quickly points to the areas each team needed to take cover in.

"Weapons packages?"

"Standard Glock 40 cal. This is a close quarters assault. Rifles for Kenzi and Dimiti since they are in the rear which is more of a support position and that is where they are most effective. Also add in our Fae powers in case we have a run in with Fae."

There was now silence with both going back to wolfing down their food. After 30 seconds, Tamsin only said one word without looking at Bo, "Bravo."

Bo beamed with pride.

Normally Tamsin would be planning this Op but Bo took her role integrating as a Special Agent into the force seriously. She was a fast learner and of course Tamsin gave her a crash course at the beginning but it paid off. Bo was a leader through and through.

Tamsin was also turned on. Bo, a succubus, was speaking her language of war and was doing it very well. She covered all the angles and most of all, she look effing amazing in a conservative pants suit. The reason why they were rushing breakfast is because Tamsin couldn't help but to take Bo when she was fully dressed and ready to go. It resulted in rough sex and ripped clothing. She felt bad that Bo kept having to buy formal clothes due to their forceful and rambunctious escapades.

Bo found she could be rough with Tamsin now that she had amped up powers. She loved to go all red on her since their power struggles were equivalent to foreplay. Tamsin of course could keep up with her just fine and could overpower her at times. Tamsin was also mostly immune to her pheromones at present which drove her insane trying to topple Tamsin. She got the upper hand every now and then but it wasn't easy.

Bo was finally relieved that Tamsin healed faster than a Valkyrie which made her 100% Valkyrie minus the ability to be reborn. Tamsin was much more though. She was the strongest Valkyrie out of any of the sisterhood now with even MORE wisdom since she had Odin's memories. Oddly Tamsin, probably with the ability to best Freya even in her thralled state still 'acted' human. She never let her powers pump up her ego and she kept her humility.

These were times of total bliss to be enfolded in her wings and arms every night. She never imaged she could just be happy with just feeding solely from her Valkyrie.

Sure Tamsin kept goading her to feed from others, but WHY? Tamsin was so immeasurably powerful her chi output currently fully fed her in one sitting. Gone was the time where she needed to snack from several others to fill up fully. Unless she switched to her red alter ego she only needed to top up every 2 days.

Bo noted this was a function of the bond. Tamsin's chi quality tasted better and better as each day passed. Before if she wanted to get better quality, she'd time her feed with someone's release but now, Tamsin tasted so addictive even with casual feeding that everyone else's tasted bland to her.

She did however like to strut her wiles everywhere and get men and women alike to fantasize about taking her but leaving them high and dry. Bo did this for 2 reasons. The first was to have rule over their dreams, but more importantly, she knew Tamsin would punish her for it later. Tamsin was after all the only person she'd allow to dominate her and she looked forward to it.

Grizzal walked out and left the work session which hammered out and refined laws for the Dire Wolf Clan before they were voted on. It was mundane and boring, but that was the life of an elder. The bigger item that had to be dealt with was Kendra and Dyson which would occur next week along with the proposed laws they just hammered out.

Did he want Kendra dead? He had no idea. She was a murderer of his kind but a good friend of his daughter. She was a cold blooded killer on a revenge streak, but she was Dyson's life mate. She almost killed him, but Dyson would put his life in her hands any day. She was EVIL since she was staying by Dyson's side to get protection from the Dire Wolf Clan and those covered under the armistice but she didn't seek it, she just wanted to make sure his best friend was happy and it seemed like she was doing a good job of it.

His pull out his phone and took it off airplane mode so it would stay silent during the meetings. Although still deep in thought, it was broken when his phone chirped with a message sent to him on high priority. He stopped mid way to his office to read it and oddly enough it was from Kendra from the 69th with the subject: "Thanks."

He raised a brow and wondered if this was some sadistic joke, but opened the encrypted email making sure his security setting were on high.

Grizzal almost choked.

Kendra was killed? oookkkkkk

Dyson and Mia fell in battle too?!

SHIT!

HOLY SHIT!

THIS was no ordinary email, this email was essentially a warped farewell letter. It might as well be a suicide note. By parsing it, Kendra was being serious.

He has yet to digest the email fully but quickly dialed Mia putting the phone to his ear but transitioned it to a video call and while he was connecting called over the sergeant in arms in case immediate force was necessary. He may already be too late.

Each unanswered ring was like a bell tolling and it was torturous.

A/N: Yes, this story is back after a minor hiatus. Anyone miss this story?

Just as an FYI, the next chap is almost ready so stay tuned! Need to add a paragraph of smut (important right?) but I know you came here for the angsty plot. LOL.

No Sea of Fae chapter yet, but very very close. Had to give more back stories/ character development.

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