"It was a direct denial of my authority, Odin," she shouted, "Our authority! I made him king while you slept, you know this. How can you ignore it?" tears streaked liquid and hot down her cheeks.
"And what of the others?" he snapped, "Thor's band who betrayed Loki's ruling to go after Thor? What – if anything – am I to do to them?"
"They are little more than children," she said, "Witless children. But Heimdal's treason cannot be ignored!"
"I," Odin snapped, "am yet king. And my judgement is final." He quieted, "The Gatekeeper is indispensable to me."
Frigga's heart broke in her chest, "Our son was indispensable to me."
