Hello my wonderful readers!

I am very excited about this chapter, I had a lot of fun writing it anyways. So without further delay here is the 12th chapter!

If I owned any part of marvel I would have already found a way to make a move exclusively about Loki. Since this has not happened it is safe to assume I do not own marvel. (Even if it does happen I have nothing to do with it. But come on how awesome would that be!)

Alright on with the story!

I try to forget what happened between Loki and I as I return to the ballroom to help clean up. But no matter how hard I try my heartbeat and the pain I feel refuses to leave me. As I start helping Asta pick up the drinking glasses my breathing begins to become labored at the thought of how Loki's lips were so close to mine.

I barely notice when one of the glasses slips out of my hands and falls to shatter on the floor. I jump at the sound of the shattering glass, I hear Asta yelp beside me.

"Sanna what are you doing?"

I quickly kneel down and start to clean up the glass, I barely notice when Asta starts to help. "Sorry," I say absentmindedly as we finish picking up the glass. Once we dispose of the shards, Asta grabs my shoulders and turns me to look at her.

"What's with you? Ever since you went to speak with Loki you've been in some daze. Did something happen between you two?" I look away from her gaze to avoid the look she is giving me.

"W-We just talked about Hilda and the other maidens nothing more."

I feel my face heat up, and my heartbeat quicken at my false words. Were they false though? Nothing truly happened, just because Loki leaned towards me does not mean he was going to kiss me...right? Besides you heard what he said, he was only concerned because I was ordered around I think the last statement I feel a sadness embed in me. Asta looks at me conspicuously but she finally sighs.

"I'll let you go this time, but do not think for a moment that I am letting this go."

I wince at Asta's words and nod. Then her previously dark demeanor shifted back to a more cheery one. "Good, now you better get going, it's time to meet the prince isn't it?"

I nod once again and quietly leave the ballroom to meet Loki in the library. I feel the previous sadness replaced by an odd nervousness. Finally I arrive at the familiar library doors. I reach for the handle with my hand shaking.

"Get a hold of yourself Sanna." I say quietly to myself as I open the door.

Walking in I see Loki standing idly by the table, a book in one hand, and his other hand being used to lean on the table. Loki closes the book quickly and looks up at my slightly shaking form. He scoffs at my obvious fear, "honestly Sanna, you act as if you are about to commit a murder."

I flinch at his words, but I am thankful that he does not notice the other reason for my fear. Yes I am afraid of what we are about to partake, but I am also shaking because of what happened between him and I. The confusion was almost too much for me, hours ago he was almost kissing me and now he was acting as if it had never happened.

When he realizes I am not going to speak he continues, "we are simply righting a wrong they have attempted to commit. Nothing more, do you understand?"

I nod wordlessly, still unable to form any acceptable sentence for him to hear. I was so confused yet he was so calm it made me feel so childish. "W-What's the plan?" I asked, finally finding my voice. Instead of answering me though he stands up and starts walking out the door.

"Just simply do as I say and do not ask questions."

At his words I follow him out the door and into the palace hallways. After walking in a tense silence we finally arrive to the second floor, which is where the maiden's chambers are. Prince Loki stops at the first door and turns to look at me.

"I want you to open the doors as the men come like you were supposed to."

I nod wordlessly and then Loki's form envelopes in a green light and he disappears. He wouldn't just leave me here..would he? I cannot help but think desperately in the dark corridors of the hallway. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity I started to wonder if the supposed men were even coming.

Becoming tired I let my body slide down the palace wall and onto the floor. I wait a while longer sitting on the floor before my body starts to fall asleep. I was almost in a deep slumber when I hear cruel words directed towards me.

"Woman what are you doing on the floor? Get up!"

My eyes shoot open and I see a total of five men staring down at me. I quietly gasp in surprise, I rise quickly and curtsey towards the men.

"I-I have been asked to open the doors for y-you."

I say quietly while looking down at my feet. Then I hear one of the men sigh, "you're a servant and not a maiden?" I nod and look up at the man who spoke. I see him turn his head to whisper to the man beside him.

I barely hear what he says, "what a pity, she was a pretty one too."I blush at his words and look down at my feet again as I start to open the doors for them.

"If you like her, I'm sure you could still have a little fun with her. I hear the servants at this palace are quite accommodating."

I hear the sick laughter of the two men behind me. Once all of the doors I was required to open are unlocked, I turn to the five men and offer them a shaky smile.

"A-All the doors are open I-I am not sure which door has which maiden."

One of the men shrug, "it does not matter which is which. There are five of us and five doors open, that is all that matters."

I nod and keep my head down, but on the inside I grimace in disgust. These men are horrid! How could the maidens like any of these repulsive men! I watch quietly as four of the men enter a room, but the man who spoke of me stays behind. He looks at me with a lecherous glint in his eye.

"You know...if you do not want me to go into the last room. We could have a little fun of our own."

I take a step back at his words, careful to keep him in my sights. "Now, now please don't be like that." I take another step back from him, but he still continues to come towards me. At this moment the only thing I can think of is the fact that I do not have my bow, and that I am all alone with a lecherous man. I feel my breath catch as he continues to come towards me.

Do not just stand there Sanna use the magic Loki taught you!

My head screams at me, and even though my mind is right and I could do that. The problem is this man knows that I am a servant. If I use magic on him he can easily tell a person of higher status, and I would be as good as hanged.

I continue to back up unsure of what to do, I start to panic. My breath starts to speed up even more as he continues to walk towards me. I keep backing up until I reach the wall. Terror envelopes me when he comes within reaching distance of me. I stand there paralyzed as he reaches out and touches the side of my face.

"This will be fun…"

He says trailing off as he starts to let his hand trail down my face and my arm. I let out a small whimpering noise, but when I look into his eyes again I feel my fear fleating away and a new resolve courses through me. I let my new resolve carry me as I knee him where a man should never be kneed. I hear him yelp in pain and when he does he falls away from me. Instead of running away I form a fist and punch him hard in the looks back at me with a look of hatred, he raises his hand to knock me down and I close my eyes on instinct. I wait for pain but it never comes.

I look up to see him sprawled out on the floor and Loki standing over him looking displeased.

"Disgusting…"

I hear him mumble under his breath. Relief sweeps through me at the sight of him. Unable to stop myself I run forward and crash into him. I wrap my arms around him, I felt my eyes water but I do not allow my tears to fall. I continue to hug him for what seems like an eternity until he pulls me away from him.

"You are unharmed correct?"

He asks me quietly looking into my eyes. Unable to form words I nod. "Good, then I can continue." Turns away from me and waves his hand and a green light is released from it. Then I hear what sounds like a snake hiss. I turn around to see a large snake that I immediately identify as a jormungandr. There are few things that maids are required to know about the outside world, and one of these things is the dangerous poison of this snake. But at the sight of the snake I am unaffected by fear because I know that it is Loki's doing.

The snake then turned to me and started coming towards me. Unsure of what to do I smile slightly at the snake. But then it turned and started to go towards the maidens rooms. But before it went into one of the rooms, the snake enveloped in a green light. When the light faded there were now four jormungandr snakes. The four snakes each go into one of the four rooms. I immediately hear loud screams and banging.

Moments later I hear running, fearing being seen I turn to one of the nearby columns and start to climb it.

"Sanna get down from there and come here now!" I hear Loki whisper sternly.

I slide down from the column without a second thought. Once I am down the column I turn and see Loki just in time for him to grab my hand. I feel my face heat up and my heartbeat increase. I look at him in confusion, "w-what are you doing?" I whisper quietly.

Instead of answering me though he nods towards the maidens rooms. I turn to look just as the couples run out screaming at the tops of their lungs. I can't help but smirk at the sight. I then hear the sound of running, I turn towards the sound and see about four guards running towards the maidens and the men. They attempted to calm them down but to no avail. The men eventually seemed to calm a bit, but the women wouldn't stop screaming. I was wondering if the roaring voices would ever end until I heard one of the guards speak out.

"Enough! There are no jormungandrs!"

The screaming stopped immediately, I watched as the frantic group looked around terrified. Then the guard who must have been the leader sighed exasperatedly, "a better question is why are these men by your maiden chambers?" A long pause was found among the group until Hilda pushed the men away and ran up to the guards.

"Oh thank the Norns! These men tried to force themselves into our rooms!"

I rolled my eyes at those words, "by the Norns this better be a joke."

I muttered quietly to myself. I hadn't meant for it to be heard, but when I heard the slight chuckle on Loki's part I knew I had been. I watch vindictively amused as the men start to protest and vouch for their innocence. The guard looks at them skeptically and shakes his head.

"The door was locked miss there was no way they would have been able to do so. Why don't you tell me the truth this time."

Hilda looked as if she was backed into a corner but then her tune changed once more. She started to cry more profusely and even fell to her knees at the guards feet.

"A servant let them in! I saw her earlier at the party talking to them. I can tell you what she looked like."

The guards seemed to start believing her, they started to comfort her and the other ladies telling them it was alright. Two of the guards started taking the boys in the direction of the dungeon. I couldn't believe she had got away with what she did! I was about to tell Loki I wanted to go back to the servant's quarters when I heard her start describing the servant she saw.

"She was a short young woman with long black hair, and dark green eyes. Actually she claimed to have been ordered to accompany Lady Sif as her personal servant for the day."

I realized immediately what she was doing, the guards started to ask her for more information but I did not bother to listen. I felt my breath start to catch as realization hit me. I was going to be hanged for this, tortured and perhaps even worse! I hadn't noticed what I was doing until I felt Loki's other hand on my shoulder.

"Sanna stop breathing so fast, you're going to make yourself weak."

I managed to slow my breathing but barely, "I'm going to die."

I say simply as I look into his eyes. "They will never believe me, I'm a servant. I am going to be hanged for this…"

I trailed off as my eyes started to water and my hands started to shake. I could not breathe, I could not speak, I could not even think. Loki looked at me for a few moments as I started going mad with fear. He let go of my hand as I sunk to the floor in a giant mess of anxiety. Once I put my head on the floor still hyperventilating, I heard him walk away from me and towards the direction that the guards were.

I managed to calm down enough to pick my head up and look to where he was. Loki was calmly walking up to the guards.

"What is going on here?"

"The maidens were attacked by some men." A guard supplied quietly while comforting one of the other girls.

Hilda looked up at Loki from her perch on the guard whom she had seeked consulment from earlier. She picked herself up off of him and ran over to him and grabbed his robes.

"My prince! One of the servants did this to us! She must be hanged!"

But Loki surprisingly smiled cruelly at her, "Are you going to tell me the truth now or must I tell them my dear?"

Her obnoxious cries stopped immediately, "w-what do you mean?"

Loki did not look at her though, he instead walked around her as her arms flailed towards him. He walked up to the guards and started to address them.

"These maidens have been blackmailing servants to let men into their chambers. I have known about this for some time but was unsure of when was the best time to expunge the problem."

The guards looked taken aback by Loki's information, "what do you want us to do my prince?"

Loki paused, putting his hand to his chin as if he was thinking. Then he changed his posture to both hands behind him and started to speak.

"Lock them in their chambers. When my father wakes up take them to him and tell him what they have done. He should know how to deal with them fittingly."

Then he turned to the one on the floor that he had knocked out earlier. "Don't bother taking that one to the healers. Just let my father handle him later."

He paused for a moment, "goodnight gentlemen."

He said bidding the guards a farewell and walked away from them as if nothing happened. Once he was to where I was he offered his hand to me which I quickly accepted. After he helped me to my feet, I felt a great pain in my head from my panic attack.

"I assume you let them believe that you walked down the hallway then?" I asked as I winced from the pain.

He sighed at my question, "of course. You act as if I do not know how to give a good show. And before you ask yes the guards are gone."

I looked away from him then, embarrassed of how I had acted around him when I was being blamed, and when I was almost attacked. I saw that his claim of the guards being gone was correct.

"Sanna, look at me." I slowly obeyed and looked at him.

He had a look on his face that I had trouble placing, if I had not known any better I'd say he almost looked worried. But the questionable worry shifted to a more passive face, one that I was much more used to.

"Are you in control of yourself now? You're breathing was making it hard to focus on the guards."

I nod weakly, he was about to break his gaze from me but I stopped him by reaching out and touching his face. He looked at me in amusement at my boldness. I blushed and quickly let my hand fall from his face.

"S-Sorry I had to get your a-attention..sorry."

His eyes took a more soft look to them as we continued to look at each other. I was so shaken up at this point it took me until this point to notice how close we were standing to one another. At this very moment we were barely inches apart, but I did not move and neither did he.

Finally I gathered the courage to talk to him, "w-why did you do that? Why did you tell them what happened? Why did you even help me with this horrid night to begin with? Why didn't you just let that man take me-"

"Why would I wish such misfortune upon you when you do not deserve it?"

I winced at the harshness in his words but he paid it no mind and continued.

"I already told you I helped you because you're my family's servant nothing more, nothing less."

To his and my surprise I stepped forward and got into his face, I let my anger and exasperation flow through me. For the first time since after our trip to Nidavellir I yelled at the prince.

"Do you really expect me to buy that? That you would help me just because I am your family's servant. Loki you make it your complete job to mess with every single servant in this palace! Always letting them take the fall for your shenanigans, yet you expect me to believe that you are helping me because I am your servant? You are going to have to give me a better reason than that Loki Odinso-"

My rant was cut off by Loki coming forward and closing the small space between us. I stood there in shock as his lips crashed into mine.

I surprisingly felt a wave of joy sweep over me as I was taken in by the sensation. Pull back Sanna this is wrong! I yelled at myself, but it seemed my body had different ideas. I barely registered anything as my arms left my sides, wrapping around his neck, and my fingers gripping his dark slicked back hair.

After what seemed like seconds he pulled back and untangled himself from me. He looked at me with a face contorted with so many emotions, and I could only stand there in shock. But after what felt like a second the confused look on his face dissipated and an arrogant one took its place.

"I'll see you in the morning Sanna."

After his quick statement Loki turned and walked away from me. I just stood there, dumbfounded until his figure disappeared in a flash of green light. Once he was gone I let myself fall to the floor again and buried my face in my hands.

I kept replaying the kiss in my mind unable to stop myself from thinking of it. Finally after replaying it for what seemed like countless times I sighed. There was no denying it now, it was easy to do so when it was me simply blushing in his presence or my heartbeat racing. But the utter joy I experienced during the kiss and even after I could no longer deny the truth.

How deep they went I did not know but I could no longer deny the fact that I had feelings for Loki Odinson and there was nothing I could do about it.

I hope this makes up for my teaser from last chapter!

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Anyways I'll see you next week.