The story so far: Cephera and Loki have finally met after having dreamt of each other for 200 years but they initially get off on the wrong foot. Now getting a long a little better they are speaking to one another while trying to solve the mystery of the angels that have been falling from Valhalla and the angels marks that have been disappearing from the Ushers.

Loki's dreamer: I could be evil and not have them fall in love at all. :p

Doctor Loki love: they both a little growing to do. I had Cephera be a little less innocent and calm in this. They will learn from each other I'm sure. :D

Shino girl93: I am happy for your love! Wow 2 days? Holy cow! I enjoyed writing practicing the art of life. It became quite a bigger challenge then I thought it would be. Hehe. I'm glad I am achieving the level of difference I wanted to achieve in this fic from the other two. I cannot say weather children will happen but if they did have children there is no guarantee they would have all the same children or born in the same order. Different realities and all :p

Sorceress of the trees: so true life can be so cruel sometimes.

Sidney loves fiction: I too like the dreams :p and I love complicated.

poodle warriors: yes I find the banter brings to life a whole new side of them. No immediate want to court.

Chapter 7

It took almost a week and a half before Cephera's sister arrived. Thor came carting with him six females. Cephera greeted her sister warmly with a hug. It had been at least twenty years since she had gone back to Mechanova. Cephera had been happy on earth. She had yet to tell her the news of having found the man from her dreams. She wasn't exactly excited over it.

Herself and Loki had been getting along fine but mostly because they hardly spoke to one another. They kept their discussions to business only and tried to put aside their sexual attraction though she often caught him looking at her like he was undressing her. She'd seen a few woman of questionable intentions leaving his room late at night. And though it irritated her deep down she tried not to let the silly childish feeling overtake her. He had every right to take up intimacies with whomever he liked. He didn't belong to her.

Everyday she had woken and found that the servant girl had laid out a new dress and every dress was always chosen by Loki. Cephera had to agree he was trying and she was grateful for it. He was becoming easier to be around without wanting to strangle him or wondering when the next fight between them might occur.

"Tanium good to see you again." Cephera greeted as she saw her old elven friend. Her and her mother Avia had been marked by different angels.

"You as well." She said her voice ringing like a song. Avia also greeted her back.

"Alleria." Cephera said with a curt nod. Her and Alleria didn't really get along. The girl rubbed Cephera the wrong way with her snobbish remarks on Cephera's humanity. Alleria said nothing and stared cooly at her instead. "Maria, you're looking well." Cephera said to the other woman. She was an older woman, her age showing in her face. She was like a grandmother. She was of a race that aged slowly but aged all the same.

"Still a sweet little thing." She told Cephera, smiling and touching Cephera's face kindly. Cephera smiled back.

"Sister this is Damaris. She's the only other one I've been able to find." Seraphina said introducing the dark skinned woman with very long ears. "She's a sprite." Seraphina answered before Cephera could ask. Leave it to her sister to read her mind though the look on her face.

"Nice to meet you." Damaris did not take Cephera's offered hand and instead kissed her on the lips quickly. Cephera was too shocked to respond and could swear she heard Loki choke on a laugh.

"It's how they say hello. She doesn't speak our language." Seraphina informed everyone. "So, Asgard...what happened to not leaving earth?" Seraphina started in and she hadn't been there fifteen minutes.

"Opportunity knocked and I followed." Cephera told her. "Don't look at me that way." Cephera said to Seraphina's glare. Since making it to earth it seemed Seraphina had adorned her usual jeans, tee shirt and sneakers ensemble. The variety of clothing was actually quiet huge now that Cephera had a moment to take notice. Tanium wore very little beneath her armour. Something one might see on a World of Warcraft elf. Her mother was the same way. Their tall, well toned bodies gleaming with a shimmer known to their kind. Alleria was wearing a simple dress with a belt round the waist. Her kind were not big on dressing up. They believed true beauty was within. And she was beautiful no matter how plain her outfit was. Maria was wearing a large fur outfit complete with fur boots. Her lands were always cold. Her face also held tattoo's of the tribe she belonged too. Damaris was in a dress that looked like it was woven with gold. It shimmered all over and Cephera was shocked to realize she had wings. Her wings were so transparent she could see Thor through them clearly. "Three more Ushers to find." Cephera said.

"Yeah we've been talking about that. We think that it's best to have the best of us, able to fight in case it's needed, to accompany prince Thor and his friends on trips to find the others while you stay here with the left overs working on a way to contact Valhalla." Cephera frowned. That meant Alleria would be staying behind. Of all the girls why did it have to be her.

"Fine." Cephera agreed trying not to let her irritation show but Alleria caught the vibe and if looks could kill she might have killed her. Cephera felt a cool hand on her bare shoulder and a shiver ran over her. It was amazing how she knew it was Loki without looking. His touch never escaped her notice. Apparently it didn't escape Alleria's notice either.

"As amusing as this conversation is how many of you have actually kept your aurora's?" Loki asked leaning on Cephera a little. He was deliberately making himself known as she had forgotten to so much as introduce him.

"No one." Seraphina replied looking from his hand to Loki and then to Cephera.

"This is prince Loki." Cephera told her. Loki removed his hand from her and took Seraphina's hand to greet her in the usual Asgardian manner, but Seraphina had taken her hand away before he could kiss her knuckles. He did succeed in greeting the other woman that way. Cephera assumed Thor had also done so when he met them. She didn't like how Alleria batted her eyes at Loki. He could have all the whores he wanted but if he slept with her she just might kill him.

Cephera looked down feeling shamefully jealous. She hated these new feelings. Anger, jealously, embarrassment. She'd never felt these things so much until she had come across him. "Are you two...?" Seraphina whispered. Cephera hadn't realized her sister had gotten so close.

"Huh? Oh no." Cephera bit her lip. "You remember those dreams I have." Seraphina nodded and then stopped.

"No way!" She said a little too loudly. Everyone looked at her and she grabbed hold of Cephera by her upper arm and marched her from the room to speak privately. "He's the guy?" Cephera nodded. "That's great!" Seraphina told her. She knew how much Cephera had wanted to find him. "But you don't look as happy as me." Seraphina frowned. "Why not?" With a heavy sighed Cephera quickly explained her situation regarding Loki. Seraphina was glaring by the end of it. "Idiot." She called Loki when Cephera was finished. "His loss. What an ass..."

"Seraphina stop." Cephera said halting her sister from beginning a slur of nasty words to describe what she thought of the prince. "We've been working through it." She told her. "We have been getting along." She shrugged.

"So your still holding out for him then?" Seraphina sounded disappointed.

"No...I mean maybe. Look I don't know right now. It's complicated."

"If he hurts you I'm gonna kill him." Cephera predicted that line long before she had even told her sister and only laughed.

Loki was not used to having to deal with this many females under one roof. Their rooms had been placed down a hallway just off his own and he could hear them all and their constant chatter and their chatter wasn't always friendly. Not everyone got along. Loki was glad his room blocked out all sounds and he now kept his doors closed at all times. It was magic that kept his room so sound proof. A spell he'd put up when he was only a teenager. Mainly to stop anyone passing by from hearing him with women.

He sat now at his desk. Tomorrow morning Thor was taking everyone off realm aside from himself, Cephera and the girl Alleria. Loki rubbed his temple. He'd noticed the tension between those two girls. He also noticed Alleria making eyes at him...a lot. He wasn't sure how he felt about that yet. On one hand he'd take her to bed, on the other Cephera seemed to hate her and he might incur her wraith and therefore negate all his careful planning. He'd been careful about what he said to her lately. The longer he spent around her the more he couldn't deny he wanted her. Beyond all else he wanted her.

He occasionally took a whore to bed but he did so as discreetly as possible. Never had he wanted so badly to have a woman favour him. He blamed those damn dreams. Without the dreams he would have been over her long ago. In fact he might not have become interested at all...Loki knew that was a lie. He would have found an attraction to her without the dreams but as to weather it would have been this bad he couldn't say for sure. Loki looked up to a knock at his door. He got up and opened it. The person on the other side made him open the door further and step aside to allow her entrance.

Cephera stepped in looking around. It would be her first time in his room and he was interested in why she might be there. "Can I hide in here." She asked him looking hopeful.

"Hide?" He questioned closing the door.

"Have you heard the argument happening down there." She said. Loki wanted to laugh.

"I thought girls liked to gossip." He replied.

"Not like that." Cephera said running a hand through her hair.

"And where is your sister?" He asked. He assumed Cephera had told her about him only because she gave him a 'I'm watching you' gesture often.

"She's watching in amusement. All she's missing is the popcorn." Cephera admitted shaking her head. Loki thought about it. Could he handle having her in his room for any length of time. He decided he'd been a good boy long enough. Perhaps it was time to test her.

"I'll let you stay if..." He watched her reaction. Her left eyebrow raised but she only looked at him and waited for him to continue. "If I may have a kiss." Cephera looked up toward the ceiling without tilting her head.

"One kiss." She agreed.

"Just one." Loki said reassuring her. He hoped that one was not all she would be able to stop at. He stepped forward and amusingly so did she. They stood in front of each other and she looked up. He could tell she was unsure how to proceed and so he leaned down placing both his hands on her shoulders. He felt like a young boy kissing his first girl. It was utterly foolish him feeling this way but it couldn't be helped. When his lips grazed hers it was like something else took over entirely.

All apprehension disappeared and both of them were suddenly intertwined. Her hands had found their way up into his hair and his hands now lay on her back. The kiss was heated beyond anything he could remember feeling before and it was nothing short of perfect. It exceeded all his expectations. She ran her hands down the back of his neck lightly scratching her nails on his skin and he groaned against her lips. She easily opened her mouth to his tongue and he explored her warm mouth while he also let his hands wander. He had cupped both her ass cheeks in his hands and was squeezing her nicely shaped buttocks. He wished her dress wasn't separating them but he felt if he tried to remove it the kiss would end and she would come to her senses.

He heard her muffled sigh and felt his cock grow harder while her body pressed hard to his. He was sure she could feel his erection but she had yet to break away form him. Never had a kiss lasted so long. In fact aside from kisses a woman would catch him off guard with he tried not kiss women at all. Too intimate. But her he'd kissed for the last 200 years and it felt normal for it to be her now.

Loki wasn't sure when but her hands had crept up the back of his loose shirt to slid up his back. Her fingers were exploring every line and muscle hidden beneath. Loki felt a little more inclined to also explore as she started it. Her dress made it difficult to touch her like she was him but he undid the clasp holding the fabric of the dress around her neck for both the back and front. Her breasts pressing against his body kept the dress from falling free from the front but the back let loose all the way down to her waist. He slid his hands over her back and down inside the back of the dress and inside her underwear to touch the soft, silky skin of her butt.

He wanted so bad to be able to cup her breasts in his hands. To taste more of her. He gripped her ass tightly grinding her lower half against him making himself moan. The sound of Loki's door opening without permission caused them both to jump from each other. Cephera had turned to stop the intruder from viewing her now naked chest and Loki turned to glower at the idiot who barged in. "My bad." Alleria said and Loki felt she hadn't meant it. "I thought this was someone else's room." She backed out closing the door behind her.

Loki turned back to Cephera to see she had fixed her dress. "I think I've hidden long enough." She said keeping her blushing face turned down. She didn't seem angry and he let her go not wanting to ruin her thoughts about the moment. He would not seem so desperate. When she was gone he groaned in irritation. The thought of where that could have gone if they hadn't been interrupted kept him excited with only himself to fix it. Loki needed sleep. The faster he found her in his dreams to fuck, the better.