Robb smile disappeared as she exposed the plan , not mentionning how the group leaving in the north were sent to face their death . He immediately understood what she wasn't saying but kept his mouth shut . Thessana was avoiding him , rather looking at Jon , who had trouble to understand .

"How do you know the dwarves will be in the north ?" asked Jon .

"That's where the main portal to their realm is . We send a group there , large enough to make them think that's all our forces . And , at the same moment , Heimdall will built a portal in the south , where their king is , to stop the rebellion . If we have the king they'll surrender ."

"Their weapons are in the North .." said Robb .

"We're not sure ."

"And which group will take the risk to go to the North ?"

"I did not decide yet . "

"Oh because you decide now .."

"I am leading the group going to the north so yes ."

Loki cocked an eyebrow , but said nothing . She was trying to convince them and she was better than him in this game .

"Then you have my sword ." said Jon .

"Thanks Jon . Thanks a lot . "

"Maybe we can focus on this stupid plan instead of flirting ?" snapped Robb .

"What ?" Thessana looked shocked .

"You heard me well ."

"Can you all leave ? Some of our warriors are training . Robb , you stay ."

"I don't .."

"It wasn't a request . "

Everybody left , leaving them alone .

"What's your problem ?"

"I can ask you the same ."

"Is it some kind of game ? Riddles ? Because I am not in the mood ."

"Good play . Really good liar . Even if I already knew it ."

"Okay I'm lost . Can you explain yourself ?"

"You could at least tell me that you didn't want to marry me instead of begging my father to broke the engagement ."

His tone was cold and the look in his eyes made her feel bad . He was hurt . As his honor . He was hurt by something she never done .

"Can I go now , my lady ?"

"Robb I never asked anything to your father .. Why would I ?"

"To choose a bastard over me . To marry an Odinson to have money and gold ."

"You know what ? Thanks a lot to tell me that . I must say that the idea of being your wife crossed my mind and I actually liked it . But thanks to this misunderstanding I , now , can see that you're just a prick . You're no better than Greyjoy . "

"There is no misunderstanding ! You told my father that you rather be single your whole life than marry me !"

"What don't you understand ?! I wanted to marry you Robb ! I wanted to be your wife ! Do you really think I want to marry Thor or Loki ?! Gods , what is wrong with you ?!"

"And who told that to my father then ? Your double ?! Stop lying to me !"

"I don't even know why i'm trying to talk to you . You're so stubborn that's incredible !"

"And you're a liar !"

"Oh go to Hell !"

"Am I disturbing something ?"

Thessana looked at Loki and said nothing . Robb left , angry and she cursed . Then she looked at Loki , frowning .

"What ?"

"Nothing .."

"Troubles with the Stark boy ? "

"Nothing .."

"What's wrong with you ?"

"Nothing .."

"Are you going to repeat nothing over and over ?"

"What do you want ?"

"I talked to the AllFather . You can go on the battlefield . "

"Great .."

"But it's not in the north unfortunately . You're going South with me . The Stark boy will lead the North ." he said , smiling .

Thessana nodded and left the room , lost in her thoughts . Taking somebody else appearance was Loki's favourite trick when he was younger . But she couldn't believe he had taken her appearance to tell Ned Stark she didn't want to marry Robb . Why would he do that she asked herself . Then she knew who was against her wedding with Robb . She left in the gardens , where everybody was training and grabbed Sif by her arm , taking her aside .

"I already know that you're leaving tomorrow , no need to shout the news at me !" she said , laughing .

"Do you hate me so much that you needed to ask Loki to do that ? Loki , who is the person you hate the most . But obviously Robb took this place right ?"

"Thess .."

"No shut your mouth . Do you feel so lonely and miserable that the thought of someone happy hurts you so much ? Get a life and let me live mine . And get over him . He does not love you or care about you . You're nothing for him . You could die tomorrow he wouldn't care . Any of us would ."

Sif had tears in her eyes but Thessana couldn't care less .

Thessana looked at the Northeners , riding their horses , Robb leading them . Loki and Sif were starring at him but he didn't notice . Jon came towards her and smiled .

"Ready to fight Thess ?"

"Oh yes .. Jon ?"

"What ?"

"Be careful . Really . "

"Why ? Do you know something I don't ?"

"Dwarves have magic and know how to do weapons . It isn't going to be easy so don't take this battle as a joke ."

"I never take a fight as a joke . I told you my swords was yours and yet you're going south though ."

"Protect Robb for me . "

"You're afraid for him … I thought things weren't great between you two .."

"Come .."

She led him apart from the others , where nobody could hear them .

"Can I trust you Jon ?"

"Of course .. What's going on ?"

"I think someone is against Robb .. I never asked Ned Stark to broke the engagement . Then someone appoints him as leader of a group when he never fought before . At least not in a war . When I made this plan , it was sure that the group going in the North wasn't going back , or at least not entirely ."

"Somebody is trying to get Robb killed . Or at least take him away from you … Who could possibly want this ?"

"We'll figure this out later . But now we have to do anything to protect him . I casted a spell on you . Anyone near you in a perimeter of 10 feet will be protected . Stay near him . Understand ?"

"Yes . Do not worry ."

"See you soon then Snow ."

"And you Thessana ."

She ride back to her place and looked at Robb . He turned her back to face his men and sadness overwhelmed her .

"May the Gods protect you Robb Stark ..."

Nidavellir' mountains were covered in snow and the sky was dark , even in the morning . Half of the dwarves were hidden in the undergrounds caves while the other half was heading to the north . A few more hours and they would attack their king and face his guards . Thessana was sat in the snow , under a tree , her bow in her hands , looking at the horizon . She was worried for the Westerosi , more than she would admit . Fortunately nobody bothered her , too busy laughing about the dwarves . Sif was avoiding her as Loki . But the latter seemed to prepare something .

"Ready young girl ?"

She looked up to see Fandral , smiling . He sat next to her and looked at the horizon too .

"It's me or everybody is different ?" she asked .

"Ah little Thess .. Welcome in Royalty where dishonesty is the main order . Nobody can has as much honor as the Starks . Especially not the Asgardians . Sometimes you remind me of a westerosi , of a northener or even those persons from the Riverlands . They are full of honor , honest , true to their person . You don't act as an Asgardian ."

"Maybe I'm not . Since nobody seems to know my parents .."

"Indeed you may come from those areas .. I am sorry for whatever these two oafs had done . "

"Do you think Loki could trick someone to drive him to his death ?"

"I don't know .. I mean Loki is sometimes weird but at the point to kill someone .."

"I think he has something against the Stark boy .."

"You think ? Thess everybody knows he hates Robb Stark . But kill him ? That's another level .."

"Something is going to happen . I am sure of this . I can feel it Fandral . "

"For who ?"

"A load of people ."

"Fandral , Thor is waiting for you ." interrupted Loki .

"Okay .." he patted her shoulder and left , Loki taking his spot .

"What you two were talking about ?"

"Oh nothing . Just old friends talk ."

"You are acting weird since yesterday . I knew having the Stark boy around wasn't good for you ."

"Because you're an expert in what's good for me right ?"

"I think yes . We are close friends . More than that I even think .."

"I beg your pardon ?"

"Oh come on Thess if you really wanted to marry the Stark kid why did you tell Ned Stark to broke the engagement ?"

"I did not tell anything . "

"Who did then ?"

"Oh stop lying , Sif told me the truth ."

"If I recall well , Sif saw you bursting out of the palace , red of anger … I think she would have say yes to anything you asked . Moreover , you're not in a good state of mind recently … "

"Don't ! Don't try to blame me for this ! Never I would have done something like that to Robb . I didn't talk to Ned Stark . So don't make me the bad guy in this !"

"I'm not sure it was a good idea to bring you here .."

"You send me back home and i'll kill you in your sleep . "

"I am scared for you , dear one … You're really acting weird … I care about you and your safety ."

He came closer and held her hand , kissing it slowly . She opened her mouth and eyes wide , not knowing what to do .

"Oh dear Thessana I don't know what i'll do without you.."

And he kissed her . Fear paralysed her , numbing her senses . Loki took that as a good sign and grabbed her hair trying to bring her closer . But she slapped him and stood .

"What is your problem ?! Gods you're a total freak . Never touch me again ."

And she left back to the camp . She realised her hands were shaking and wished Robb or Jon were here to help her .

It was a real slaughter . Thessana tried to not kill any dwarves , only knocking them but Thor and Loki were real butchers . There was blood everywhere in the tunnels , corpses filling the way . She had to go out to not faint . She knew war was like that but never she imagined that people who were that close to her could act like that .

"The King surrendered and called back his troops . We can go ."

Thor was followed by the King of the Dwarves , his neck and hands tied with a heavy rope .

"Was that necessary ? I don't think he's going to escape ."

"Since when did you become full of innocence ? Killing is bad is your new motto ?"

"Fuck you Thor ."

"I am royalty !"

"Fuck you your grace then ."

Some warriors behind laughed , ignoring Thor's stare . Once all gathered , Thor called out Heimdall and a bridge opened , bringing them back to Asgard . Frigga and Odin were waiting for them . Frigga welcomed her with a hug , the tension leaving her face at the sight of her safe children .

"Here's the little king !" shouted Thor , throwing the dwarf .

"You don't need to humiliate him ."

"Thessana is right son .." agreed Frigga .

"Did the Westerosi came back ?"

At the same time , horses arrived . A large group was coming , Jon leading them . Thessana looked at all of them , searching for Robb but nothing .

"Where is Robb Stark ? Where is he ?!"

"We're sorry Lady Thessana but the dwarves killed him .."

She looked at Jon , who had his face wet with tears .

"No .. No … Not Robb .."

"I was next to him and the dwarves attacked us . It was so quick … They had magic but we were protected . But Robb left the group and he got immediately captured .. We didn't have any sign of him after .."

"I don't believe you . He's alive . He can't be dead !"

"Thessana .." Frigga said with a soft voice .

"No ! "

"Send a message to the Starks . Tell them to come here . Order of the AllFather ."

Thessana couldn't look at Catelyn . Shame was overwhelming her . Shame and grief . Catelyn tried to conserve her honor but she broke down and started to scream and weep for her only child , now dead . Robb was the only one missing . Only Thessana and the Starks used the word missing , everybody being sure he was dead . In his honor , a feast was organized . Catelyn was looking dead in the inside . Same for Thessana . She knew something would happen and she didn't protect him .

"Oh come on Thessana , stop looking that sad ! We're here to celebrate Robb Stark's life !" shouted Thor , drinking his tenth cup of wine . Catelyn looked at him , ready to kill him but Ned held her hand .

"Celebrate ?" said Thessana in a weak voice . "A man is dead . Parents lost their children and you want me to celebrate ? Do you hear yourself ? Robb is dead ! He's never coming back again . Never I will see him . Never . And you want me to celebrate that … "

Jon was crying silently , looking at the table and Theon had lost his eternal stupid smile .

"Yes Thessana celebrate . Because this feast is not only for Robb Stark but to announce some important news ." said the AllFather . He cleared his throat as he stood and everybody felt silent . "Asgardians . I am pleased to announce you the engagement between my son Prince Loki of Asgard and Lady Thessana ."

Thessana said nothing , numb by her pain . Her grief was weighting too much , cutting her from the world . Catelyn looked shocked , understanding the situation and that Thessana wasn't asked for this . Jon looked shocked too and angry . Loki took her hand , smiling . She took it back and left the room , under the stares of whole Asgard , like a zombie .