NO REGRETS [l.laufeyson]

SEVEN

     After having that talk earlier with Thor, Loki had decided to ride out to talk to Evelyn. He had planned to meet her at the tree but she wasn't anywhere to be seen. He started having the worst feeling and rode out to the cottage. He thought maybe the ball from last night made her ill again, maybe it was all too much and she couldn't cope.

He had knocked on the door and it opened way too quickly. He was met with a frantic Thyra in the arms of Erik.

"Loki? I thought you were Evelyn." Tears were running down Thyra's face and instantly Loki felt sick.

"What? N-no? I went to meet her but she wasn't there? Where is she?" Loki's breath quickened as he was now also in a state of panic.

"She left for town hours ago. She was only supposed to be an hour, tops." Erik placed a hand on Thyra's shoulder and decided to talk so his wife wouldn't have to repeat herself in the state she's in.

"Okay, try not to panic. I'll ride around and look for her." Loki went to walk away to mount his horse.

"Loki!" He turned back round to see Thyra had run out to catch up to him, holding out a small bag of bottles. "Her medicine, she's supposed to take it in the morning and the evening to help strengthen her immune system. If she doesn't take it..."

Thyra didn't have to finish the sentence for Loki to understand what she was implying. His face held rage all over. He knew exactly who would be behind this. He grabbed the bag and jumped up onto his horse and galloped off as fast as he could towards the palace.

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"ODIN!" Loki had burst through the doors to see Odin still sat in his throne, talking with Thor and Freya.

"Loki, wha-"

"What have you done with her?!" Loki grabbed Freya's throat and shoved her back into a nearby pillar.

"Loki!" Odin and Thor called for him to stop but he only put more pressure on Freya.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Freya said with a slight smirk.

"Bullshit! Do you have any idea what you could've done?!"

"Loki calm down!" Thor managed to rip his brother off Freya and stood between the two of them. "What's going on?"

"That witch has done something to Evelyn. If she doesn't tell me what I swear-" Loki launched for Freya again but Thor managed to push him back as Freya hid behind the pillar.

"Why do you care for her so much? You're supposed to marry me!"

"I will NEVER marry you!" Loki spat. After hearing the commotion Sif ran in.

"What's going on?" Sif felt like she was intruding but had news to deliver. Loki ran over to Sif hoping she could help.

"Evelyn has been taken, if we don't find her soon she could die."

"What?" Everyone in the room replied, including Freya. She wanted to keep Evelyn away from Loki, but she never intended to kill anyone.

"Evelyn has a condition. She is very ill and if we don't find her in time, it could be fatal. We need to find her and get her the treatment she needs." Loki started shaking, he was full of rage, he was panicked and was dreading the outcome to all this.

"Well, I think I can help. Heimdall summoned me to the Bifrost. He's noticed a dark presence coming from the west side of the woods." Thor joined Loki by his side while Sif was explaining. "Amora is back."

The room fell silent and Freya and Odin instantly felt regret. Freya for doing what she did and Odin for going along with it.

"How did she get through?" Thor questioned, his anger also rising.