Utter Devotion

Nightmares and Comfort

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Lady Loki smut warning ⚠️ 🌶

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"Mother."

Frigga sat alone with her back to Loki as he entered her rooms given to her by whoever Lord was hosting them, he hadn't particularly paid attention when introductions were being made, one of the few perks of being a hostage, he didn't have to pretend to give a damn about who was who.

"How is Ciannait?"

He threw himself back on to the couch across from her and ran a hand frustrated thru his hair before he raised his eyebrows in question to Frigga.

"I was raised by witches boy, I see with more than just my eyes."

Her eyes twinkled as she smiled at him and he shrugged to himself.

Truthfully he was unsurpised his mother at least suspected what he and Ciannait were doing, she'd always known about his daliances before.

"Tell me about her, when you met her."

Frigga nodded, she pulled her legs up into the chair with her, her bare feet peeking out from under her dress.

"She came to court with her parents and stayed with her mother serving Freya just after she married Njord. She was only five years old I believe, if my memory serves. She was an engaging child. So full of life, I remember her putting a frog down the tunic of Frey, Njord's son from his first marriage. She took a liking to me. I remember her being quite tearful the day I left to marry Odin."

Loki couldn't help chuckling, the idea of Ciannait who he'd never seen so much as crack a smile, being playful enough to prank someone, "I had no idea Njord had a son."

"He does, and several bastard sons and daughters, but only one legitimate son, there were rumors he suffered a terrible accident some years ago, I had expected to see him but he hasn't been at court."

Loki told Frigga about the marks he had seen on her skin and how she had pushed him away when he tried to help her.

"I don't know what to do or say to her."

Friggas eyes softened as she looked at Loki, "Give her time son, life being around Njord is not easy and she will have been thru some situations that are not easy. Do not pressure her to come to you. I think she will with time, just be there for her when you can."

As much as it pained him he didn't push her again.

He watched and waited, they traveled for several more days, stopping in towns and other homes of nobles.

When they passed thru towns the mood of the people was grime, he could see many were suffering, their faces grim and thin with hunger, in Asgard all the citizens were taken care of, so to see such suffering under Njords ruling concerned him even more.

Every day he watched Ciannait, she never strayed from Njord side but every day seemed to grow more quiet, and almost faded, the glimpses of the vibrant young woman she'd shown him were gone and he was becoming afraid she might never come back.

After a particularly grueling dinner, where he was forced to watch Njord sitting between Freya and Ciannait, Njord's hand straying to Ciannait's shoulder playing with her hair, making Loki see red as Ciannait sat there, her eyes unreacting as she stated off into the distance.

Unable to wait for Ciannait to approach him any longer, Loki waited till well after midnight and  transformed himself into his female form and pulled a heavy cloak over herself and went to find her.