I Will Follow You Into The Dark~ On Hold

Chapter 31

The meeting with Odin went fast thank the norms. Sigyn had fallen asleep before Odin had even finished asking how the battle had gone from her end. Loki feared that the Allfather would be furious with the warrior, but he merely smiled and descended from the throne and joined Loki where he stood with Sigyn still in his arms. Brushing her hair from her face, he sighed with an adoration that a father would give his daughter.

"She is good for you son."

Loki couldn't agree more. He loved the woman with all his heart; she meant everything to him, but he feared that with the threat of Thanos still looming over his head that she would be in danger.

Odin looked down to the soul mark on Loki's wrist. "Has she gone through the training?" Loki raised a brow, not following his father's line of thought. "Freyja is who gifted our warriors the powers of the Valkyries. Sigyn's mother Sigrún was the first; your beloved is by all rights, a Valkyrie."

Loki's eyed widened. "Yes, Sigyn said that Freyja had put her through the training, never told me what it consisted of, but she made it and once she has the coronation and is gifted with a charge, she will be an official Valkyrie."

Odin hummed, "Son, how would you like it if she were to be your Valkyrie?"

Loki was silent, shock ran through his body. He stared at his father before looking down at the woman who laid in his arms sleeping peacefully. He had dreamt of a life with her the moment he had accepted her. He would do anything to have her as his, she was already his betrothed and his Själsfrände; and now he had a chance to have her as his personal Valkyrie. Was that something he wanted? Was it something that she wanted?

He nodded, knowing that words weren't needed. His father laughed and Loki looked up. Odin smiled again, "I will ask her formally when she wakes up, but we both know what her answer will be." He turned away from the couple, his eyes trained on the doors. Loki followed his gaze and standing there were Thor and their mother. "Congratulations Son, you are the first Asgardian to have a personal Valkyrie."

Thor's face fell with shock and if he concentrated, Loki saw the expression of jealousy merged into a smile. His own smile fell at the thought of his brother being jealous of him. But it was at that moment he decided that he would no longer be his brother's shadow, that he was his own person and indeed worthy of having things of his own, and if a Valkyrie was going to be happy to dedicate their service of protection to him; he was pleased to accept the honour.

Thor looked at Sigyn, his eyes full of concern. "Is your fair lady alright?"

Loki laughed softly, his head bopping up and down. "My Valkyrie is well, she fought well." Thor walked towards them, his eyes trailing over her body, but not in a way that had Loki wanting to dagger him, more in the sense of a brother watching over their younger sibling. Made sense, Thor saw Loki as a younger brother, the revelation of his birth be damned, so naturally Thor would see the woman that held Loki's heart as his sister.

"She fought bravely. Father, when did you come up with the plan for disguising her as mother?" Thor looked at his father as the Allmother joined them in the room. She was too busy to notice her eldest's eyes that were drilling into her, too busy scolding Loki for not having taken Sigyn to rest; but the trickster saw his brother's frown.

Odin sighed and motioned for Loki to take Sigyn to his room to rest. Loki nodded and closed his eyes. A moment later, the walls changed from a punch-in-the-face gold to subtle greens and blacks with gold scent swirls. Smiling softly being back in the shielded room, he laid Sigyn down on the bed, snuggling her under the blankets watching her as she adorably nuzzled further into the mattress. He cooed softly and rolled his eyes as she refused to settle; so, with no other option he created a double of himself that immediately was pounced by the still sleeping Sigyn.