I sit in my room waiting for Loki to come give me a tour of the palace. Loki gave me a dress to wear, but it wasn't me. The only dress I could wear was my own, it was the only thing I could control and I'd hold onto that, regardless of punishment. I jumped when the knock came to the door, even if it was delivered softly."You may come in," I say loudly, I sounded a lot braver than I felt Loki guides me out of the room,linking our arms together.
"You're majesty..." I spoke, heart jumping around in my chest, "I was just wondering... why am I... why am I here?" I'm suddenly scared, he gives me no reason to be but I expect him to yell.
"Just call me Loki... and I want go get to know you better.." a slight smirk forms on his face. I just nod and keep my gaze forward taking in the appearance of the palace. We walked a little along the halls of the palace, royalty really go wild with the gold leafing here! Every ornate detail on the coving and the carving was a shining bright gold.
"So Astrid how does it feel to be the chosen one." I stop dead in my tracks. "Chosen for what? To be your servant until I die. There are some upsides of being here. But there are way more downsides to living here." Loki looks at me curiously. "What are the upsides and the downside to living here with you King." His voice got a little darker when he said king.
"Well I'm stuck here with no contact to the out side world. No chance in finding my true love." I look at him making eye contact once again.
"What makes you think you can't find him here,your new home. Thor is available." He winks at me causing my cheek to turn red.
"Sorry but Thor is not my type." I look at him with a small smile.
He looks at with a strange look. "Thor is everybody's type. He's a great warrior. Every girl's dream husband and he is already sweet toward you. I could tell by the way he looked at you when I said you was going to be my new pet." I could tell by his voice that he wasn't lying to me. He was very serious but why would Thor be sweet toward me. "Well I'm not into the muscular warrior type. I like men with a brain and slight muscular. Kind of like you." I place my hand over my mouth quickly recognizing what I just said. A smirk appears on his face right away. Why did I say that? He's going to think I like him.
"I'm your type? That's the first time I've heard that. And I've heard a lot of things." He smiles at me softly. His smile cause me to smile back at him.
"Well Loki where are you taking me now?" He gazes go forward and sadness appears on his face. What did I say to upset him? I only asked a simple question.
"T...The garden..." He looks saddened at the thought of going there. "It was my mother's favorite place to go. We spent a lot of time together there." He looks at me noticing that I felt bad. I reach for his hand not thinking about what I'm doing. I hold his hand in both of mine,facing him. His hands are so cold, almost like death.
"You don't have to show me the garden if it causes that much pain toward you. I understand how it feels to visit a place were you and your love one spent time together." He smiles and lightly squeezes my hands with his. He's not a monster he is a tortured soul that needs to be shown love.
"Thank you for understanding. Maybe one day I can show you it but if you want I can get someone to show you were it is at so you can visit it." I smile and nod at his gesture. He seemed so relieved that he didn't have to show me. Maybe the stories are just stories and nothing more. "Maybe one day I can walk you around the garden but for now I'll have a maid to take you there now." He pulls his hand way and place mine back by my side. He turns aways and calls a maid but I don't want to go to the garden now.
"Loki...?" I try not to sound needy or anything like that. He looks at me with his sparkling eyes cause me to loose track of my surroundings. " Yes Astrid? Is there something wrong?" I shake my head at his question. "Then what is it?" He keeps his cool still, I've heard him yell at people in the town for no reason.
"I...I..I don't want to see the garden right now. I want to go to my room and think about some things" He nods to my response and gently holds my hand. When he takes my hand I blush like a fool. He notices and smiles at me, leading me to my room.
"Here we are" I smile and nod as a thanks. I go to open my door when Loki kisses my forehead. Which causes me to freeze and Loki to laugh softly before walking off.
