Abducted by Loki

Chapter 23: Confessions

Loki's POV:

We walked slowly to the west side of the palace. Apparently, Angela never came this way due to her observations in amazement. I tried to think on something to talk about but I had no idea what to say.

I sigh loudly, unintentionally and feel Angela turn to look at me. "Are you okay?"

"Um, yeah. I'm fine." I managed to say.

"Where are we going? I have to say that I've never been to this side of the gardens." She said.

I chuckle and answer "Well, I thought you would like to be relaxed. So I'm taking you to a spot where mostly no one knows about."

"Oh! If you're trying to kidnap me again, then you should know that people will now find me." She says and we both laugh.

"Can you be kidnapped two times? I've never heard such thing before." I say.

"You can if you have bad luck and if it's a different person each time." She says and giggles. "So. This place you're talking about, is it far?"

I look down at her to my side and say "No, but it is hidden in a way. You see, Frigga loves... loved mazes. She built a human size one and placed statues of the family on the ends of it. So you really don't get lost."

Her eyebrows go up in amazement and she says "So you're taking me to a maze garden to see statues?"

"Not really to see statues, but what is once you find your way out." I say and keep walking. She followed and we got quickly to the tall bush walls.

"Are we seeing them?" Angela asks.

"No. But I will show you one that you might actually be interested on. All I can say is that it's about a girl." I say to keep her in suspence.

"But you said family statues? There are not girls in the family." She said and I smirked at her over my shoulder as we entered the maze. "It smells like roses."

"Yes. Frigga's statue is the first and is decorated with roses of all colors." I explain. "And this isn't the only place with roses." I add.

"Oh!" She said and followed. We stayed quiet for some time as we turned corners along the maze. "Um so are you ready for tomorrow?"

I look over my shoulder and see she's peeking up my shoulder to see what I answer. "I'm surely not. I think he's being a bit repulsive with this situation."

"But you do notice that he just wants for Jane to be alright, right? He doesn't want to put Jane through more trouble." She says and I raise my eyebrow.

"Somehow I knew you'll say something like that." I respond.

She smiles and I do too. I look back at the small hall and see the two ways in the distance. "Come. We're almost there."

I took hold of her hand and dragged her behind me. Once in front of the two ways I stop and ask her "Which way?"

She frowned and said "You're the one who knows which way. Don't ask me."

I smiled and said "Yeah I know, but I want you to pick a way." She looked away from me and turned both ways.

"I guess we should go right. Let's see what's down there." She said and pulled my hand. She was now dragging me down the long bush hall. "Hurry up! Now I'm curious."

I laugh and start picking up my pace. The hall now got steeper and narrower and Angela slowed down. "What? Scared of a narrow hall?" I chuckled and I got past her.

"No. It's just that the bush walls are decorated with... blue roses." She said and gently touched the blue roses on the sides.

"Have you never seen blue roses?" I asked as I came to another stop, this time in front of loose plant veins with small blue roses.