"The hardest part about survival is not surviving. The hardest part is to find a reason to keep living once there is no longer any danger threatening your life. When you become your own predator. Your mind baring its teeth like a wounded wolf would." HYDRA is all she has ever known. Without it, she has to learn to know herself. AU: Post Captain America the Winter Soldier. TW: graphic depiction of violence, strong language, child abuse, torture, sexual content, gore, and mental health issues. Please be careful when reading. **text in italics refers to thoughts, dreams, memories.**** ***ALL RIGHTS*** for all characters/images/likeness are owed and trademarked by Disney, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stan Lee, and their rightful proprietary owners. Story and Original Characters are owned by me, all rights reserved. Reminder: I'm just a fan having some fun and creative license, please do not sue me.

You're a half-Jotun Valkyrie who has to live with the Avengers after helping them during a battle. Then Thor brings Loki to join the team. Can either of you thaw your frozen bruised hearts?

As Lienna came of age for marriage, so did the princes she had long forgotten about. And then, in the dark of night, guards and nobles came to take her away. Lienna couldn't believe it. She was Chosen.

Leidi Jarnsaxadittir was left to die. She seeked refuge but was given none. They used her. They hurt her. She was a monster. Then he came along. His state horrified her. She watched him from afar. Will they dry each other's tears. Or will bloodlust come in between.

⚠️UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS OF 3/16/2023⚠️ ------------------------- [Finished] [Not Edited] "Do you have any idea what you put me through?" "Do you think I had any choice?" Wynter Zola, the granddaughter of the infamous Arnim Zola. Born and raised in Hydra institutions, being told her whole life how perfect Hydra was and how they were trying to save the world. But what happens when she finds out that maybe not is everything as it seems?

Loki Laufeyson has finally been pardoned. After he saved his brother's life and was brought back from the brink of death by talented Asgardian healers, Odin decided that he would be forgiven for his wrongdoings as long as he never attempted to do the same ever again. Seline Volkov, a vampire who has lived on Midgard for over 900 years, was forced into a situation she had no hope of escaping. She fed on a man that had strange-tasting blood, and the next thing she knew, she was in the Asgardian dungeons. When Seline becomes a servant for Loki, he immediately takes a liking to her secretive ways. He knows that she is hiding something, and he will stop at nothing to figure out what it is. Though she is very subordinate, he is determined to make her more than a just a servant to him. However, what Loki doesn't know is that he has finally met his match, and in more ways than one. He seems to think that Midgardians are below him, but what he doesn't seem to realize is that Midgardians come in all different types. There are humans, vampires, lycans, witches... Every mystical creature that was supposedly a myth is real, and his servant happens to be one of the oldest ones in existence. But even with her strength and her power, Seline cannot hide who she is when she feeds for the first time in Asgard. And, unfortunately, the blood of a certain mischevious god is some of the best blood that she has ever come across.

Sequel of Rumors of War, The Immortality War, Winter's War, and War Torn. Book Five of Five Set during Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. "I'm not even sure Brooklyn is home anymore, anyway. All that time in Siberia, all those years away from New York, do I even have the right to call it home anymore? I wasn't born there. I haven't lived there in decades. I haven't even seen in since...I can't even remember when." "Home is wherever you make it. Home is where the people you love are. I've learned that much over my lifetimes." "Home can be wherever, then." .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. Nearly two years have passed since the Civil War, since Steve and Tony had a falling out that split the Avengers in two. Two years have passed since Emma and Bucky reunited, escaped to Wakanda, and went into cryo-stasis. When they wake, Bucky is back to his old self. Emma, however, is still searching for a cure. They don't let this setback stop them from starting a new life in Wakanda. Nothing is the same as it used to be, but Emma and Bucky are together again and couldn't be happier. All the mistakes of the past are water under the bridge. They're retired from hero-work, intending to life the rest of their lives in peace and calm. But a threat appears soon after their awakening, a threat that could wipe out half of the life in the universe. This threat has been coming for a long time, and after multiple heroes go missing--among them being Tony Stark--even those heroes on the run must step up. With more than just a city or a country at stake, Emma and Bucky make the hard decision: to go back to war. In the final installment of the Lady liberty Chronicles, who will prevail: Thanos or Earth's Mightiest Heroes? And when the dust of the Infinity War settles, will there be a place left for Bucky and Emma to call home? [Updates beginning after Endgame comes out on DVD] {Cover by @CaroDelMonte

Sequel of Rumors of War, The Immortality War, and Winter's War. Book Four of Five. Set during Captain America: Civil War. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. "I love you, James Buchanan Barnes. Just breathe. Your war is over." I loop my fingers around his, making one small connection as the whole world falls apart around us. Bucky takes my white Lady Liberty helmet off my head, allowing my messy braided hair to fall out. With a small smile, he brushes my dark bangs from my eyes. I close my eyes and lean into his hand. Whatever happens after this, we've found each other again. If that's the only good thing that survives today, I'm okay with that. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. Two years have passed since Alexander Pierce nearly fulfilled HYDRA's mission. Two years have passed since the Insight carriers were destroyed. Two years have passed since they discovered that Bucky Barnes was not only alive but has been the Winter Soldier for seventy years. Two years have passed since Emma made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat HYDRA and awaken Bucky within the Winter Soldier. Much has happened in the time she was asleep. The Avengers have fought another threat of their own making and have added new members to the team. Grant Barnes is alive, Steve and Natasha are a couple, and Bucky is still missing. To Emma, everything seems to be the same. But nothing lasts forever. The events of a failed mission force the Avengers to make a choice: safety or freedom. Sides are taken which sever the Avengers down the middle. Things are not always as they seem. Agendas and secrets split apart the Avengers more effectively than enemies ever could. And with a confused Bucky in the mix, the truth about his and Emma's past is bound to come to light: the good and the bad. One secret in particular involves all of them. A secret that will bring the Avengers to their end. [COMPLETED] {Cover by @CaroDelMonte © 2018}

Sequel of Rumors of War and The Immortality War. Book Three of Five. Set during Captain America: The Winter Soldier. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. Steve trails off, his shoulders sagging. "It's just not the same." "Nor should it be." I reach over, placing my hand over his. "I know things are different, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. Nostalgia is a dirty liar, Steve. It makes us forget all the horrible things that happened in the old days. And there were horrible things. We can miss the past, but I've tried very hard to also love the present. After all, in the end, it's the only thing we have." .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. A lot has changed for Emma Barnes and Steve Rogers since the Chitauri, and mischief god Loki, invaded New York City two years ago. She went from being a fugitive, forced to live outside the United States, and a known murderer to being an Avenger, a welcomed-American, and a hero to many around the globe. Her reputation as Lady Liberty has been reinstated, and she fights along her friends--both old and new--to maintain order in the brave, new world. After Natasha invited both Emma and Steve to re-join SHIELD, the trio have become as close as friends can be. Life is good for Emma, and she finally has some peace about her past. But nothing lasts forever. Long-suppressed secrets start to surface for the first time in decades. Secrets that have kept Emma's sworn enemy, HYDRA, alive and well inside SHIELD. And when a figure from her and Natasha's past shows up in an attempt to kill Nick Fury, Emma, Steve, and Natasha are forced to go against everything they've fought for the past two years. They're forced to become fugitives again, forced to go against the law and organization they helped create, and forced to face the ghosts from their pasts. Especially the ghost with a metal arm. [Camp NaNoWriMo 2018 project] [COMPLETED] {Cover by @CaroDelMonte © 2017}

Secrets have always been present in the palaces of great empires, why should Asgard be any different? In the wake of the battle with the Vanaheim rebels, Sigyn finds herself becoming more than just a healer in the courts of the kingdom. The spirits of the realms have never been better and there is peace at last thanks to the God of Thunder, Thor. But even in the wake of all of this joyous activity in the Odin household, an evil force, greater than they have ever encountered, moves against the Nine Realms in the form of Sigyn's beloved; Prince Loki. The behaviors of the recently returned Prince distresses the maiden who fears to lose him as she did Theoric; there seems to be a new lie at every turn. A sacrifice is demanded, but who will pay the ultimate price? ∞ Takes place 2 months after "Disguised Beauty" ∞ ❦ PURE ILLUSION SERIES - • BOOK 1: Disfigured Beauty • BOOK 2: Disguised Beauty • BOOK 3: Destroyed Beauty • BOOK 4: Distorted Beauty • BOOK 5: Desolate Beauty • BOOK 6: Denouement Beauty ❦ Copyright © Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios Copyright © ZuzuHiddles Cover © ZuzuHiddles