Into The Heart of Darkness (Among the Asgardians Pre-sequel)

*Comes After Goddess of Love but before Antigone. READ GODDESS FIRST OR IT WILL SPOIL THE ENTIRE BOOK AND YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS ONE!!!!!!*

Set both during and after TDW

After the battle for Earth, Kathryn is distraught. She can no longer see the light in the dark place she calls home. She spends the majority of her time crying in her room, except when she's around Abby. She refuses to let the child see her tears and know that her mother is weak. She visits Loki daily in his cell, hoping that he'll forgive her for the terrible thing she did to him, but he can't forgive her until he's forgiven himself for the horrible thing he did to her. After Loki "dies" she retreats into herself and leaves the raising of Abby to the others since her grief won't let her function. Only when a new threat tries to reduce Asgard to cinders does she come out of her shell and discover what she's really made of.

Nari is more or less the same as he always is, except for the fact that he's a senator and the public watches his every move. He keeps his emotions bottled up inside and covers them with math and logic. Deep down, he feels horrible for Kathryn and wishes he could do something to help, but his logic won't show him how. He is badly injured when Malekith and the Dark Elves attack Asgard. when he awakens, everyone tells him his father has died. He goes insane, mutilating himself and attacking, raping, and even killing the citizens of Asgard. It's during that dark time when he meets Altaira, and the two are instantly attracted to each other. When Nari discovers that Odin has been replaced by Loki, he and Altaira must embark on a journey that will cross the entire tree of Yggdrasil and defeat an enemy said to be invincible.