#delicate thorn

Warnings- none

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Chapter 1 Delight

The first time he saw you, really saw you, you had taken his breath away. Your beauty rivaled all others. You were poised, delicate, graceful, and the strongest Alfen Loki had ever seen. The only problem was, in order to harness your powers for himself he needed you to fall in love with him.

You were a light green color in your skin, and harnessed the power of divination from nature itself. He would need your power in order to dominate Midgard and possibly even Asgard.

You were dancing amongst other Alfenheim elves entertaining the guests as you swayed and jumped without care. Your hair fluttering around your face as you moved in sync with the other dancers. Each of you were a different type of elf, but had a counterpart of the same origin as to match skin tones. Your counterpart was a Male Elf of nature divination that Loki recognized as the prince of Alfenheim, Alrindel. Prince Alrindel probably couldnt feel the power pulsing deliciously through you, not like how Loki could feel it. Even from where he stood, he licked his lips as he felt the thrum of seidr deep within your belly. He needed you to love him. He needed your power.

As the dance finishes you are positioned over Alrindels knee in a graceful ballet like pose, panting lightly. You stand and smile as applause erupts over the crowd. Bowing gracefully you move to one side of the ballroom and find a glass of a bubbly liquid. Loki slinks nearby but not to you, not yet. He is eavesdropping first, to scope out your attitude.

"My Lady, that was beautiful. You make it look flawless and effortless!" A young elf girl gushed. You smile and pick her up twirling her.

"One day Aruria you will too. Mother has deemed you worthy to go to school and learn divination. You will follow in my footsteps and I am sure surpass me!" You laughed as the little girl gasped in your arms.

"Momma is going to let me become a divine?!" She bounces happily then squirms to get down. Running from you she goes to her friends who you watch squeal and bounce happily. Smiling you pick your drink up sipping it.

"Beautiful display, my lady. May I introduce myself?" Loki asked bowing and offering his hand. You took it not realizing he was asking for a dance. He pulled you gently to the dance floor and held you to him by the small of your back. You positioned your hands, one in his and the other on his shoulder and began to move.

"I am Prince Loki, of Asgard." He spoke softly in your ear. You could feel his seidr ebbing through you.

"Charmed. I would like for you to stop trying to seduce me." You spoke sarcastically to which the seidr immediately stopped and a deep chuckle rumbled through him.

"I was not trying to seduce you, my lady, I was simply trying to see what type of divine you are." He smiled a sickly sweet smile. You rolled your eyes.

"You have a tongue. Ask me." You chided softly.

"Alright, then what type of divine are you?" He asked gently the smile still there.

Warnings- adult situations

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Chapter 5 Numb

Loki angrily shoved Alrindel away.

"She is going to die if I dont help her." He spoke angrily. Alrindel grabbed him by the arm and lurched him closer so their faces were inches away.

"She is mine Liesmith. Mine and mine alone. You have no rights to her and you will learn your place or I will show you your place. Do you understand?" Alrindels voice was booming and dripped in anger. Loki grabbed him by the back of the neck and brought him closer.

"One. Dont insult me before you stupidly bring about a war you will not win. Two, I am trying to heal her. Not fuck her." And with that he forcefully shoved Alrindel away and moved to you again. You were half conscious and shaking violently. Loki placed a hand over your hip which was now oozing a viscous black fluid and began to summon his seidr. Alrindel dropped next to him and conjured a flower into his palm. He crushed the flower and sprinkled the bits of dust over your hip siding in the healing time. He then picked your limp body up and carried you to the bifrost to bring you home. You divine was focused on healing and resting within you as you were deposited into the healers waiting arms. Whimpers escaped you as Loki sat close by. Alrindel left to manage and command the rest of the war. You had done enough for any warrior.

Loki watched over your physical body as your mind realed into it's own dreamscape.

You were dancing with Loki again, this time much closer than before. Your divine watching over you and pressing you against him harder as Alrindels divine watched on in horror. You cried out as you felt something pierce your chest. Looking down you spit out a mouth full of blood as a sword pierces your chest. Alrindel started staring at you horrified still as he wrenches the sword free of your ribcage. You sputter for air splattering Loki in blood as you fall to your knees. Loki drops beside you and frowns.

"It shouldn't have been this way. If you had just let me- it should never have been this way." He mumbled as he held you close to him. Your divine standing behind him frowning at you.

You awoke with a start only to have Loki gently push you back against the bed.

"Shhh you need to rest. You sustained many injuries. Relax. Everything is okay." He spoke softly as he continued to handle you gently.

"Wh-what happened?" You ask hissing as you chest burned.

"Your divine fought multiple muspel and won. It cost you a few battle scars though. Your hip was burned so badly the flesh melted away. Your legs are cut up pretty badly as well. Is that normal?" He questioned as you pulled the blanket up and tried to snuggle into your bed only to feel numb burning.

"Yes...She always has me shed blood first." You say nonchalantly. You've been forming blood packs with your divine for so long it became second nature.

"You shouldn't allow her to do that...your divination shouldn't be based on blood or pacts. She should be guarded with you, not aggressive." Loki rubbed his face as concern masked it. He took your hand and squeezed it gently as your divine began to stir within you.

You sat back staring at him, but left your hand in his.

"Loki-....why did you kiss me?" You asked softly, so softly Loki tried to ignore it, but your large doe eyes were relentless, he sighed.

"I could say I did it to help your divine feed from me to reenergize you, but that would be a half lie, wouldnt it?...Truthfully I wanted to see what you tasted like. And that small kiss satiated me." He spoke as he averted his eyes.

Leaning forward you took his chin in your hand and turned his face so he was looking into your eyes with his emerald orbs. You leaned I further and kissed him gently, your diving pounding within. Your chest and your heart pounding in your throat. He parted his lips and let his tongue gently slide into your willing mouth and dance with yours.

"Oh Fuck No." Came a booming voice from the doorway. You parted from Loki quickly to see Alrindel standing in the doorway holding a shocked Aruria, your little sister. You wiped the little bit of spit from the corners of your mouth and laid back.

Alrindel stood Aruria on her own feet and marched forward to you smacking you hard across your face. The taste of blood dripped onto your tongue as your teeth clacked together. You could hear Aruria crying and shouts, but everything was blurry. Your head was racing and full of what felt like razor blades. You slumped back against the bed.

Warnings- none

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Chapter 2 Liesmith

Loki continued to sway with you in the crowd, but your conversation was heating up.

"I highly doubt you are privy to that information, my prince." You spoke softly, still smiling, but your tone of voice was quickly becoming icy.

"Actually, my lady, as the newest diplomatic negotiator for Asgard and Alfenheim. It is my authority to know if you are single." Loki chuckled seeing he was getting to you, breaking away at your beautiful perfect facad.

"Alright, then I will share so you will stop. I am single by my own choice. Everyone in this realm has tried, and failed to bed me. By now I am more than aware my divination outweighs many others, and I am sure, Mr. Laufeyson, you are aware of the parameters for it to become even stronger my heart must belong to another. Alrindel is my top courter. He is helbent on capturing my heart and body. He isnt bad in bed either." You were teasing him, telling your own silver tongued lies and by the sickened look on Lokis face he was taking each one in strides.

"You have bedded him?" Loki asked quietly after some time. The song had ended and another started, this one jovial and fast. You separated from him as other elfs and asgardians joined you two on the floor. You curtsied, he in turn bowed. The dance consisted of turns and light touching before switching partners then more turning and coming back to your original partner.

Each time you and Loki came together for the dance you spoke to eachother.

"So you know what it is to lay with a man?" Loki asked as you took his hand to spin.

"As I have said, my prince, you are not the first to call upon me." You made sure to stay vague. Loki squinted at you. You separated to turn and move with the females in a line the males matching your movement in a line across. Alrindel had joined in and was earnestly trying to become your partner.

You moved forward to take Loki's hand again to spin and he squeezed your hand gently.

"Give me a chance. I am not asking. Allow me to court you and just try." He made the saddest looking face and you felt your heart lock up.

"Loki, You are only interested for-"

"Come to bed with me." He cut you off and his look had become carnal. His eyes betraying the fact he was imagining you bouncing atop him panting languishly.

"Loki- I cant." You whisper before breaking apart to move to the next partner. Alrindel took your hand and read your facial expression. A low growl emitting from his throat as he tightened his grip on your hand.

"What did the liesmith say to you?" He demanded as he held you a little too tightly. You could feel his seidr intensifying through his touch. You smiled sweetly and allowed yours to flow into him.

"Alrindel, relax, he simply asked me if we were courting." You broke away from him gloating the triumphant look that he owned you, and turned in line then moved back to Loki. The song was ending soon and you were running out of time. Loki snickered and took you by the waist for the final twirl.

"Trouble in paradise darling?" He smiled sweetly as he gracefully lifted you and spun you mid air, his fingers brushing your waist as you elegantly spun. You landed closer to him than you preferred as your breath fanned his face. His eyes stared into yours as he too panted for a completely different reason he glanced down at your parted lips. And you felt your heart skip a beat as you imagined what kissing him would be like.

Warnings- blood, adult situations

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Chapter 14 sentencing

Just as you squeezed Thor hard enough to snap his armour you felt yourself beginning to relax and lose consciousness. Lokis cool hands were on your back holding you up as your body sagged against him. He looked down at you glumly as the ashy color of your skin diminished leaving you a dull green.

"I'm so sorry love." He whispered as your eyes rolled back.

Loki picked up your limp body as the vines fell from you and withered on the ground.

Thor stood and groaned as his armor cracked and crumbled to the ground.

"She must go to prison brother." He spoke as he rubbed his ribcage which Loki was sure was bruised.

"Thor...she doesnt understand. Let me try..if I fail then yes, we destroy her...but let me try to tame Idunna."

Thor sighed heavily and opened his mouth to speak, but Loki was gone.

He laid your limp body down on the bed in the same home he had taken you many times. He began to pull the sheets from everything and clean the dust up. You would live here for however long it took for you and, more importantly, Idunna to see he did care about you.

He began a fire in the fireplace and sat next to you trying to prepare for when you awoke.

Your eyes fluttered open and you groaned out.

"P-please." You croaked out softly.

Loki was next to you with a glass of cool water.

"Just take it easy...a lot has happened." He rubbed your back as you gulped greedily at the liquid.

"I-I killed him...didnt I?" You asked softly trying not to cry. Alrindel, the man you had been next to since you were little. The man who was supposed to lead your realm. Loki nodded solemnly and continued to rub your back.

"Yes, I am afraid Alrindel succumbed to his wounds my dear...you still have Idunna within you, and I feel it is important we talk before she awakes and battles you for dominance."

"What can I even do to get her out?" You asked sheepishly. Loki sighed and sat you up to stare into your eyes.

"Have a baby, but raise it to not awaken its divine." He spoke softly. You shook your head no.

"That's what she wants. I will not give her what she wants. I'm sorry, but I will never have a baby. I will not pass this on to another." You spoke definently.

Loki sighed.

"If Thor finds you, you will be tried and probably killed for what you did...for what Idunna did."

You changed the subject quickly.

"Did you mean it? What you wrote in that book? That you never really loved me?" You felt your heart beginning to chip away at itself.

Loki looked down in silence. You swallowed back the bile.

"Just leave me to die...death is better than this." You spoke softly. Loki reached out to touch you only for you to jerk away.

"Take me to Thor. Let me stand trial and die for what I've done." You spoke angrily. Loki found himself tongue tied but nodded. He touched you and you found yourself back in your realm and chaos was all around.

Before long you were shackled around your wrists and neck and on your knees infront of Thor who sat on the throne angrily looking down at you.

"You have come back, no doubt, to answer for your crimes." He boomed out. You glanced around to see everyone staring at you in horror. Your eyes widdened as you say the smallest nature Alf staring at you with wide tearful eyes. Auroria stood openly sobbing as she held onto the skirts of her nanny. You looked back down ashamed.

"Your crimes are calamitous and numerous. You bow before me today as an adulterer, a murderer, and a liar. You bewitched many only to destroy them in a fit of rage, and I am told this is not the first time you have lost control of your divine!" His voice boomed again but you stayed still focusing on your breathing. You could feel Idunna roaring angrily within you.

"Just do it." You mumbled. And Thor nodded angrily. He stood, still unarmored and held out Mjölnir pointing the cracked hammer towards you.

"I sentence you to death by Mjölnir for your crimes. What say you?" He asked angrily.

You looked up at him as a tear eclipsed your cheek.

"I apologize for what I am....I apologize for the monster within me." You felt tears rush to the surface but blinked them away. You glanced at the throne to see Loki skulking around watching. You closed your eyes and bowed your head.

Thor raised Mjölnir and began to swing it down upon you.

Warnings- battle, self harm, adult situations

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Chapter 4 Brazen

The next time Loki saw you, you were in armor that hid all of your features. You were no graceful dancer on this day. You were a determined warrior. You pulled back on your bow string to check if it was taught. Satisfied with it, you held your bow and arrow and bowed your head whispering to them both. Vines slithered up your legs and down your arms onto both of the items merging with the wood and turning it a dark shade of green. Loki recognized what you had done and grinned. You had just fortified your bow and arrows with poison. He watched as many of the Alfen bowed their heads and did the same. The bows turning different colors for different effects. Loki was acting as diplomat for Asgard and trying his damnedest to have you at least swoon for him. As the first blow was dealt the battle began, and you happened to be on the front lines. Loki wasn’t far behind you, and he was using his seidr to try to protect you. As the battle raged on between Alfenheim and Muspelheim, you dodged and attacked where you could. Drawing your bow back reflexively and effortlessly, Loki had, at this point, taken up arms next to you to help show support and to help protect you physically. You were wearing down to the point of exhaustion, but refused to bow out. Your realm needed you. Needed your divine. "Watch it." He spoke as he gently pushed you to the side, a fireball of lava whizzing by. You pulled an arrow back and shot it at the lava giant who roared from the puncture. He, in turn, brought a large club of lava down and Loki grabbed you by your waist pushing you over. He landed on top of you, his face inches from yours. Your bow was crushed under the large club. You could feel the thrum of his heart beat as your divine began to beat against your own ribcage wanting release. You sucked in air as he leaned down and let his lips brush against yours.

“Now is not the time, Loki!” You spoke as soon as he pulled away form you but your divine began to radiate energy through you. You felt renewed and reinvigorated, your breathed out slowly as you realized you were trembling.

“Let it out, darling. The divination within you is begging for release, and this is the appropriate place. Let her show what she can do through you.” He whispered into your ear and you felt yourself grow wet at his mere words.

‘No no no no no. I cannot allow him in I cannot become attached.’ You thought as Loki stood up and offered you a hand to help you up. You took it and stood. The lava giant that had attacked was now in a one-on-one with Alrindel who was on the losing side. Loki released your hand and gently pushed you forward by the small of your back, tingles erupting through you at his touch.

“My dear, now is the time to really show how strong you are. Let your Divine shine.” He cooed and you felt the energy pulsing through you. Lifting your hand, you allowed her to release through you as vines grew up your legs and the thorns cutting deeply into you. Blood dripped down your thighs and sizzled as it hit the hot ground. She took control and you flicked your hand thorned vines shooting forward and wrapping around the giant, your vines caught fire but still you were able to incapacitate the giant and bring him down for Alrindel to stab him with the killing blow. He turned and stared at you wide eyes as you looked through him to the next target, your eyes were a milky color and your body covered in thorned armor. As you took steps through the lava, it sizzled and became dark black obsidian around you. You flicked your hand again and vines grew forward at an alarming rate. The fire giants had turned from their individual battles to storm towards you. Flicking both hands causing large flowers to bloom from the vines, which were catching fire, but still drenching the lava enough to cool it.

You felt one giant grab you around your hips, causing you to cry out, the fire burning your skin, but the divine took no notice as vines snaked down the giants’ arm and tightened until the arm was severed from its’ body. The giant roared a deep guttural roar and tried to smash you with his last arm. You lifted your hands and grabbed his arm with both hands. Inside you cried out at the pain, but the divine, again, paid no notice. Vines grew from you and large flowers bloomed once again mists raining down and cooling the lava quickly you shattered the giants’ arm and brought him to his knees. Walking to the wailing creature you stabbed him through the chest and ripped him apart with your seidr. You stood poised and graceful as roars of success and victory run out. The Alfen were jumping around and yelling in triumph, all thanks to you. Satisfied, your divine recessed deep within you to rest. You crumpled to the ground crying out as your body was covered in deep cuts and burns. Your beautiful green skin ashen with melted flesh. Loki was the first to you as he gently lifted you up.

Warnings- adult situations

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Chapter 9 Heat

Loki awoke with a start, his body was sweaty and he could sense something was not right. He immediately stood and found his legs guiding him down hallways at this late hour. His eyes adjusting to the dark as he walked briskly.

His body stopped infront of a door and he felt the urge to not knock but just barge in. Something was pulling him inside.

He pushed the door open with a soft creak. His eyes widdened at the sight of you face down on the bed in a small pool of blood. He jumped over your small chair and grabbed you quickly. Looking you over.

"Darling? Sweetheart? I need you to wake up." He cooed as he brushed your hair out of your face. You let out a soft whimper and he breathed deeply. Realizing what was happening, he immediately laid you back down, and swallowed back his saliva.

He rang your bell gently and waited for a maid.

She looked at him startled but bowed.

"Yes my prince?" She asked keeping her head down.

Loki came up close to her and lifted her chin.

"I need you to stay close to her and keep her clean and healthy. My darling girl is in heat and there will be more of us feigning for her flesh." The maid gasped and moved from his hand to your side.

"I will guard her with my life sir." She spoke bowing. Loki smiled and nodded

"Good girl." He said before leaving the room and closing the door. He flicked his wrist and put an alarm spell on the door that if a Male were to pass the threshold he would be alerted.

You laid feverishly on the bed, your body clammy and shivering. Moaning and whimpering in your sleep. Your dreams invaded by images of men taking you from every angle and filling you until you were satiated. Lewd and down right naughty scenes played out in your mind.

The maids, there were now four of them, had stripped you down to your bareness and were bathing you and helping to keep you cool.

"I dont know how long this lasts." A small dark alf girl spoke softly.

"There is no telling, her divine is strong and it is well past her time for her first heat." An older nature Alf spoke as she mopped up sweat from your brow. A little fat water alf piped up with a squeak.

"The asgardian is who awoke her divine."

"Mind your tongue Millea. She is still our princess." The older Alf spoke. The plump water alf bowed deeply in apology.

"My apologies for overstepping Shanna."

"Some one should fetch the prince, perhaps he will know about her heat cycle." Another maid piped up and Millea nodded.

"No. Any Male within a distance of her will smell her heat and be drawn in. Even mated men will be attracted to the first heat." Shanna said calmly as she wiped even more blood from your thighs. You trembled and whimpered out.

"Someone go get Prince Loki then, he controlled himself this morning. And he seems well educated." The maid from this morning spoke up. Shanna sighed but nodded in agreement.

Warnings- possible triggers, self harm

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Chapter 3 Divination

"What did he say to you?" Alrindel demanded your wrist in his vise grip hand. You gently turned your wrist and freed your hand.

"Relax, my prince, Loki is simply the newest diplomat here at court. He was asking about us and our customs." You didnt like lying, but Alrindel had a jealous streak and you didnt feel like fighting all night. You watched as Alrindel visibly relaxed and took your hand pulling you through the banquet and outside into the rain.

"Run away with me. Become my princess." He spoke softly as rain soaked the both of you. He pulled you against his chest and you felt his heart beat thrum through you. Your own heart swelling with emotions. Even so you managed to move from him and stand a little away.

"I cannot my prince. You are royalty and I am a commoner. It would never hold up." You spoke curtsieing to him.

"Bullshit. You are the strongest Devine the academy has ever seen. You are more than fit to be the next Alfen Mother." He said cupping your face. Again you felt his heart beat and again you felt your heart flipping within its cage.

"Alrindel please...you know why I cannot." You speak so softly the rain almost drown you out. You could feel eyes piercing the back of your head and knew a certain diplomat was prying.

"Why cant you?! Because you are afraid? Afraid the divination will consume you and you will lose touch with reality?! I love you- why, why can't you just accept how you feel and let us be together?!" He was guilting you and inside you could feel the power of the divine strumming to life. Your hands and feet were tingling in an unpleasant static kind of way. You bit your cheek hard to kill the emotions inside. Self harm had always been your answer to kill the divination. It would focus on healing you rather than taking you over. You almost saw the divination as a different entity, because once it would consume you you couldnt control yourself any longer. It had happened twice so far in the academy, the first time you caused an entire room to grow with thorned bushes the other elf had to dig through.

The second time, though, that time you let the divination take hold and you almost killed a girl. Jealousy had consumed you, and your divine fed off of it. You had strangled her with a thorned vine, stringing her upside down and then as she screamed it was said you bent over and gently rubbed nightshade into her eyes, permanently blinding her. Your divine hasnt been allowed to surface since then, but you are the talk of all of Alfenheim for being the most powerful conjurer.

You snapped back as Alrindel stared at your furiously.

"So that's it then. We are to war and you or I may possibly die, but you Will Not allow me to love you?!" His words bit into your flesh and you felt yourself on the losing side. You bit into your cheek harder until you could taste iron.

"We will survive the war, Alrindel, you know this." You spoke trying to focus on that instead of the rest of his sentence. You watched as he grew angrier then stomped away. A shiver ran through you causing you to visibly shake. Your divine was angry. You trembled in the rain as your hair and clothes were plastered to your body. You would spend the next few hours locked away allowing your divine to summon and allow her to destroy her creations.

As you walked into your chamber still trembling and dripping wet you heard a familiar voice chuckle. Turning you could see black curls facing the roaring fire.

"I couldnt happen but to see you outside. I just wanted to let you know. I am here for you. If you wanted to talk." He spoke without staring at you. The tingling was causing your finger tips to burn gently, almost as if you were frostbitten.

"You can be there for me on the other side of the door, my prince." You spoke sarcastically as you held the door open and motioned outside. Loki stood and stared at you.

Warnings- none

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Chapter 6 Deserted

The man who was sitting next to you began coughing in disbelief. Loki sighed and stepped forward.

"That oaf is Alrindel, the prince of this realm....what can you remember?" He asks softly trying not to startle you. You sit and try to remember but your mind is fuzzy static.

A searing pain forms in the back of your skull and your chest becomes tight again.

"I-its tight in my chest and I cant breathe." You mumble out trying to pull your clothes free to alleviate the tightness.

Loki puts his hand on your ankle and gently whispers to you. Immediately you feel tingles move up your leg and your chest relaxes.

"Alrindel, you need to start explaining or I will." Loki snarled and you shriveled away slightly. Alrindel sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

"In a fit of rage I struck you and may have caused this, but you have to understand, you are supposed to be my queen. You are all I have..." he spoke quietly and you felt your chest tighten again.

Loki placed a hand on your ankle and again whispered a few words causing you to calm.

"Why does your touch make my chest hurt?" You breathed out. It was all too much. Your head realing. You stood and wobbled a moment. The man named Alrindel reached out and held your arm, your chest tightening again.

"Dont touch me!" You roared as you ran through the door and away.

"Wait!" Loki called out as both men took off after you. You didnt know where you were going, but you could tell you were physically fit enough to continue to outrun them. You ran until you came to a window that was opened and jumped out. Rolling as soon as you landed on soft grass. You were in a garden. You could feel pulses through your body and it began to scare you. This feeling was stronger than ever now and you couldnt figure out what was happening.

You took off again towards the woods near by.

Loki watched from the window as Alrindel tried to run after you. His face stoic but inside he knew what had happened was wrong. He teleported into he middle of the woods and could hear you crying out. Alrindel was fast behind you. He found you leaning against a tree clutching your chest.

"Take my hand and I will take you far away and explain everything. From the first moment I met you till now." He offered. You stared up at him in disbelief but as you heard shouts from the other man you quickly grabbed his hand. A rainbow of color swirled in your eyes before you found yourself in a garden of a different type. You quickly doubled over and began to wretch. Loki stood a good foot away not wanting to anger you by touching you again.

"S-start" you wretched again and emptied the contents of your stomach.