Chapter 33
BMC 33
It’s been two long weeks. There was no news of Thor… Loki was getting restless.
‘ What if that oaf goes and confronts Thanos? What if he is killed in some stupid sqirmish? What if he is engaged with his mortal friends in some adventure? What if he goes back to that woman and forgets about me..forgets about us?’
These Questions kept torturing him … He spent restless days and sleepless nights pacing in his… Thor’s chambers. Nana was tired of nagging him to go out.,to spend time in library or in gardens. He wouldn’t budge. One of warrior three guarded his chambers in addition to the royal guards. It disturbed him more than it helped… but it was Thor’s wish, so nobody could change it. Sif visited… but her visits were far in between and usually at night away from prying eyes. She and Nanna filled him with all the palace gossip. They had been trying to get him out of the chambers for a while without any success. He didn’t feel safe without Thor around and the inconspicuous bump of his lower abdomen forced him to be hidden. He couldn’t fathom what would happen if someone finds out about his pregnancy.
Days turned into weeks,yet there was no news of Thor. Loki had started pestering Sif to go to Heimdal.. but She kept assuring him. Every day found him waiting for his King. Every night kept him awake…
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Being king regent did not suit Allfather at all. A month had passed since Thor left on unknown quest. Curiosity and worries had taken him to Heimdal, but the gatekeeper refused to his tell him the whereabouts of his own son. Apparently Thor had given clear instructions about when and whom should be informed about his location. And in what situation he is to be called back. Off course, Odin was not included in those instructions.
Allfather sighed, feeling defeated. He used to be a powerful man. He had lost almost everything in so little time. First his wife, then Thor and then Loki…. Or did he lost his younger son before everything else? Had he caused the boy to drift apart with the lies… but what else he could do ? He had brought the boy home, raised him as his own son … loved him as much as he could with his inhibition…yet he had lost everything. His beautiful wife, his fierce son, people’s trust….his kingdom! And for what?
Suddenly he stopped and looked around.His feet had carried him to Frigga’s chambers. He was so lost in thought that he didn’t realise that he unconsciously had walked into his late wife’s parlour… It looked as well maintained as it looked when his dear Frigga was around. He walked inside.. and sat on a couch as he used to do when he visited her. He has so many pleasant memories of this place. His wife weaving a tapestry, Thor and Loki entering already fighting for their attention or arguing on some petty issue… Frigga watching them with fond smile and keeping them together effortlessly! Young Thor running around in the garden and chubby Loki with big eyes toddling behind her… hiding in her skirts bashfully whenever Odin tried to approach him!
Odin sighed, What had happened to his family? Where had the green eyed boy with curios mind lost ?It was better that Frigga was not here to see her family break into pieces… maybe she wouldn’t have let us break ! She was the thread that bound my family together ! He looked up as he sensed someone else’s presence. And sure there stood Loki… looking at the tapestry of their family showcased on the wall of receiving room of late queen. This work was her favourite. Loki was so lost in picture that he had yet to notice Odin’s presence. His eyes watered as he tried to touch his mother with a trembling hand! And suddenly he felt other’s presence as Odin stood up from couch! His expression changed from shock to alarm to fear to hate within moments.
Before Allfather gathered courage to speak, to say something the young man vanished in green puff of Seidr!
There was none to listen when he called out to Loki.