The price we pay
Tony was pushing his food around on his plate. Everything tasted bland and he didn’t really have an appetite. Peter put the piece of fish he was nibbling at down and knitted his eyebrows together.
“Tony? Are you alright?”
The human looked at his lover and forced a smile, “sorry love I uh I am thinking about stuff.” Peter nodded but he still looked concerned.
Tony wanted to stand up and run away but he knew this was not an option. Bruce’s words still rang in his ears, “if you won’t tell him till tomorrow evening, I will tell him myself.”
Peter watched him and Tony sighed, he would tell him but he didn’t want to let Peter go. He liked the boy just the way he was and he wanted to be together with him.
“I am sorry…I need some fresh air.”
Peter blinked and watched as Tony went to the elevator to get down to the beach. He went outside and walked along the shore to clear his head. Peter was probably worrying that he had done something wrong but Tony needed some space.
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Thor was not something, someone would call inconspicuous and Angie didn’t like that. It would be hard enough as it was to get into Jotunheim unseen but with a spoiled prince it would be twice as hard.
At least she made him shut up for now. The plan was quite simple, get in, find Loki, free Loki and get the hell out. Well there was too much that could go wrong but they had to try.
Angie led the prince away from Asgard and she was surprised how smoothly everything went, but she probably wouldn’t be able to return since the king would most likely try to kill her for abducting his son.
Not that she cared much, without Loki the place didn’t hold anything of interest to her. Thor followed her without hesitation.
His father was a fool if he believed Loki could be saved through mere words and he would prove it to him. Angie stopped behind a large formation of rocks and turned to Thor.
“Now listen up prince whatever your name is,” she began.
“My name is Thor.”
“Yeah like I said whatever, the Jotuns will not be happy to see either of us but I stand a chance against them while you are just a weak male.”
The prince gaped at her but before he could say something to voice his anger, she continued.
“However if we manage to work together we have a chance to find Loki so I tell you this once more, shut up and do exactly as I say.”
Thor growled but nodded, he had to remind himself that saving Loki was his priority and for that he had to deal with that nasty girl. By the gods if his brother and that girl produced an offspring it would probably roast the entire ocean and all its inhabitants with its sharp tongue.
He shuddered.
Angie ignored him and pulled him along and out of their hiding spot. They swam over the ocean floor and what looked like simple hard rock and sand was in truth hiding an entire race of merpeople.
She was searching for an opening between the rocks that was large enough to let the huge frame of the prince in and that wasn’t an easy task.
“Here, can you squeeze yourself in there?”
Thor grimaced, “no I don’t think so.”
Angie groaned and rubbed her face, “alright you stay here, I am going to go in and get Loki.” Why did she take him with her in the first place?
Before Thor could protest she quickly swam between the sharp edged and disappeared in the dark. The prince let out a frustrated huff.
Why was she treating him like he was just some useless fish? He was a prince for goodness sake. He circled the hole but ultimately decided not to follow her, not that he would fit through that hole anyway.
He chose to look around for a bit.
Angie swam inside and made her way to Loki’s prison. The guards were sparse and thanks to the many dark corners she was able to hide away easily.
The mermaid slipped into the cave where Loki was held and she easily pushed away the rock that closed up the hole Loki was held in.
“What is it now?” came the annoyed voice of the youngest prince and Angie couldn’t fight the smile off her lips.
“Well that is a way to thank me, prince.”
She peeked over the rim of the hole and grinned down at the surprised looking merman.
“Angie?” he smiled and shot out of the hole to hug his friend tightly. She actually hugged him back before pushing him away.
“We need to get away quickly. I brought your brother and I think it was not my wised decision to leave him unsupervised.”
Loki almost laughed at that, “alright put the boulder back so they don’t immediately notice I am gone.” Angie nodded and did as he told her, “alright but remember you are not ordering me around.”
Loki smiled and grabbed her hand, “I know and I will apologize for it later, now let’s go.” Angie couldn’t agree to that more and together they swam out of the cave.
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Tony was torn, not that this was anything new but it was also nothing he liked. Peter and he were meant for each other and they both knew it, still, from his point of view, the odds were against them.
He would have to tell him soon or Bruce would screw things up for him.
The genius stood on the beach, the water of the ocean gently caressing his feet as he watched the waves. It was beautiful and it made him sad.
With a sigh he brushed his hair back and as he turned to walk back to the house he saw Peter standing there, watching him.
“Tony what is wrong?”
Tony felt his heart clench but he managed to force a smile for his beautiful lover. With two large steps he was in front of him and hugged him tightly, “I love you Peter, I love you so much.”
The boy was startled by the sudden burst of emotion but immediately hugged him back, putting his head in the crook of his neck. Tony knew he was probably confused and he owed him the truth.
“Tony whatever it is, you can talk to me, you can always talk to me.”
Letting out a breath, Tony closed his eyes, “Bruce found a way to turn you back into a merman.”
Tony could hear Peter gasp and as he pulled back the boy smiled brightly, “really? I-I can be normal again?” He blinked when he saw the hurt expression in Tony’s face, “oh I didn’t mean…sorry I am just happy, I miss my tail and the sea.”
Tony nodded, “yeah…figured.” The human let out a breath before he managed a smile and patted his shoulder, “let us go back so I can call Bruce, I think he has a few more tests to run but I don’t think you have to stay like this for long anymore.”
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To say that their escape was exciting was putting it lightly.
The guards had discovered them half way out and chased after them alerting a small army to keep their prince from leaving. Good thing that he and Angie were the fastest swimmers around and in addition to that the mermaid was hellish strong.
With ease she beat up a guard that had managed to grab Loki’s tail and the other mermen stood back watching in horror as she flung him around like a toy only to smash him into a wall.
Loki swallowed as he watched, “oh god I am engaged to a female Thor.” Angie laughed at that and grabbed his wrist to they could swim away as long as the other guards were still startled.
“Your brother wishes to be like me Loki,” she said with a laugh. They rounded a corner and were face to face with Byleist.
The prince blinked at them in surprise, “what in the wet hell are you doing here?” Loki felt a sudden anger surge through him so he flung himself at his brother, knocking him down to the floor.
Angie hissed and turned around holding back the guards.
Loki raised his fist and hit his brother hard in the face, “this is for treating me like shit you asshole!” His knuckles hurt like hell but it didn’t stop him from hitting Byleist again, “and that is for throwing me at the mermaids.”
Byleist let out a grunt but managed to catch Loki’s fist when he aimed to throw the third punch.
“You little shit I am going to break your every bone,” the older hissed and Loki gasped as he wrapped a hand around his throat.
Loki tried to fight him but his huge hand pressed down on his gills and made it impossible for him to get any water into his body. His tail flicked around wildly as he clawed at Byleist’s arm, he didn’t want to die like this.
Suddenly out of nowhere an arm wrapped itself around the Jotun’s neck and he was pulled backwards. Letting out a surprised shriek the prince let go and Loki flared his gills sucking in water.
“Fuck, too close.”
“Loki get out of here!”
“Thor?”
The Asgardian prince wrestled against the huge Jotun and Loki stared at them as they collided with the cave walls. Thor was still chocking Byleist but he was not yet done. He pushed back against Thor, throwing his head back.
Loki winced as he heard the sound of Thor’s nose breaking as it collided with Byleist rock hard head. Still Thor didn’t let go.
“Oh my god, are you boys done hugging each other?”
Loki turned and noticed that Angie was floating next to him.
“What? How? Did you beat them all?”
Angrboda nodded, “yup now let us go.”
Loki gaped as he looked behind her and saw the piled up and mostly unconscious mermen. Seriously he would never piss off that mermaid or he would die, painfully.
Angie swam forward and punched Byleist in the stomach hard enough to even throw Thor back a little. The prince’s eyes rolled back and he went completely limp in Thor’s arms.
With a huff Thor let go and nodded at her, “I am not as useless as you thought huh?” The mermaid raised an eyebrow, “don’t challenge your luck guppy.”
Loki chuckled and swam past them, “come you two let’s get back home.”
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Peter sat on a chair in the lab and spun around.
Tony and Bruce were focused on a holographic image. It showed a string of DNA and Bruce pointed his pen at a certain area.
“Here you see that? This is something that bothers me. This part of his DNA is unstable due to the Formula he absorbed, I fear the new one won’t counter that and he could mutate.”
Tony nodded; he was no expert on this topic but smart enough to understand anyway. He glanced at Peter spinning around in the chair like a careless child.
“Will you be able to fix that?”
The scientist nodded, “yes but I need a little more time, the Formula is good, just not perfect. With a few more samples I can run tests to be absolutely sure I am not doing more harm than good.”
Tony nodded, “yes I think Peter will agree that this is the best thing to do right Peter?”
The boy stopped and swayed on his seat, giggling like a kid.
“What were you two talking about?”
Tony and Bruce sighed, “Bruce needs more samples to fix you up without any chances of turning you into a puddle of goo, you okay with that?”
Peter stood and walked over, “ah yes of course I wish we could skip the needles though.” Tony smiled and wrapped an arm around his shoulder, “we all hate them Peter but be brave and I will reward you.”
Peter’s eyes lit up and he smiled up at his mate, “oh and what would you give me?” Tony grinned and kissed him, “how about a night full of passion, love and dirty sex? Afterwards we can have pancakes.”
“No matter what time it is?”
“Yes!”
Peter squealed and wrapped his arm around Tony, kissing him back with a lot more enthusiasm than appropriate. Bruce cleared his throat as he looked away blushing.
“Guys I am still here."
Tony chuckled and parted from Peter, “sorry Bruce, but go ahead and take the samples.” Peter nodded a little breathless and sat down offering his arm.
Bruce took some blood and skin from Peter’s arm and as soon as he was fixed up Tony lifted him off the chair and carried him upstairs.
“If you need something Bruce, tell Jarvis. Jarvis I am busy no calls.”
Bruce groaned and the AI sounded rather amused, “of course Sir.”
Once they were in their bedroom Tony put Peter on the bed and stripped down immediately, “you were such a brave boy, now I am going to tread you the way you deserve.”
Peter laughed and relaxed while Tony climbed over him gently taking of his shirt and boxers. He leaned over him and began to mouth at his neck, exploring every inch of skin with his lips.
Tony could feel Peter shudder and goose bumps spread over his skin as he moaned in pleasure. It let his already half hard cock swell with blood.
Tony let his hands wander and his nails gently scratch the soft skin under them. Peter gasped and took his lover’s head in his hands.
They shared a look before they claimed each other’s lips in a heated kiss.
“I love you Tony,” Peter whispered as they broke and Tony smiled at him.
“And I am only yours,” the human replied, capturing his lips again.
Tony kept his promise.
They made out for what felt hours without a rush and when they both couldn’t stand it anymore he took Peter, throughout in every position the boy wanted.
Tony wasn’t young enough to get hard as many times as he used to when he was a teen but practice and a little help did the rest.
“Tony,” Peter moaned loudly as he lay there with half lidded eyes, his arms limp at his sides, his ass propped up on a few pillows.
Tony smiled at him as he slowly thrusted into him, it seemed like he finally managed to fuck him out properly.
“Yes darling?”
Peter’s fingers twitched and he tried to silence a moan in the pillow his head rested on. Tony chuckled and paused his movements, “do you want me to stop?”
Peter shook his head, “no, oh gods please don’t.”
Tony grinned and began to thrust again squeezing the younger’s ass a little, “then what? What should I do?” Peter groaned squeezing his eyes shut, “let me come, I want to come Tony, please.”
Tony grinned and laughed, “oh but I am not in the mood yet.” He picked up the bottle of lube that had lost a surprisingly amount of liquid since they began their evening and poured a few drops on Peter’s back.
The boy arched his back as the cool gel hit his heated back, “aah Tony that is unfair.” The genius just smiled and pushed himself in till the hilt before he began to spread the lube on Peter’s back.
He massaged him and made him arch his back even more.
“I like to make you feel good and I have the feeling you like it too.”
Peter groaned as Tony massaged his back finding a tense spot and releasing the tension with his thumbs.
“I love it,” Peter said moaning the last word into his pillow. Tony chuckled a pulled his hands back to slap his ass. The boy yelped but before he could voice any form of protest Tony thrusted back in and out this time in a fast pace.
He had delayed their release long enough and was determent to make them come one final time. With a low grunt Tony kept moving and once Peter let out a gasp and clenched around him he knew he found his special spot.
“Tony, please let me come, let me come.”
The boy kept chanting the words and who was Tony to deny him his pleasure. With a loud moan he thrusted deep inside and Peter arched his back as he spilled his seed.
Tony came as Peter clenched around him and he spilled into his still needy hole. Both men panted heavily and Tony almost immediately slipped out of Peter to collapse next to him.
The boy smiled and reached out to caress Tony’s bearded cheek, “I love you. You are probably tired of hearing it but I need to say it.” Tony closed his eyes and turned his face to kiss Peter’s palm, “I will never grow tired of it love. I love you too.”
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Frigga had her arms tightly wrapped around Loki and it seemed like she would never let go of him again. Loki soaked up her affection as he had his arms also wrapped around her while his forehead rested on her shoulder.
“Mother, I missed you so badly.”
Odin was next to them and rubbed Loki’s shoulder, “we are glad to have you back son.” The Queen kissed his raven locks, “yes I will never let you go, never again.”
Thor grinned at Angie who had her arms crossed in front of her chest, “yes how cute, but we should talk.” She looked at Odin, “this will mean war you must be aware of that.”
The King sighed and suddenly he looked a lot older than he actually was. He let out a breath and nodded, “I know, all of you come to the hall of counsel so we can talk about this.” To Angie’s surprise the King reached out to her and put a hand on her shoulder, “and I thank you daughter, we are indebted to you.”
Frigga nodded and let go of Loki, “yes we will never be able to repay you properly.” She hugged her too and Thor made a sound of protest, “hey I helped too.”
Frigga chuckled and hugged her eldest son and kissed his cheek, “yes you did and I am so proud of you.” After squeezing his shoulders she followed her husband and Thor growled, “I did help.”
Loki bit his lip to keep himself from laughing as he patted his shoulder. Angie shrugged, “I still did all of the heavy lifting.”
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“Sir, it appears you have a guest in the cove.”
Tony frowned and Peter perked up from where they sat on the couch.
“A guest?” Tony asked but since his mouth was stuffed with popcorn it was barely understandable, but Jarvis managed anyway.
“Indeed Sir, it appears to be Prince Loki.”
Peter jumped up almost throwing the giant bowl of popcorn to the floor and ran to the elevator. Tony growled a little but didn’t stop his lover; he instead continued to watch the movie.
Peter took the elevator downstairs and ran towards the water where he could already see the black haired prince looking at him. He noticed, to his surprise, that Loki’s smile fell as he approached him.
“Peter…what happened to you?”
The boy smiled a little sheepishly and sat down on to let his feet dangle into the water, “it was kind of an accident and now I have legs.” Loki eyed his pale stilts warily and nodded slowly, “I can see that.”
Peter was a little surprised by his reaction, “so why are you here, I mean you promised to visit but…you are late doing so.” Loki nodded as he stared at his legs, “yes I was…busy. I met my Sire and we had some bonding time, my other brother tried to kill me and now I am engaged and we are at war.”
Peter blinked at him, “wow so I missed a lot.”
The prince chuckled and poked his calf curiously, “an awful lot, but I just have to ask is…this permanent?” Peter knitted his eyebrows together; Loki looked at his legs with a surprising amount of disgust.
“No…Tony and Bruce are about to turn them back into a tail.”
The prince looked at him rather relieved, “good, glad to hear that.” Peter frowned at him, “I am still me Loki.” The merman tilted his head, “are you? You are wearing clothes Peter, you walk and smell like a human.”
Peter looked at his friend in surprise, in his eyes he hadn’t changed a bit but maybe, for a merman he was different now. He swallowed and shook his head, “no Loki, I am still me.”
The prince looked at him but his lack of comment spoke for itself. Peter looked down on his hands feeling hurt by his friend’s reaction.
“So our friendship is not strong enough that you will accept me like this?”
Loki’s head snapped up and his long black hair wiped around hitting him in the face with a wet slap, “I never…Peter you are still my friend just not…”
“Just not the way you want me to be.”
The accusation hung heavy in the air and while Loki pried the wet strands of hair loose from his face Peter shook his head and stood.
“Thanks for visiting Loki but maybe Tony is right and it is easier for me to stay human. It is not like…it is not like I have something to return to in the sea.”
Loki let out a sound of protest, “no Peter, I didn’t mean it like that I was just so surprised and…confused. A lot has happened and I…I feared you…wouldn’t be you anymore.”
The boy turned angry, the prince sounded so shallow it was almost funny, almost.
“Which I am clearly not anymore, according to you at least.”
Peter rubbed his face, why was everything so damn complicated? Loki sighed, “I am sorry Peter, I should have been a better friend and supported you, I meant the change probably wasn’t easy for you, was it?”
Peter shook his head and sat down on the floor again, “no it wasn’t but Tony helped me a lot and uh he accepted a mating gift from me.” Loki blinked and swallowed heavily, “you ah you made him your mate?”
The boy smiled brightly, “yes and I have to tell you one of the best things about having a mate is, well mating. I enjoy it very much.” He blushed and Loki blinked in surprise.
“I uh I think I should go now,” the prince quietly announced, he seemed a little sad and Peter didn’t understand why.
“You are not coming up with me? We could watch a movie or eat something special.”
The prince just shook his head, “no, no I need to go, but thanks anyway.” Peter looked at his friend obviously disappointed and Loki sighed, “Peter we are currently at war with Jotunheim, I don’t have time for such things.”
Peter nodded and stood, “yes I…am sorry.” Loki looked at him with a torn expression, “I actually hoped you would be able to join me down there, I could use someone like you.”
The boy chuckled, “I am no warrior, you know that.” Loki shook his head, “we have all the warriors we need Peter, what we need are thinker, strategists.”
Peter looked at him with a raised eyebrow, “Loki I am banished, I cannot return even if I was able to.” Loki sank into the water and resurfaced, pushing his hair and water out of the face.
“Yes but I convinced my father to let you come back if you prove yourself worthy. What better way to do that than to fight in a war.”
Peter looked at him with mixed feelings, “well…I cannot so you need to go it alone.” Loki nodded, “yes, well there is no helping it.” With a flick of his tail he swam away from the boy, “ah by the way I am glad to see you well.”
He smiled and waved at him before he dove down into the deep waters.
Peter stood on the stay and stared at the water with mixed feelings, he felt bad for many different reasons.
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Loki returned home in a rather sour mood, he had hoped to find Peter and be able to convince him to come home but seeing him being turned into a human didn’t sit too well with him.
Angie noticed as soon as he entered his now shared quarters. The mermaid sighed as Loki angrily flopped down on his bed.
“Didn’t go too well huh?”
Loki nodded.
“Did you boyfriend refuse to come home or was he unable to?”
Loki sighed, “I am in no mood to talk about this Angie and Peter is not my boyfriend.” The female lazily flipped her tail creating a tiny cloud of sand and dust, “but you wish he was.”
Loki turned his head and looked at her, “are you jealous?” Angie snorted and turned to look at him with an amused smile, “Loki don’t flatter yourself you know I am not, I just grew quite fond of the idea to be your queen and I don’t want some little boy to jeopardize it.”
Loki stared at her, “you are joking right?”
Angie laughed and got up from her seat, stretching her back with a yawn.
“Am I? Who knows, anyway I am going out to hunt.”
Loki rolled his eyes, “you don’t need to hunt we have people to do that for us.” The mermaid picked up a spear she stole somewhere and smirked at him, “your people are lousy hunters, I rather do it myself.”
She blew a kiss in his direction and swam outside his cave. The prince found himself smile like a fool at that but he quickly shook his head and turned to lie on his back. He looked up onto the ceiling and thought about everything that happened.
“Stupid humans,” he groaned, “they ruin everything.”
He liked Angie, very much but he still had a crush on Peter. The beautiful brown eyed merman had been his only friend, comfort and accomplice for years and he couldn’t just forget about that.
With a sigh he turned to his side facing the wall of the cave as he tried to not think about Peter anymore, he was a human now. The sooner he accepted that fact, the better.
Loki slowly curled up into a ball, oh how he hated that stupid human inventor.
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Tony watched Peter through the glass door with his eyebrows knitted together. Bruce stood next to him with a similar expression on his face.
“Did you talk to him?”
Tony shook his head.
“Oh good so you didn’t fight.”
Tony nodded.
“Alright so why is he out there looking like he is going to jump off the balcony any minute, to put his miserable life to an end?”
Tony sighed, “I really don’t know Bruce, he seemed so happy when I told him you had a solution for him but then he talked to Loki and ever since he is kind of moody. I tried talking to him but he just says he needs time so I backed off.”
Bruce nodded slowly, “well I think you should really talk to him Tony, I am in the lab I need to run a few more tests with the new samples.” Tony nodded but his eyes were focused on his young lover.
The merman looked like he was in distress and he really didn’t like that. With a sigh he pushed the patio door open and stepped outside into the sun.
“Peter, are you alright?”
The boy sighed and let his head hang low, “Tony I…am confused.” Instead of answering Tony stepped behind him, wrapped his arms around the boy and rested his head on his shoulder.
The couple stood like this for a while as they looked down onto the water. The waves were dancing and the sun made the water glister so much, it almost hurt to look at it but neither of them moved.
“Peter I will accept your decision, if you want to become a merman again and…maybe even choose to leave me I will not stop you, this is your decision.”
Peter sighed and rested his head against Tony’s, “Tony you are my mate I will never just leave you, it is just…Loki told me that Asgard and Jotunheim are at war and if I participate in it I could prove my worth to Odin and go back again. I could see May again!”
Tony nuzzled his neck and Peter giggled as his beard scratched his sensitive skin.
“That sounds great.”
Peter nodded, “yes but it might also mean that I will have to cut ties with you and I just promised you to not leave you behind.” Tony kissed his neck and turned him around to look at him, “Peter for once I might have a plan that is not completely crazy and will definitely work.”
The boy looked at him sceptical but nodded, “I hope you are right although I cannot believe the part about it not being crazy.” Tony laughed and pinched his side, “when did you become so sassy?”
Peter shrieked and jumped back, “the day you pulled me out of the sea, my little goldfish.” Tony grinned at him, “I am not a goldfish, my lovely flounder, I am a mighty shark!”
The boy snorted, “yeah sure more like an sea urchin.” Tony grinned, “their sting is unbelievably painful and some are even deadly, it works for me.” Peter took a step back a big grin on his face, “yes and some of them eat through their butt.”
Tony blinked, “you little shit!” The boy squealed and ran back into the house, Tony chased after him and Bruce sighed as he heard them run, scream and laugh above his head.
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After all that happened, it felt good to be home again. Loki was glad and he really enjoyed being close to his mother, father and even Thor. Although it was a little annoying how the older always tried to force him to tell him stories from Jotunheim.
In the end though he would always tell a tale or two.
Their relationship had become better since Loki’s return and both knew it was due to the fact that they had both been through the same experience and had been saved by each other. Neither of them spoke about it though.
Loki enjoyed being close to Thor once again; he had felt lost ever since Thor had become a warrior while he was left behind with his studies and other less honourably activities. Maybe after all that time they would finally be close enough to share their secrets and wishes.
Oh gods he sounded like a girl.
Loki shook his head and focused on the map in front of him. Since they didn’t use paper underwater the map was carved into stone and stood as a table in the middle of the cave. Odin held onto his spear as he studied it with his one eye, “we need some kind of advantage to defeat the Jotuns, they are powerful swimmers and fighters, also they are plenty in numbers.”
Loki nodded, “yes they are quite formidable and not easy to beat also they are truly loyal to Laufey and will not abandon him.”
Odin eyed his son, “what about his son?”
Loki scoffed at that, “Byleist is an idiot, easy to outsmart but a strong fighter, he could pose a serious threat.” Odin nodded, “I feared you would say that.”
Thor looked at the map, “we should hit them with full forces and hope for the best, we don’t have enough warriors to split the army.”
Loki grimaced at that, “that is a bad plan but you are right, we just don’t have the numbers.” Odin slumped into his large seat and scratched his beard, “what about your pet?”
The second prince turned to look at his father, “Jor? I…I cannot make him fight for us; he is still an animal and can be unpredictable. If he…if he hurts someone on the wrong side I am at fault.”
Odin sighed, “I know but what choice do we have?”
Loki looked at Thor but the older prince just shrugged. Fine so he wasn’t a help this time. Loki groaned and sat down in a chair, “I will think about it but I don’t want to resort to that.”
Both his father and brother exchanged a look before they nodded. At least they still knew that nothing good would come from pressuring him.
Odin sighed, “I fear I have doomed our people.”