Warriors by C. Gockel

Author:C. Gockel [Gockel, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: loki, norse mythology, mythology, fairy tales, odin, ragnarok, thor
Publisher: C. Gockel
Published: 2015-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

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The image of Sigyn’s turned back dances at the forefront of Amy’s mind. She can feel the way Loki’s stomach turned to lead as Sigyn did ... Was that the beginning of the end? Or the first time Loki noticed how deep the cracks were?

“He’s easy on the eyes, that’s for sure,” says Beatrice. She’s peering through the window on Steve’s door. Despite herself Amy looks.

Nari is talking to Henry, his back to them. Loki’s son is wearing dark jeans and a gray v-neck sweater. Both fit him perfectly—or maybe he fits them perfectly. She draws back. The sort of guy who would have nothing to do with her, she’s not all that and ...

Amy blinks. Her face flushes, and she’s suddenly struck by a memory of Loki sitting at Hoenir’s table, casually eating a rack of lamb. Loki was about seventeen. Waving a rib he said, “Hoenir, could you turn me into a woman?”

Where he was sitting across the table, Hoenir spit out his tea.

Propped up on the counter edge, Mimir said, “Errrr … Loki, what brings this on?”

Loki bit a piece of meat from the bone, barely pausing to chew it before he swallowed it down. “It just seems like it’s so much easier for women to have sex.”

Hoenir went bright red and started coughing.

Loki continued. “If you’re a woman, all you need is the barest minimum of looks and hygiene and you can have sex with just about any man.”

“Would you marry just about any woman?” Mimir said, raising an eyebrow.

Loki drew back in his seat. “No.” Pointing a finger, he said, “Don’t be offensive, Mimir. We’re just talking about sex here.”

Recovering from his coughing fit, Hoenir rolled his eyes.

“And you’d have sex with anyone,” said Mimir with a sigh.

“No …” Loki tapped his chin. “Well … almost. But I wouldn’t marry just anyone … ” He shrugged and feigned an air of indifference. “If I ever get married at all.”

Amy feels her skin go hot. She’s flustered by Loki’s flippancy and shallowness, and then she blinks, remembering Anganboða. When he first laid eyes on her Loki thought she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. But that isn’t why he fell in love with her. He loved her because she laughed at his jokes, but knew he was more than a fool; she saw through Baldur’s illusions, and she was smart and loved magic.

Amy looks toward the nursing station where they first saw Sigyn. Sigyn is beautiful, but on Asgard her looks aren’t special. Loki loved her because she loved Helen, and for her strength of will—her willingness to stand up to him, stand up for him and his children, and her wisdom and perseverance.

Amy takes a step back, memories flooding her mind. Loki wasn’t an outlier. When it came to love, men required a certain level of health, but beauty was subjective, and usually it wasn’t really what made men fall. A lot of times they just wanted to be with women who genuinely liked them.

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