The Serpent's Queen
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His hand advances from her wrist to her forearm. “Indulge me, Sif, just this once?” His breath is mead-sweet but she doesn’t think he’s actually drunk; his cold blue gaze is steady and fixed on her, and there’s no telling tremble from the hand on her arm. The interest that sparks in his eyes hasn’t been gained from a cup; this is a sober seduction, he knows exactly what he’s doing.
And so does Sif. “I may be too low to be your queen,” she tells him, offended by his presumption, “but I was born too high to be willing to make do as your mistress.”
“I could make you queen,” he says, expression thoughtful. “Who would dare to protest?"
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- Part 1 of The Serpent's Queen
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It isn’t even that Loki is a bad king, but Thor will always be a better one simply because he has had no chance to fail at the task, will always be the imagined perfect ruler that Asgard could have if only Loki would allow him to return and stand aside to give his older brother the throne.
Sif knows that he has one more point to make, one more argument with which he can hope to win her over. She is already forming the words in her mind when he says them; “And there’s the child to think of too, now.”
As if she hasn’t thought of that. As if she could forget.
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(Or, 'An unwholesome family tale of maternal ferocity and fratricidal impulses')Series
- Part 2 of The Serpent's Queen