I am on my way, and tell him he better watch his ass!_ Jack shouted, and I held the phone away from ear so it wouldn__ damage my eardrums. __eal mature, Jack,_ Peter scoffed

Are you going to be all right now?" Loki asked. He'd walked me over here, and he waited just inside the doorway."Yeah I'm great," I lied and sat on the bed. "The entire kingdom is falling apart. People are dying. I have to kill my father. And my husband just went crazy

Do you know much about the Vittra?""Some." He held out an orange slice to me. "Want some?""No, thanks." I shook my head. "How much is 'some'?""I meant like a slice or two, but you can have the rest if you really want.

He looked at me then, his deep golden eyes meeting mine, and I saw a heat in them that I felt reflecting in my own.

Darkness engulfed me...There was no ground below me, no sky above. Only the black, and the cold.

The sun had begun its descent toward the horizon, and the sounds of the carnival played like a familiar song behind me.