Chapter 27

~~~~NYX~~~~

Night had once again fallen. Loki and Nyx didn't go further than the slow easy kisses. They fell asleep not long after, with no nightmarish interruptions. 

When they awoke and dressed again. Nyx felt as if all control had officially snapped. Like the kiss she granted him was so utterly addicting that distance from her felt painful. 

He couldn't take his eyes off of her as she tied her boots and slipped the leather gloves on her fingers. 

Something about her bare hands felt more intimate than any lovemaking he could have with her. His skin was still burning from the memory of her delicate fingers. 

He had tasted her and he didn't think he could ever live without it again. 

She tasted like peach champagne and caramel. He couldn't get her taste out of his head and he couldn't help but wonder if she tasted just as sweet elsewhere. 

He shoved the thought down, controlling his arousal as best he could. They were moving forward, he didn't want to screw it up by acting like a horny teenager. 

He followed her down the stairs and out onto the streets, his hand resting casually on her lower back. 

Nyx spotted Nina, standing at the end of the street looking utterly exhausted. 

"Hey sweetheart, got what I asked for?" Loki asked as they stepped next to her. 

"Ya, I found her. Took all day but I found her. She can get us in. I called in your favor with her so after this she says she owes you nothing." Nina responded motioning to a scandalously dressed female standing by the far wall. 

They walked towards her, her eyes focused on Loki before turning to him. The prostitute looked Nyx up and down a slow smirk spreading across her face.

"Damn Dirty hands, you sure know how to pick some good company. He could have me for the night and I wouldn't charge him a cent." The woman said as she stared hungrily at Nyx.

"Watch your mouth Jaz. That male is Loki's mate." Nina's voice was mocking and playful. The woman's eyes widened in horror. 

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't know." The woman, Jaz, whimpered. She was practically pissing herself at the thought of having lusted after Loki Brekker's mate.

Nyx felt a sort of pride being utterly claimed by Loki, by others backing off the second they knew who he was to her. 

"Get us into the prison and I'll forget your indiscretion. Say some shit like that again and I'll carve out your heart and make you eat it." Loki's voice was so dark and dangerous it sent a chill up Nyx's body. The dominating threat in her tone was sexy as fuck. 

"Right!" Jaz nodded leading them to a building surrounded by high walls. The woman walked up to the guard on duty, she whispered something in his ear and the guard's eyes widened before he left his post quickly. 

Loki checked her watch, a habit he was growing very fond of, before she walked in through the now unguarded door.

"We're square, right Brekker?" Jaz asked her voice shaking slightly. 

"Your debt is paid. Get out of my sight." Loki didn't break stride as she walked right passed Jaz into the prison. 

Nyx looked around, confused at the lack of security in a prison. Loki noticed his confusion and answered. 

"The Xesha border is near impossible to cross. It's even harder to get into the capital without being caught. They are cocky, they assume no one would get this far so why bother with security. Besides no one expects people to break into a prison that's the easy part, they are focused on making so no one leaves who isn't supposed to."

They walked down the near-empty corridors before stopping in front of a metal door. Loki dropped to a knee, taking out two tools before quickly picking the lock as if she had done it a thousand times. 

The door creaked open and inside sat the bloodied Jesper, Matthais, and Wylen. 

"Well aren't you all lookin' pretty." Loki crooned smirking at the boys. 

"You should see the other guys... They are huge and left the fight utterly unscathed. We got our asses handed to us." Jesper laughed before groaning in pain and holding his ribs. 

"Nina," Loki ordered.

Nina walked into the cell her eyes glowing gold as she healed each of the boys one by one. They all stood now fully healed, Loki pulled out her pocket watch. 

"Okay... Shift change is in two minutes. I'm gonna glamour us so don't talk. I know that is impossible for some of you so if you get caught I'm leaving you to die, understood?" 

They all knew she didn't mean it but they wordlessly nodded nonetheless. 

Loki waved her hand over them and Nyx felt her magic weigh down on him. They followed Loki as she walked towards the exit. As they grew closer she slowed, checking her watch one more time before picking up the pace and walking back through the door they came out of.

Loki held the glamour until they exited the city. 

They stood at the docks waiting to board a boat back to the border. Once they were outside the border they would winnow back to the night court. 

They made it almost to the border until they heard a deep menacing voice call out to them or more specifically, Loki. 

"Bastard of the Barrel! If it isn't Dirty-Hands herself." 

Loki didn't even turn around before whispering, "Fuck."

The crows and Nyx turned to look at the male, though Loki remained with her back facing him. The man was tall and menacing. A scar in the shape of an X was carved into his right eye which was empty of the eyeball itself. 

 "I have waited for the day our paths would once again cross... You took everything from me." The man spat. 

Loki finally turned, giving the man the iciest glare Nyx had ever seen. "You're gonna have to be more specific. I don't exactly know who you are." Loki responded coldly.

"You are such a monster you don't even remember the man whose eye you carved out. Whose comrade's you slaughtered. For what?!? For information?" The man's anger only got more venomous. 

"That doesn't exactly narrow it down," Loki responded to the man's fury with utter indifference. 

Nyx (being the utter simp he is) couldn't help but imagine Loki in the Court of Nightmares. She would eat the Hewn City alive. What a perfect High Lady she would be. 

Loki walked casually toward the male. Nyx stiffened, worried for his mate as she strutted towards an obvious threat. 

Nyx almost went ballistic when the male pulled out a knife and dove at Loki. 

Before Nyx could make a move Loki had casually sidestepped his advance. Twisting the knife from his hand and slicing the nerved to his legs in one graceful motion. 

The man fell to the ground hard roaring in agony. He couldn't stand again, Loki ensured that his legs would not work again without a masterful healer and months of rehabilitation. 

Loki casually through the knife to the side leaving the male bleeding on the ground trying to crawl after her. 

"ONE DAY, LOKI BREKKER! YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE."

"Your right. If there's any justice in the world. But we both know how likely that is." Loki called out as she rejoined the group, making their way across the border. 

"Did you really not know who that guy was?" Wylen asked. 

"Of course, I know who he is. I remember all of their faces. But he doesn't need to know that. It's easier for the survivors to sleep at night when the monster that let them live is just that... a monster." Loki responded not looking at them.

"You aren't a monster, Loki," Nyx whispered softly. He ran his knuckled up and down her arm as they walked, a poor attempt at comfort.

"We are all someone's monster, Nyx."