Bonus Scene 1

JEALOUSY TROPE!

JEALOUS LOKI :

Loki had always been one to keep her cool. 

To survive in the barrel one had to keep their head on their shoulder. It saved people from a lot of mistakes if they could keep calm. 

But as Loki sat back nursing her drink at Rita's watching some female rub up against an obliviously drunk Nyx, she lost it a bit. 

The female was pretty, with golden hair and constellations of perfectly placed freckles across her face. She wasn't dressed outwardly provocatively, the dress did well to mask her need for attention without looking like a whore. 

It was clear the female knew who Nyx was, she expertly made her seduction look like a friendly conversation. 

Loki paid no mind to it until the female's dirty little hand came to rest on Nyx's arm. She didn't want to give in to that green monster creeping up. 

She wasn't some petty, insecure little girl. 

But she IS Loki Brekker and she doesn't like people touching what is hers. But she had also spent months trying to be better for Nyx. Trying not to give in to the monster everyone knows she is. She could easily go rip that girl's heart straight from her chest, but that's not what good guys do. 

And Loki really was trying to be good.

Inej and Finch sat practically in each other's laps watching the scene unfold with equal terror and amusement. 

"U-Um... Boss? You okay over there?" Finch asked, adopting the crow's familiar title for the female. 

 "Fine." She answered shortly never taking her eyes off Nyx. 

Nyx's cheeks were flushed with intoxication, enough to sway where he stood but not enough that he wouldn't remember every detail of the night. 

Nyx had recognized the girl, Shiva, a young valkyrie he met in his twenties. They had slept together a few times but Nyx had slept with a lot of people before Loki.

What he had assumed was friends meeting up, Shiva assumed was the beginning of a long pleasure-filled night.

As the shadows whispered this knowledge into Inej's ears, she slid off of Finch. She had effectively placed her mate as a human shield for the drama that was about to unfold. 

"You know Loki, I always admire how calm you are... If Finch's ex-lover was flirting with him I would have been furious." Inej said with a smirk. 

Finch slowly turned his head to his mate, with wide eyes that screamed ARE YOU INSANE.

"Wraith... Explain what you just said." Loki said in a low menacing voice that made Inej rethink what she had done. 

"Her name is Shiva... She's a Valkyrie... She slept with Nyx a few times in their twenties." Inej answered honestly like the soldier she was. 

With a snap of Loki's fingers, Shiva's drink exploded in her hand. It cut her palm and stained her dress causing her to rush away to the bathroom. 

With slow, menacing steps Loki stalked up to Nyx who looked extremely confused. 

"Nyx..." Loki said coldly, gaining his attention immediately. 

The look of confusion blossomed into pure joy and admiration at the sight of his mate. He stumbled over to her with a cheesy wide smile, "Loki my darling! I've missed you!"

Loki grabbed him by the throat, not enough to hurt or cut off any air, just enough to grab his full attention.

She looked up at him, her eyes cold glowing silver with a mixture of rage and lust. 

"The next time, one of your little lovers touches what is mine... I will fuck you on the bar in front of them all... I will make them watch as I claim you like a fucking animal... Am I clear?" Loki growled in a seductive, possessive, low voice. 

Nyx sobered up immediately, so immediately turned on by his mate's words he forgot there were others around. 

"What's wrong Loki Darling, jealous?" Nyx asked to hope to piss her off enough that she might follow through with the promise of claiming him. 

She held his throat tighter, eliciting a small groan from him as she pulled him down to her level.

She kissed him, harshly and possessively, claiming him in the most nonchalant way possible. A growl escaped Nyx as she pulled back, her hand on his throat not allowing his lips to chase after hers. 

"What is there to be jealous of? You are mine, Nyx." 

Nyx loved the sound of that. 

JEALOUS NYX:

Nyx is not like Loki at all, as he finds no point in masking his jealousy. 

He was willing to openly snap at anyone who looked too long at his mate. 

Finch knew this. 

Finch was also a complete asshole and very bored. 

Loki had gone back to Ketterdam for the day with Inej to check up on the crow club. For the most part, she could run everything from the Night Court but every once in a while she liked to remind people that she was still the queen of the Barrel. 

Nyx had been on edge all day, still not doing well with separation from Loki. Remembering what happened a month ago at Rita's. An idea popped into dumbass Finch's head. 

They had been sparing when Finch came up with the perfect way to get Nyx's head out of the clouds and back into the fight. 

Repeating the words Inej told Loki, Finch smirked, "You know Nyx, I always admire how calm you are... "

"Not that I don't appreciate the compliment but what do you mean by that?" Nyx asked. 

Finch knew he would probably get his ass beat for this, but he was really bored. Plus he missed Inej and he knew the second the words left his mouth they would be headed to Ketterdam to see the girls. 

"I mean if my mate went all the way to see her ex-lover alone, I would have been furious. I'm really impressed with how calm you've been." Finch smiled.

The sky darkened as Nyx stopped moving. 

Seeing this as his chance Finch threw a punch at Nyx's face only for his fist to immediately be caught. 

As Nyx held Finch's fist in his hand his glowing blue eyes peered down at his cousin, "What the fuck are you talking about." 

"Loki went to Ketterdam to go see her ex-lover... He's still in love with her... But I'm sure there is nothing to worry about." Finch said cheerfully knowing someone was going to kick his ass for the lies he was spewing, praying that it would be Nyx and not Loki.

In his rage, Nyx snapped Finch's wrist shouting at Loki down the bond, "WHERE ARE YOU?!?!" 

It took a moment for her to respond which terrified him. When she finally did respond she said, "Crow club. I told you."

Nyx took off in a fury towards Ketterdam. 

Everyone moved out of his way as he marched into Loki's office only to find her there alone with a stack of papers.

"Now I know I'm no Daemati, but I'm sensing you need something rather urgently," Loki said calmly not even looking up from her papers.

" WHERE IS HE?" Nyx spat, glaring at his mate. 

Loki looked up with a cold angry sneer, "Watch. your. tone... and who are you talking about?"

"The ex-lover you have come to see."

"And who may I ask told you I had an ex-lover?" Loki asked, now somewhat understanding the situation. 

"Finch," Nyx answered honestly. 

Loki stood walking to Nyx and pushing his windblown hair out of his face. She kissed him softly looking up into his betrayed eyes. 

"You are the first and only lover I have ever had, Nyx... You are the only one to capture my heart or taste what sensuous pleasures I have to offer... There are none but you." Loki told him kissing him once more. 

Nyx sagged in relief, practically melting into her. 

Finch happily sat with Inej, unknown to him that after the couple had some alone time in the office, he would be hunted down for what he did.