*Loki POV* After Iris left, I awkwardly laid next to my mate and laid my head on her thigh, wrapping my arms around her legs. I just needed to be close to her to not only calm me down, but Zeus as well. Liam had gotten the call from Kevin that they were back and had found and captured Thomas and Scott, and he offered to go deal with them, and I thanked him for doing that task. I would probably have killed Thomas if I had to look at him at that particular moment. I must have dozed off completely, because I was woken by someone running their fingers through my hair. I jumped out of instinct, and Mel immediately apologized for startling me. I laid my head back down and tried to calm my racing heart, and told her it was OK, and that I liked it. She rubbed my head for a while longer, and as

