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Klara's anxiety grew with each passing second that it took her boyfriend to realise what was going on. She felt her best friend's magic tug at hers, trying to figure out what was wrong but she was so distressed that it already must have been an answer enough. "Wait, no. She's going to see me and know something's wrong," Klara protested when Rafael asked her to stay with their oldest but she then just nodded, composing herself enough so that nobody at the party would get any clue what was happening. Once Klara ensured the girls were safe with Rafael's parents, especially his father after she'd briefed him on the situation, she set out on her own to find whoever had Lovisa, relying on her own bond with her daughter. She froze when she saw Lucia on the steps leading away from the tower, thinking she was hallucinating. She saw her boyfriend escort her out -- then how did she manage to come back and take their baby without anyone noticing? Klara didn't take too much time to ponder on that. Fueled equally by rage, fear, and guilt, she didn't even notice when her magic took over, turning her into her Ljósálfar form. And it was an instinct for her to protect her baby girl, with one invisible hand nearly choking the life out of that woman, and the other catching Lovisa into a safe embrace until she'd be able to be with her mother. Klara hadn't noticed she had an audience, nor did she particularly care as her only focus was on Lucia and making her pay for all that she'd done to them and to her own daughter, too. And it was Ella coming up in her mind that actually stopped Klara from making the ultimate move. She eventually released the hold she had on the woman and without wasting any second, ran towards Lovisa, cradling her in her arms, tears streaming down her face as she kept talking to her in Asgardian and rocked her to calm her down. Afterwards, everything had been a blur and she barely noticed when she was back at the apartment where the party was already wrapping up, with the birthday girl none the wiser about anything that had just happened. And Klara hoped she would stay this oblivious.

She knew this was far from over but everyone had finally left, save for Rafael's parents, who insisted on staying the night. And once it was quiet and empty, Klara relocated from the nursery where she'd locked herself in, back to the living room; waiting for Rafael to come back home. "Hey," she spoke softly when she saw him. She adjusted Lovie in her arms and sat up straight. "Your parents are in the guest room, they didn't want to stay the night at their hotel," Klara explained and fell silent, letting him take their daughter in his arms. "Has she said anything?"

"Baby, I'm not talking down to you." Rafael looked at her, calmly, though he sighed a moment later and ran a hand through his curls. "Look, I have dealt with Lucia's ass for years now, okay? I know Eliana doesn't recognize her and wouldn't care less if she was here or not. But what Lucia is good at is making a scene." He turned to face his girlfriend and gently placed his hands on her shoulders. "That's what i don't want her to do. I don't want Lucia to hurt Ella by causing a scene. That's what she wants me to do. So when I can, I'm going to get her out of here." The answer wasn't enough, based off of how Klara told him to do what he thought was right. He let out another breath, catching his brother's gaze as he looked out to the party. Thankfully, Rafael was able to get to his ex-wife shortly after, which was why he was looking at Klara with a look of confusion when she approached him later on in the day. "My mom?" He asked, a little alarmed at the state his girlfriend was in. Rafael sat his drink down and turned fully to her. "She's with the girls." He looked at Klara a moment longer, realizing what was happening. Rafael moved his arm around her, eyes flicking over to his brother and Odinson—the latter looking like he knew something was happening—and to his mother who was with Eisa and Ella. Their baby nowhere in sight. Raf looked over at Odinson again and nodded towards Tony and Bruce in a signal for him to get them. Voice shaking a little, he turned back to Klara and asked, "Can you stay with Ella?"

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Klara let out a sigh and stood on her tiptoes to pat his shoulder before taking a step back to avoid being hit with the axe. Not that she ever doubted Thor or that she wouldn't be able to deal with it on her own. "Your father has been manipulating your both for centuries but the way he hurt Loki -- they way he still does it -- it's way more that one person should be handling," Klara carried on, her voice soft and gentle. She wasn't judging Thor for the way he acted because she knew very well that he didn't have bad intentions. It wasn't his fault that he stupidly believed Odin was capable of change. But now he needed to understand that some people will never change. "Loki needed his big brother and you weren't there for him, so naturally he's hurting now. You need to give him time and space to heal, darling."

"Perhaps it is best that I do not make my decisions alone then," Thor said, chuckling. But his smile was bittersweet. He scratched the back off his head carefully with the axe, then brought it in front of him. Thumbed at the blade while he sighed. "I am afraid the only target for my rage is myself," he admitted coarsely. He tossed the axe, watched it spin and thunk into the wood. "I thought it would be different. I thought he would be different, and that if I did as he wished, and joined him at his side, he would --" Thor scrubbed a hand over his face. "I thought Odin had called me back to talk about Loki. To truly... Well, it doesn't matter. I was wrong, and he is the same as he always has been."

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“Huh?” Klara woke up from her 30-second micro-nap, slightly confused about what was happening around her. “Sorry, must have dozed off,” she said, giving the other person an apologetic smile. After the events of the last party, she didn't let her daughter out of her sight, nights included. “What were you saying? I promise you have my attention now," she encouraged them, while bringing Lovisa closer to her.

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"Hela, I don't know why my boyfriend's ex tried to kidnap our baby," Klara huffed as she adjusted the said baby in her baby wrap. "Maybe because she is a psycho ass bitch."

"I have several questions. First off... why?"

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Klara had little to no recollection of what had happened - as if she was on an autopilot and all her instincts took over when she saw her baby girl in that woman's arms. When it was finally over, she just took to hiding in the nursery, not letting anyone in and not leaving Lovisa out of her sight. The baby was now sound asleep in her arms but she still could not get the sound of her crying out of her mind. A gentle knock on the door brought her back to reality and she was just about to let them know to get out but seeing her best friend was honestly what she needed. "Find us a new realm where nobody can find us?" she asked, immediately falling into Loki's arms. She sat there quietly for some time, not really sure how much, just staring at Lovisa. "I should have done it," she eventually spoke, "I didn't stop her and now she's going to do something worse. But I couldn't, I--," she sniffled and shook her head, hiding even more in his embrace. "I wouldn't be able to look Ella in the eyes."

There was a flurry of activity in the house—whether it be someone from SHIELD or Asgard—but he went straight to where he knew she was. Loki stepped inside and quietly shut the door behind him. “Hi,” he said softly, looking at her for a moment. He had to give it to her: she was stronger and far more composed than he was. If it had been Eisa, there wouldn't have been a soul left alive. But he knew the restraint Klara had forced herself to maintain. He sighed and walked over to her, drawing her into his arms and holding her, both of them, as close as he could. “Tell me what you need me to do, darling.” ; @klarafromasgard

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"Don't talk down to me like that, Rafael," Klara huffed in response. She kept looking in the direction of the girls, making sure that the woman didn't get too close to them without any supervision. Which thankfully was provided by her best friend and Edward. "Ella is distracted enough, you can go ahead and kick her out. That's all I'm asking you to do. It's not like El is going to notice she's not there anymore," she carried, shaking her head. "But do whatever you think is right," Klara said and then returned to the party, keeping a close eye on the girls. It wasn't too difficult since playing with the girls came to her as naturally as talking to their adult guests. Some time later, she scanned through the crowd and let out a relieved breath when she couldn't see Lucia anymore, thinking that her boyfriend finally got rid of her or she left the party on her own, seeing as she wasn't able to shake them up. What she had troubles with was finding her youngest, though. She knew that Lovisa was either with Rafael's parents, her nanny or her best friends but when she couldn't locate her, the weight in her chest kept getting heavier and heavier with any passing second. After checking the rest of the rooms closed to their guests, she just couldn't shake off that feeling that something was wrong. "Raf," she stopped her boyfriend, pale as a ghost when she saw he didn't have her either but she tried to put a brave face on. There had to be an explanation. "Have you seen your mother? She was the last one who had Lovie and I can't find her anywhere. I can't see her, I can't feel her, something is not right, Rafael," Klara ran her hands through her hair, knowing she had to compose herself because panicking was only make matters worse. "Please, tell me you know where she is."

"Sweetheart, you think I want her here?" Rafael questioned, looking over at his girlfriend. "You think I didn't want to hunt her down and get rid of her myself for following you two?" He nodded out to where Ella was, playing with her cousin and Morgan, without paying a bit of attention to his ex-wife. He wasn't sure if she was doing it on purpose—or if Eliana really didn't know who Lucia was. He was leaning towards the latter, which pissed him off even more. "Ella is the only reason I'm not doing the things I want to do, baby. I'm not making this hard for her. My brother's ready to give her legal hell. It's going to get messy enough without adding to it." Raf glanced back outside to see his brother and Loki lingering close behind his ex. "I asked him to have some of his guys from Asgard come down to help," he admitted after a moment, having not told her that. Rafael turned his attention back to Klara, "Between them and my guys from SHIELD, I have no idea how the hell she got in."

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All the years of fake smiles finally paid off when Klara had to pretend everything was fine at the last place she ever thought she'd have to do that - Ella's birthday party. But when Lucia somehow managed to enter the party, Klara couldn't really show how much it bothered her. The woman was Ella's mother, after all, even if the little girl needed a reminder of who the strange woman was to her. Even if to an outside eye nothing in Klara's cheerful demeanor suggested she was fuming on the inside, she knew her boyfriend saw right through it. "I want her out of here now, Rafael," she said once they were alone. "She's already stalking us, I'm not going to wait and see if she's going to try doing something worse. And you are going to figure out how she got in there."

Rafael slid his arm around Klara's waist, swiftly leading her away from the party. "You know my brother would allow an 81 if she tries anything," he said, before Klara could argue with him. Once they were alone, he turned to her and sighed, "I don't know how she got in here, but I'm staying civil for Ella's sake, baby. Her ass is out of here once she's distracted." He shook his head, "You saw how she reacted. Ella barely knows who she is." ; @klarafromasgard

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"Well, you'd be down two kings and an advisor, if you allowed me to throw axes at people," Klara teased before looking at her friend. "Any particular reason you're in an axing mood, my dear?"

"One of the few downfalls of this realm," he agreed, grim for a moment. "But perhaps we can change that once I am a king, yes? I for one think the world is a much happier place when you can throw axes at someone. A little -- little bit."

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Klara was standing over Lovisa's pram for a good minute, making sure their sleeping baby was actually breathing. Once she was sure of that, she turned her attention back to her boyfriend, rolling her eyes fondly at his words. "Aren't you a little bit dramatic, baby? It's been a year already," she asked as she sat on his lap and ran her hand through his curls. "The world is spinning and I don't like it," she pouted, resting her head against Rafael's shoulder. "Make it stop."

"I need a fork so I can pluck my eyes out," Rafael stated, completely deadpanned, as his girlfriend walked over. "Or bleach. I could inhale it and my memories from the last hour will be erased." ; @klarafromasgard

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"Don't praise the sunset, my darling," Klara chuckled and took a small sip of her drink, making a face at how strong it was. "Have they always been this strong or am I out of practice?" she asked with a laugh and looped her arm around Jane's. "They'll be fine and worst -- or best -- case scenario is that we will both take over."

"Good news. I don't have to kill Asgard's future king. Either one of them." She smiled, before rolling her eyes. She handed Klara the drink she had gotten for her from the bar and sat beside her. "I saw them talking. Princess Assface looked like he was actually being civil." ;@klarafromasgard

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"I saw this guy wearing full-blown glittery wings and honestly, I am mad at myself for not coming up with this idea," Klara mused with a sad sigh but a smile appeared immediately on her face as her daughter ran up to her to give her the half-eaten glitter cotton candy she didn't want anymore. "Though, I suppose wings aren't too practical with two kids," she chuckled as she watched the little girl run back to her friends.

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Klara was glad that she had Tony accompany her that day because even if she was actually able to handle it on her own, she just felt safer with him by her side. "Yeah, it's not the first time," she nodded. "And yes, I did tell him. That's why he has full custody and she barely has supervised visitation," Klara added as she kept walking, trying not to pay too much attention to her. "I just don't know what is her goal in all of it."

"Wait, what?" Tony blinked and looked up at her, before his eyes darted past her. "You mean the one making shifty ass looking eyes over here?" He used his glasses to run stats of the woman and nodded when her suspicions were confirmed, subtly shifting so he was standing somewhat in front of Klara, blocking her from view. "Have you seen her do this before?"

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"Not really," Klara mused. "Apparently it's illegal to throw them at people, so I had to find another outlet for my frustrations."

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"Tell me, my friend... have you ever thrown an axe before? It's very satisfying."

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"Uhhhhh," Klara let out a breath. "Is that someone a really hot woman your age with crazy eyes?" she asked, not daring to look behind but she had a good reason to believe she knew who was following them. "Because that would be Rafael's ex-wife and that would suck a lot if that was her."

"Someone's following us. We need to lose them."

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"Here you go, here's your emotional support newborn," Klara handed him the baby as she walked inside his apartment. She put down all of the bags on the couch before turning back to Loki, her expression softening. "Listen, we don't have to talk if you don't want to. I'll just chill here, let you get your new baby snuggles quota while I take a well-deserved nap. Raf and Ella are on a daddy-daughter date and I don't really feel like being home alone just yet." @glcriouspvrpose