Thor
"What if I said you would no longer have to complete the ritual?"
The moment the words left my mouth, Raven's entire body jerked violently, like I had physically shaken her.
Her eyes locked onto mine immediately, searching desperately for the smallest hint that I was lying.
There was none.
The disbelief on her face was almost painful to look at.
But beneath the disbelief was something stronger.
Desperation.
Raw and unmistakable.
She looked like someone who would willingly sacrifice anything for the rest of her life if it meant never enduring the ritual again.
For a few seconds, I simply watched her reaction.
Her lips parted slightly in shock before closing again. Then opening once more as she struggled to form words.
"What… what do you mean?" she whispered.
She stared at me so intensely it was almost as though she was trying to determine whether I was truly Thor or someone pretending to be him.
