Cat and mouse (part 1) Revised version!

Chapter 22

I had breakfast with Thor and his band of warriors the morning after my arrival.
They had been loud and full of laughter and I enjoyed the stories they shared.
I finally found out what sweetbread was, turned out if was a thin bread that was made with sugars and honey, and after it was cooked it was sprinkled with cinnamon and oats.
I put two extra pieces onto a place and stood up.
"Lady Anna where are you headed?" Thor asked me.
"I was going to bring Loki some."
It felt like I was betraying myself by being kind to him but he had been on my mind all night and morning. Bringing him food seemed like a good excuse to see him and get it over with.
"How kind of you." He he said grinning at me
"Come, I will show you the way!"
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The cell block was not nearly as bad as I imagined it. There was only one cell, it was furnished with a stool, a few chairs and a bowl of fake golden fruit along with a mirror above a fake fireplace. Loki was laying on a chair that doubled as a bed.
"I thought it was going to be a dungeon."
"That's below us, this is for those who are imprisoned but are close to the family."
"Do a lot of your family end up in here?" I asked surprised.
"A few." He admitted shrugging.
"I'll leave you to it then." He said clapping and leaving me alone with the god of lies.
I walked up to the front of the cell and looked for an intake slot but found the entire font was some sort of force field.
Loki was tossing a cup in the air and catching it, he head my footsteps and paused, his arm outstretched with the cup grasped in his fingers.
"What do you want?" 
"I brought you food."
H didn't even glance my way.
"It's that sweetbread stuff." I said trying to tempt him.
He glanced at the plate in my hand but said nothing.
"Just take the damn bread." I growled annoyed at what felt like groveling for his attention.
He smirked at my annoyance and got up from his bench.
"As you wish." He said giving me a mock bow.
I handed the plate to the guard who used a small key like device to open a small space in the force field and dropped the plate inside, the plate tipping upside down and falling with a sticky splat on the ground.
"Eat up your highness."
"Hey!" I snapped at him as he laughed.
He looked at me still chuckling
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
I walked over to the guard and Loki matched my pace on the other side of the force field.
"Don't bother, it's not like it matters." He tried but it fell on deaf ears.
Cruelty angered me, it didn't matter who it came from.
"Go pick it up and hand it to him."
"Ha! You expect me to take orders from a midguardian? A woman one no less?" He laughed.
"No, but I expect that you listen to your Queen and it was her who had me bring him food." I lied, watching as understanding dawned on his face.
The guards face grew red with anger realizing the predicament he was in.
"Go pick it up and hand it to him." I repeated.
Loki crossed his arms, a wild smile on his face.
Oh how he enjoyed games, even if he wasn't the one pulling the strings.
The guard muttered to himself as he cleared enough of the field for him to walk through.
He scooped up the plate and the bread and held it out to Loki, his whole body shaking in anger.
"Would you be a dear and wipe it off for me?" Loki asked.
I rolled my eyes at him.
He chuckled but took the plate anyway when the man didn't so much as blink.
The guard exited the cell and gave me a hateful glare.
"Thank you." I said matter of factly as he took his post once more.
Loki went and sat down on his bench, setting the plate beside him but not touching it, no doubt since it touched the floor.
"I was hoping to talk to you." I said quietly as I kneeled in front of him.
"What a marvelous picture, you kneeling in front of me." He said smirking, his eyes glinting like a cat.
I couldn't tell if that was a sexual innuendo or if it was a princley joke, either way I ignored him deciding not to take the bait.
"Tell me about who tricked you."
His eyes lost their playfulness and I saw the walls go up.
"Come on Loki, your life is on the line here. Tell me what happened." I tried.
"You couldn't even comprehend."
"Try me."
"You think bringing me some petty food will get me to spill my secrets to you? You are the last person I would talk to." He fumed.
"Well to bad because I'm all you got." 
"Then my future looks very bleak." He said dramatically.
"You are so-"
"Infuriating?" He asked giving me a devilish smile.
"Yes." I growled.
He shrugged.
"Loki please"
I needed him to talk to me, I needed to save him but if he wasn't willing to save himself how could I help? If I couldn't save him, I couldn't save Devin and that wasn't an option.
"Don't pretend like you care for me so, you're doing this for your own reasons." 
"It doesn't matter why I'm doing it, you should be grateful someone is trying to save your ass." I shot back.
"Spare me the sentiments, you're just as selfish as I."
His words made me ball my fists.
"I am not."
"Would you not do anything for your cause?" He asked
"No"
Yes.
"Lies." He said smirking.
Lying to the king of lies was a hard task, one I clearly wasn't equipped for.
I stood up looking down at him as he laid lazily across the chair.
"You're going to need to trust me, and if you don't you'll regret it because your head is going to end up on the chopping block and there's no tricks or games you'll be able to play to get out of that one."
He pressed his lips together, my words obviously weighing on him, but he stayed silent.
Locked up tight like a vault.
"Believe it or not, even though I have my reasons for doing this, I don't want to see you die." I admitted drawing his eyes to me at my words. "I think you deserve to live. But if you don't, then I can't help you."
Loki's eyes held mine for a few seconds until he looked away, flipping the cup in the air once more.
"Fine. I'll save your life without your help." I called over my shoulder as walked away.