“Chaos was in my blood, they said - but they were happy enough to use my talents when it suited them. They despised deceit, hated lies, but were content to enjoy the fruits of them.”
Maddy nodded. She knew what he meant. To be an outsider - a bad-blood - always blamed but never thanked. Oh yes. She understood that very well.
“When Odin took me in,” Loki went on, “he knew exactly what I was. Wildfire that cannot be tamed. So what if I slipped my leash a couple of times? I saved their skins more often than any of them knew. No one was grateful. And in the end ” - once more Loki gave his crooked but oddly charming smile - “in the end, who betrayed whom?”
Runemarks, by Joanne Harris
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