"The sparse flickering of light cast his beautiful features into shadow, making him look like the dangerous, fallen angel she had fancied him to be. Syn realized with a rush of damning clarity that her vulnerable soul was threatened far more perilously in Loki's arms than it had ever been at the hands of Thanos."

Syn spent four years living on Earth in exile, thinking she would never see her beloved Asgard again, nor the mischievous prince who betrayed her trust. But apparently getting tangled up in Loki's plans is a hard habit to break. Part 1 of 2: Part 2 continues in "A Game of Souls."

James had spent weeks running from his past. Sure, he didn't exactly have his life planned out, not in so many words, but still nothing prepared him for the moment when the former commander Shepard barged into his life and made away with his lucky deck.