A New Day Dawning (джен)

Sequel to "A Day of Reckoning".
It's been two hundred and fifty years, and in the eyes of Asgard, Loki has paid his price for his crimes against the Nine Realms and emerged from his cell a better man. It's a tumultuous time for Loki to take his place back in the world, however, especially when he's no longer entirely certain what that place is. Who is he, if not a prisoner or a monster? What does it mean to be free?
A tragedy that hits much too close to home leaves the remnants of Asgard's royal family clinging all the more fiercely to each other in the midst of mourning. No one ever said that love came without pain or cost, after all. And as Asgard prepares for the ascension of a new king, Loki wonders if he can really follow his brother this time without making the same mistakes all over again.