A/N: Thank you to the three who reviewed this story the first time around i just wasn't happy with the way it was flowing so here it is new and improved please let me know what you think.

Cora daughter of Coda was lounging on Fili's bed after a wonderful bout of fun with her two lovers just an hour before and still she felt too lazy to get up. She felt wonderful lying cuddled up to Kili as he slept lightly. It would only have been better if Fili were here as well but he had been summoned by his uncle only half an hour ago.

He hadn't seemed happy and she wondered if he knew what the summons had been about but refused to ask him and risk her happy glow as well as his. She felt Kili stir and turned to face him brushing his dark hair off his face.

"Good morning sleepy head. I did not realize we had tired you out that much." Cora said laughing and leaned forward to kiss him lightly.

"Aye you did at that, it was extremely pleasurable." Kili responded before standing to stretch.

She watched him with quiet admiration as the he stretched watching the muscles of his back move this way and that. He looked over his shoulder and laughed quietly teasing her "You always did love to watch us as we stretched afterwards"

She laughed with him this time "Yes I do it almost makes me want to jump you again but unfortunately I need to make it to the market before it closes and I know that I will not make it if I do not leave now."

She stood stretching herself now and laughed as his eyes followed her movements. "Seems im not the only one who likes to watch" She teased him now and then moved to find her clothes.

Once she was dressed she kissed Kili goodbye lightly saying "I shall see you soon my dark wolf" before heading out as she heard his quiet laughter. They had, in there" games" as they called them, come up with nicknames for each other Kili had become dark wolf while Fili had become tame-less tiger and she had become little lark.

She remembered that night fondly as she wandered down the royal halls towards the market. She had only gone about halfway when she first heard the sound of raised voices. It would not have concerned her much if she hadn't recognized one of them as Fili's. She had just enough time to hide when she heard a door slam open and the raised voices become louder.

Fili had stormed out of what she knew to be the antechamber to the throne room followed closely by his uncle, Thorin Oakenshield, king under the mountain. She was surprised that they were fighting from everything her lovers had told her they not only loved but respected their uncle. It made her wonder what Thorin had said to get his oldest nephew into such a rage.

"You cannot order me to marry uncle." Fili all but shouted at his uncle "Especially someone that I have never met or talked to."

"You will marry Fili and you will produce an heir for the line of Durin to continue." Thorin spat seething "Your little fling with your brother ends now. I will not have it said that I allowed this foolishness to continue. If you are to be my heir then you will begin to abide by my rules."

"I will not be forced into a marriage that will leave both Kili and I unhappy" Fili did not mention Cora for Thorin knew nothing of her " If I have to lose my brother then perhaps I do not want to be heir at all" Fili spat back. There was absolute silence for a moment.

Thorin spoke with an absolute deadly calm one that neither Cora nor Fili had heard before. "You will do as you are told or you will find you have no brother to run to. I am not above exiling Kili if that is what will make you see sense."

Both Cora and Fili froze to a dead stand still surely he could not mean that. Kili was his family would the king really go that far? Fili stared at his uncle as though seeing him for the first time. "Uncle you cannot be serious!"

"Oh I am deadly serious nephew. You are to end this fling with him tonight and report to me in the morning ready to do your duty and decide on your bride if you wish to ever see your dear brother again." Thorin turned then on his heel and stormed back into the antechamber slamming the door behind him and all was silent.

Fili felt his legs wobble underneath and him and sank to the floor uncaring at the moment as to who may see him. He didn't see Cora come out from her hiding spot behind him. "Fili?"

He jerked around at her voice "Cora?" He gasped out only just noticing the tears that had started to fall. "How much did you hear?"

She moved to sit down next to him and pulled him into her arms. She kissed the top of his head "All of it I was hidden just there she nodded to her hiding spot."

"What am I going to do Cora? I can't live wit out either of you and he's going to try to force me. How can I survive knowing that in the next year im going to lose the two best things that have happened to me?"

"We will figure something out my tame-less tiger there has to be a way to fix or get around this." Cora said as he shook his head.

"There is no way to get around a stubborn king. If we leave he will hunt us down if I simply refuse to do as he asks he will banish half of my heart from this kingdom. Either way I will be the one to suffer."

He had calmed down slightly and she backed away to look at him. "What will you do?" she asked him quietly knowing that he would have to take some form of action tonight.

"I will go to Kili I suppose and explain what uncle has said"

"Will you leave him?" Cora asked quietly.

"I will," He paused upon seeing the look of disbelief on her face "I have to, I cannot allow him to be exiled I would not survive that." Fili answered her bowing his head, he felt as though his heart was ripping in two already.

"Do you want me to go with you to talk to him?" Cora asked slipping her hand into his and squeezing.

"No it is something I should do alone." She nodded and stood pulling him up with her. She gently kissed his lips. "If either of you need me you know where I'll be "

She went to move off but was stopped by his hand pulling on hers. "Will you check in on him tomorrow? I know he will not take this news well and I'd like to have someone he trusts and knows to look in on him."

"I would have done so anyway but be for warned I will be checking up on you later tomorrow as well."

He nodded and watched as she turned on her heal and headed down the hall in the direction she had been going before. When she had disappeared from his view he squared his shoulders and headed to his brothers room.

The journey that usually seemed to take forever usually seemed to take only seconds today. He felt as though he was walking to his doom and he had an uneasy feeling that he couldn't quite get rid of.

When he came to his brother's door he knocked which was something he had never done before he realized and waited till Kili answered.

When Kili saw his brother on the other side his stomach dropped his brother never knocked but it was the next few words that left him feeling a cold dread seep into his very skin..

"We need to talk".