chap 11 is up! Most viewers know that I update this every weekend but the next one can take up to two and a half weeks, maybe even three weeks cause I am leaving together with my husband in a vacation on the 18th of June on a plane to Turkey, will be back the 28th of June, so just that you know!
Liana looks after him until he disappears amongst the trees. She smiles and pulls the coat closer around herself. It feels heavy on her shoulders but nice and warm. She takes a deep breath, closes her eyes and sniffs in Kili's scent. One moment she holds onto it before she breaths out again and she opens her eyes.
"Eowyn." she says.
Eowyn stands in the doorway in her nightgown and looks at her.
"What is going on and what are you wearing?" she asks as she walks to her.
"Kili was here, and because I was only wearing a towel, he gave me his coat." she explains.
Liana walks past her inside the room and lays the coat on her bed.
"That was nice of him." Eowyn answers.
Eowyn closes the door and walks inside.
"What is that?" she says suddenly and she walks to Liana. She takes the piece of gold and studies it, "is that gold?" she asks incredulously.
"Uh yeah ... it was a gift from Kili." she says quietly.
"It really goes beyond dancing for him ." Eowyn says and she looks at Liana.
Liana feels suddenly very uneasy and turns around. She walks to her suitcase and takes out her nightgown. When she turns around she almost bumps into Eowyn .
"He is falling for you ." Eowyn whispers.
"Do not say that."
"Why not? It is true."
"He tried to kiss me, just now, twice. But I pushed him away," Liana says, "but you were right, I wanted him to kiss me. It has been so long since I had been kissed like that. And I am ashamed to admit it but it felt so good, Eowyn, it felt so amazing to have him that close," Liana sighs and sits down on the bed."what is wrong with me? Why am I feeling this way about him? Why does he make me feel like I am some love sick girl. For heavens sake I am a married woman."
Eowyn looks at her sadly and sits down beside her on the bed. She takes Liana's hand and squeezes it.
"Those are called feelings," said Eowyn, "and you are allowed to have them."
"No, I am not," says Liana and she stands up, taking her nightgown and placing it on the bed, "I can not have them for any other then my husband."
Eowyn stands up and puts her hands on her hips.
"And the fact that you have these feelings for someone other than your husband just indicates that he has given you reasons to look elsewhere for them, Liana. Zane does not treat you as his wife, for him, you're nothing more than a servant who keeps his house clean and washes his clothes for him and ensures that his food is ready when he comes home." she says raising her voice.
"That is not the point, the point is that I made an oath, I swore to the Gods above to love and to take care of him to death do us part!" Liana all but shouts and she quickly changes the towel for her nightgown.
"I know that, I heard you saying it,"Eowyn stands and takes Liana's hands in hers," and I heard him swear to those same Gods that he would protect you from all evil and anyone who tries to hurt you and that promise he has broken the moment he laid his hands you physically!" Eowyn now squeals.
Suddenly the door is flying open and Eomer and Theodred are standing before them.
"What in the name of Middle-Earth is going on in here?" Eomer asks with wide eyes.
Liana pulls her hands out of Eowyn's and turns away from him.
"Nothing." she says curtly.
"Nothing?" Theodred repeats baffled, "We could hear you al but screaming at each other at the end of the corridor. And the corridors are made of stone so the echo carries quite far."
"Oh God." Liana sighs, hoping no one besides Eomer and Theodred heard them.
"I have known both of you your entire life's but this is the first time I am hearing you arguing like this. We half expected to find you two rolling over the floor pulling at each others hair." Eomer says.
"We were just having a disagreement." Éowyn tries to explain.
"No, you were not, I have seen you two having a disagreement before, and it does not look like this, and it certainly does not sound like the two of you just did. This is more." Eomer says determined.
He looks to his sister and back at Liana again, then Theodred sees the coat lying on the bed and he walks over to pick it up.
"Whose coat is this?" he asks.
Liana freezes and quickly puts the gold around her neck back under her nightgown before they see that too. She sighs, turns around and looks at Theodred. Then looks at Éowyn, she sees that she has no intention to explain it. Liana breaths in deep, knowing that it is futile to lie to the guys. Although her connection with Theodred is not as strong as it is with Eomer she knows that both know her well and long enough to know she is holding back the truth and furthermore; they are too important for her to lie to.
Liana walks to Theodred and takes the coat from him while she looks at Eomer.
"I have to tell you something." She says on a stern tone.
"I do not like that tone." Eomer says and he frowns.
"Do we need to sit down?" asks Theodred nervous.
"For one of the two probably." says Eowyn.
"One of the two?" says Eomer.
"Eowyn, please." Liana says warningly.
Eowyn holds her hands out with the palms facing away and sits on her bed. Liana waits until the men sit and takes a deep breath.
She decides to start from the beginning and tells them what Theoden has said and what happened on the balcony.
"That explains why you have his coat." mumbles Theodred.
"He must have been very eager to see you that he climbed up to the balcony with the danger that he might fall." says Eomer.
He looks at Liana and sees that she blushes and looks away.
"Oh..." he says when suddenly it dawns on him what she tries to say.
What? "asks Theodred, who cannot follow his train of thought.
"What exactly is going on between you and the Prince?"
Liana doesn't answer and starts to play a bit nervous with the collar of Kili's coat.
"More than should." the soft reply is.
"Father was right, there is more than just friendship between you," says Theodred and all of a sudden he looks to Eowyn, "and between you and Fili? Is that's more than friendship too?"
"What? "answers Eowyn surprised.
"Well, you and Fili are spending an equally amount of time together as Liana and Kili, it could be?" he asks.
"Yes it could I guess, but Fili is not the one who climbed against the wall of the mountain to see if everything is okay with me and he has not giving me ..."
"Eowyn..." says Liana warningly.
"No, what did you wanted to say?" asks Eomer and he looks from one to the other.
"He has given me something." Liana says.
"What has he given you?"
Liana sighs and pulls the piece of gold from beneath her nightgown and reveals it. At the same time the men stand up and walk over to her to take a better look.
"Is that gold?" asks Theodred incredulously.
"He has given you gold?" asks Eomer and he looks Liana.
"I have tried to give it back tonight but he did not want it back." Liana explains.
"Wow, one would almost think he is in love with you to be giving you gold." says Theodred baffled.
"Why did you accepted it?" asks Eomer.
He takes some distance from her and crosses his arms in front of his chest. Liana looks at him and sees disapproval in his gaze.
"As far as I know are you happily married." he says and looks at her almost piercing trough her with his gaze.
"Perhaps not so happy." says Theodred.
"Eomer..." says Liana and she walks up to him, "do not look at me like that."
"You take gold from someone you barely know while you have a husband at home who loves you."
"He has a strange way of showing that." says Eowyn a bit sarcastic.
Eomer looks at her quizzically while Liana closes her eyes and sighs.
"What do you mean by that?" he asks his sister.
"Eowyn." says Liana again.
"What? If you do not tell them I will."
"Will someone tell me what is going on?" says Eomer almost sounding hopeless.
"Zane is not the man you think, that everyone thinks, he is." begins Liana.
"And who is he then?" asks Theodred.
"He can be a bit... rough." she continues.
"Rough?" asks Theodred blankly.
"He abuses her." Eowyn throws out suddenly.
"Eowyn!" says Liana shocked.
"What?" Eomer and Theodred exclaim at the same time.
"Is that true?" asks Eomer.
"Yes." is the short answer of Liana.
"I am going to kill that bastard when I get back in Rohan."
"No you are not." says Liana stern.
"Give me one reason." he almost yells and Liana sees the fighting spirit in his eyes.
"He is my husband." says Liana as if that makes it right.
"He abuses you."
"I can handle him, really. You know what it would mean for him if I would leave him."
"He deserves no better!"yells Eomer.
"Please, I ask you to stay out of this Eomer. For me."
Eomer squeezes his lips together and Liana sees that it takes him a lot of effort to keep his temper in, actually they should be glad that the chairs are still in one peace.
"Fine." he says.
"Promise me."
"I am sorry Liana, I would do anything for you but I can promise nothing."
"Fine, good enough." sighs Liana.
"Why did you not tell me?" asks Eomer and he almost sounds hurt.
"Because I knew how you would react."
"What did you expect? You're like a little sister to me, it feels like an attack on myself." says Eomer.
For Liana can do anything she feels his arms circle around her waist and he pulls her against himself. Liana smiles and answers his hug.
"And I see you as my big brother but some things you have to let me do alone." she says.
After the hug she looks at Theodred.
"And you must also let me do this alone." she says to him.
"I do my best but I can also promise nothing."
"That's good enough." says Liana.
She walks over to Theodred and gives him a hug.
"Thank you."