Hello everyone. I didn't get any reviews last chapter. However, I probably deserved that as I haven't updated for positively AGES. I have been really busy working on my Sherlock story I Will Find You. But I got a follow, and it reminded me that this story has readers, too.
This chapter is dedicated to FairElvenMaiden, because she is dedicated to this story.
Aragorn just stares at me, shocked. I have never told my story to anyone before. Is this how people would react to it?
"I'm sorry. I was afraid and I was not thinking. Truly, I do love you. I just did not know how to tell you that. Please forgive me."
My hands are shaking, and I enfold them deeper within my dark blue cloak. Aragorn reaches in and takes my left hand in his right. Smiling ever so slightly, he looks into my eyes.
"You are forgiven, Ishleen. Come, you ride with us to the dwelling of Saruman."
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Many hours later, I have congealed most of my things into one compact bundle which I can attach to Ashling's back. I am just setting a deerskin overtop, to keep the rain out, when Éowyn marches in. She looks sad and angry.
"My father has told me to stay behind. Why is it that you ride when I do not?"
"I cannot change the will of a king, Éowyn."
"But you are a princess!"
"I am a princess of a kingdom that has drowned beneath the waves of Ulmo. This is not my kingdom. And you are not my niece."
"Then I will miss you."
"I will miss you, too."
And we embrace each other tightly. Éowyn is one of the first close friends I have had since Maghaid died. In the face of never seeing her again, I make sure she is aware of my gratitude towards her.
Very short and sweet. PLEASE review.
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