A rather short chapter, but I still hope you like it :)
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„Where's your sister?"
Thorin looked along the crowd until his eyes found Kates again.
„I guess she's in her bedroom...", she said with a smile on her face and Thorin realised.
„Oh...this was the plan all along?", he asked with a smirk and she nodded before their lips met again.
She broke the kiss. „Will you tell me your plan now?"
He chuckled and got up from his chair. He held his hand out to her and whispered:"May I have this dance?"
She smiled at him and placed her hand in his and got up.
He guided her to the middle of the place where a lot of other people were already dancing.
„I never thought you like to dance", she said as they started to move in a slow pace.
He smiled at her, his blue eyes sparkling in the light of the lanterns.
„It seems you bring the joy back in my life", he replied and pulled her even closer. She leaned her head against his shoulder, taking in that wonderful spicy scent of him.
It was like a million butterflies whirling inside her stomach and her heart started to beat faster again.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, his hands laying on her waist, they continued to move in a slow rhythm even when the music sped up a bit. They were captured in their own little world, just the two of them.
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Bilbo sat with Bofur, Balin, Dwalin, Kili and Ori at the long table. He watched the King and Kate with a slight smile on his lips.
„What's so funny?", Kili asked and followed his gaze.
Ori pulled out his little journal and started to draw the couple. Balin chuckled. „You and your journal."
Ori blushed slightly.
„I like it...", he replied and Kili watched over his shoulder. „Will you show them this drawing?", Bilbo asked.
„Yes, I think so..."
„I can only say your drawings look so...incredibly realistic", Bilbo mumbled and Ori smiled.
He was rather fast with drawing the picture and when he finished it they all looked down on it. „Wonderful...", Kili said with a smile. „Can I take a look at your other drawings?", he added and Ori gave him the journal.
The young dwarf sank down on his chair next to Bilbo and they looked through the journal.
They frowned while flipping the pages. Bilbo looked up at Kili, both exchanging a look before their gaze drifted to Kate and Thorin on the dancefloor.
„You think what I'm thinking?", Kili whispered and he could see Bilbo slowly nodding.
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Suddenly Kate was aware of Thorin slowly leading her away from the dancefloor, still moving slowly in rhythm.
„Where are we going?", she whispered but he silenced her with a deep kiss.
„Trust me..." he breathed against her lips and he broke the dance and took her by the hand to lead her away from the festival ground.
Soon they reached the rivershore where they had landed three days ago. No one was down there,and the Moon was shining bright on the surface of the water, lit them both up in his light.
„I can't find the right words to describe your beauty tonight...", he said embracing her from behind, his mouth gently kissing the back of her neck, his beard sending a shiver through her body. Her hands stroked his laying on her belly, she closed her eyes and leaned back against him. She never felt more secure than in his arms.
They stood like this for a while until he turned her around to face him.
„Kate...I know that there's still one last danger in front of us. There will be a dragon waiting for us. You give me the courage to go on, not to turn back."
He fell silent, trying to find the right words.
„Remember the day I confessed my love to you?"
„Of course I do..."
They smiled at each other.
„You asked me what changed my mind...why I confessed to you back then"
She nodded slowly, her heart started to race.
He took her hands in his.
„Before you came to me on the veranda...I could see Erebor. Rebuild, filled with dwarfes. The city of Dale populated with Men and dwarfs again. I was King under the Mountain. I could see myself strolling through the hallway leading to the royal bedroom. I entered the room next to it..."
Once again he stopped.
„And what did you see?", she whispered.
„You...I saw you. With our...our child. I snapped back to reality right in that moment and it was by then that I realised...that is the life I want to life once Erebor is mine again. I want you. I want you to become the Queen under the Mountain. I want you to be the mother of my children..."
She could feel a single tear rolling down her cheek. She couldn't help it, she couldn't stop it. He kissed those tears away and he knew those were happy tears.
She reached out for his cheeks, cupping his face and brought her face closer to his.
„And I do, Thorin. I do want to become Queen under the Mountain. And I'd love to become the mother of your childs"
A smile broke on his face and she leaned in but he stepped back. She frowned.
„I got something for you..."
„From 'somewhere else'?"
He chuckled while his hand reached into his pocket to reveal a small bag.
„What's this?"
„Close your eyes", he whispered and she closed them reluctantly.
A second later she could feel something cold slipping on her finger and she smiled.
„Alright...", he whispered and she opened her eyes again and looked down at her hand. She saw a silver ring that looked nearly like her mothers ring Lindsey was wearing. There were two small rubies and in the middle was a beautiful sapphir.
„Thorin that...that's...", she could not find the right words. He smiled at her. „Take a closer look at the sapphir", he said and she looked closer, holding her hand up into the moonlight. Her eyes grew wide.
„That's the sign of..."
„Durin..."
Their eyes locked and there was just pure love in both of them.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, kissed him deeply.
„I love you, Thorin...and if I have to fight a dragon to live in peace with you...then I'll do it!"
He chuckled. „And I love you, Kate...", he breathed before kissing her back.
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:)
The big news will be revealed in the next chapter