div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Cheers and wolf-whistles came from the three witnesses who had been forgotten by the couple. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Thorin turned to his nephews and announced, "Lads, meet your future Aunt Heloise, Queen of Ered Mithrin and future Queen of Erebor." He then turned to Heloise and offered, "My love, I'd like to introduce you to my nephews Fili and Kili, and to Kili's…uh, and to Tauriel."/span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"All three bowed deeply. Kili spoke first, "May we call you Aunt?" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Heloise was slightly aghast. Of course she knew of Thorin's nephews, but as an only child she never considered that she'd ever be an Aunt. "Of course you can!" She said, grabbing them all in her arms. "You emall/em can." She directed her look at Tauriel who was clearly feeling a bit out of place. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Thorin interjected, "I guess we should head back to our horses. They're hitched just over the hill. You boys and Tauriel don't have to follow us. I'm perfectly able to find my way back to Erebor. Go on and.."/span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Kili responded, "Oh, Fili and I will escort you back, Uncle. Mother said to. And Tauriel has…other business, but she'll be back for dinner." He kissed her hand and playfully winked at the blushing Tauriel before she bowed and went on her way./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;""Great," Thorin responded gruffly and rolled his eyes. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Keep reading at www dot thequeenoferedmithrin dot blogspot dot com!/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"This is a fun chapter. I really hope you enjoy it! Thank you for your continued support! /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Thorin turned to his nephews and announced, "Lads, meet your future Aunt Heloise, Queen of Ered Mithrin and future Queen of Erebor." He then turned to Heloise and offered, "My love, I'd like to introduce you to my nephews Fili and Kili, and to Kili's…uh, and to Tauriel."/span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"All three bowed deeply. Kili spoke first, "May we call you Aunt?" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Heloise was slightly aghast. Of course she knew of Thorin's nephews, but as an only child she never considered that she'd ever be an Aunt. "Of course you can!" She said, grabbing them all in her arms. "You emall/em can." She directed her look at Tauriel who was clearly feeling a bit out of place. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Thorin interjected, "I guess we should head back to our horses. They're hitched just over the hill. You boys and Tauriel don't have to follow us. I'm perfectly able to find my way back to Erebor. Go on and.."/span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Kili responded, "Oh, Fili and I will escort you back, Uncle. Mother said to. And Tauriel has…other business, but she'll be back for dinner." He kissed her hand and playfully winked at the blushing Tauriel before she bowed and went on her way./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;""Great," Thorin responded gruffly and rolled his eyes. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Keep reading at www dot thequeenoferedmithrin dot blogspot dot com!/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"This is a fun chapter. I really hope you enjoy it! Thank you for your continued support! /span/div