''It is nonsense to do that for Theodred so him it is not, Eomer is not logical either, so who is it?'' He asks.
Liana shivers as his cold breath slides across her neck. He lets the blade glide over her throat but not enough to cut it open. It slides down her throat, over her collarbone, down between her breasts and eventually comes to rest on her stomach. Suddenly afraid for her child Liana plants her elbow into his side. Gasping for breath, he lets her go and stumbles back. Liana turns with a jerk and lays her hands protectively onto her stomach while she turns away from him. Zane sees it and smiles at her.
''Tell me it is not so,'' he laughs ,'' he impregnated you?''
Liana looks away and closes her eyes.
''If I'm right, we also had some fun, not so long ago, so it can also be mine.''
''No, this child will never be yours!'' Liana hisses.
''Oh no? You're still my wife and when I say that you bear my child then you are.'' He yells.
He comes to her and in one swift movement he grabs her hand and drags her into the bedroom. He throws her on the bed and straddles her thighs. He places her hands above her head with one big hand, he still has the knife in the other and looks at her.
''But because the child can also be his I can not allow that it is born. The idea that you carry the child of another ...''
''Zane ...!''
''Shut up!'' He screams and slams her hard in the face.
Liana sobs and tries to get her hands free from his grip but he holds her to tightly. Working on the field has made him strong. He brings his knife to her tunic and slices it open so her abdomen is exposed to him. He moves the knife over it and Liana shudders against the cold steel. When he pushes so hard that the blade sinks deep into her skin she feels a blistering pain.
Eowyn is almost halfway to her chamber with the two brothers when Kili suddenly lets out a painful sound.
''Kili, what is it?'' Fili asks worried.
Kili looks up at him.
''Liana...'' he mumbles.
''What's wrong with her? Is Zane hurting her again?'' Eowyn asks.
''She is in much pain.'' He moans.
''What?''
Eowyn looks at him with open mouth and takes a step backwards.
''Eowyn,'' Kili pants,'' where does she live?''
Eowyn is too stunned to answer so Kili grabs her by the elbow and pulls her to him.
''Where does she live? You have to take me to her before it's too late!''
''What is going on here?'' they look up all three and see Eomer standing,'' what are you doing here?'' He asks surprised when he sees the Princes.
''Take me to Liana.'' Kili practically orders.
''What?''
''He is killing her!''he cries in despair and presses his hand to his abdomen.
Without hesitation, he runs through the hallway and swings the castle doors open. The guards jump in shock and look surprised when Eomer runs out of the castle closely followed by Prince Kili. A little further behind Fili and Eowyn are running.
''Where?'' Kili screams so Eomer can hear him over the howling wind.
Eomer points to a house a little further and as if evil itself is on his heels he runs past Eomer to the house. When he is nearby he grabs his bow and pulls an arrow from the quiver. He throws himself against the door that flies open with a loud noise and nearly falls out of the hinges. As if he knows where she is he runs into the bedroom, sets the arrow into the notch and targets it at what threatens his most treasured possession.
''Get off of her!'' He hisses with his teeth clenched.
His hands itch to release the arrow and split his head in two, but he does not see Liana and wants to take no chances. Zane gets up and turns his head.
''Look at that! A dwarf!'' he laughs,'' so it's you who my slut of a wife is fucking.''
''Do not call her that!''
Kili takes a step forward and when he sees that Liana's abdomen is covered in blood his grip on the arrow tightens.
''Do you really think you can just take me on your own? Such a little rascal like you?''
''Who says he's alone?'' it sounds.
Behind Kili Eomer appears, sword drawn, and Fili who has his sword unsheathed. When Eowyn sees the scene she pulls a shocked face and runs to Liana.
''No,'' says Eomer and stops her,'' stay here.''
He pushes his sister behind him and stands next to Kili.
''Step away from her.'' Eomer says threateningly.
Zane gets of Liana and stands beside the bed, knife still in his hand. He has an arrow and a sword pointing at him but he is not impressed and points his knife to Kili.
''Eowyn, get healers, now.'' Eomer says.
Without hesitation Eowyn runs out of the house to the castle.
''Do not worry, the bitch is still alive but whether the help comes in time for the little one...''
Kili sucks in a breath of air and his grip falters.
''What?''
''Oh, she did not tell you,'' Zane says.
Zane takes a step in Kili's direction but Kili is so taken aback by the news that he has no notion of it. Without hesitating for a second Fili goes standing before Kili, placing himself between the threat and his little brother, and directs his sword on Zane's neck. Eomer keeps his gaze focused on Zane as he leans over Liana and searches her throat for a pulse.
''She's barely breathing.'' He says.
Kili lets his eyes go over Liana and feels a stab in his heart to see his One lying so lifeless on the bed, he flexes his arrow and aims it at Zane's heart.
''Give me a reason,'' he hisses,''one reason to spare you.''
''There is none.'' Eomer replies.
''Then do it, kill me.'' Zane dares, and he looks from one to the other.
No matter how much both Eomer and Kili want to, the both are no cold murderers but then again, Zane is no innocent man. Kili squeezes his eyes together and pulls the bowstring tighter before he releases the arrow, it sinks deep into Zane's chest a little to the left, penetrating his heart. Zane's eyes widen and he stumbles backwards against the wall, Kili knows he will be dead before he hits the floor.
As if on cue out of the corner of his eye Kili sees two healers coming and they sit down beside her on the bed, examining her.
"She needs to go to the castle.'' one of the healers say.
''She thinks she is with child.'' Eowyn says quickly.
This attracts Kili's attention and he grabs Eowyn's hand.
''She thinks?'' He asks.
''She is not completely sure, but if she is she knows it will only ever have one father, you.''
Kili focuses his gaze on his beloved and sees that the healers lay her on a gurney to transport her to the castle. He takes a step back to let them pas.
''She might need blood, where is her kin?'' one of the healers asks.
''She has no kin.'' Eomer answers.
The healers shake their heads and hurry out to the castle with Liana on the gurney. Eomer and Eowyn run after them and Kili wants follow but Fili grabs his arm.
''Are you okay?'' He asks.
''Okay? My One may be carrying my child and both might be lost to me!''
''Kili, you killed a man.''
''I killed a monster,'' he says firmly,''and let go of me so I can be with my One.''
He breaks away from his brother and runs to the castle. Fili looks at the dead body of Zane and when he walks away two guards come inside that have gotten the order from Eomer to bury Zane.
Liana wants to shout, scream, do something to stop him, but she can not find her voice, she tries to raise her arms to push him away, but they do not work . The only thing she can do is look at how he has a false grins of his face while he stabs her again, Liana's thoughts turn to her unborn child, a child who might not even be there, but what she so desperately wants. A child that will never be Zane's but always will be Kili's, her Prince. Another searing pain shoots through her and Liana feels tears welling up in her eyes and no matter how badly she may try to resist them and will them away, they burn their way down her cheeks, like the knife is burning its way through her flesh.
Suddenly there is a noise in the background, Liana hears someone say something, but she does not understand what, but she recognizes the voice.
''Kili ...'' she whispers before all gets dark.
When Kili runs into the castle he sees Eomer sitting on the few steps leading to the throne which Theoden occupies and Theodred is standing next to it. Eowyn sits quietly on a bench with her arms outstretched on the table in front of her, staring out in front of her and she is as white as a freshly washed sheet. Kili walks up to her and sits down next to her.
''Eowyn,'' he says, but she does not respond to him.
Kili sees that Fili sits down astride on the bench on the other side of her and covers her hands with one of his while his other hand rubs circles on her back soothingly. Eowyn reacts instantly to his touch and looks at him, smiling Kili shakes his head, a logical response considering they are each others One.
''Sanâzyung, where is Liana?'' He asks softly.
''In the treatment chamber,'' she says and nods to one of the corridors,'' there are now four healers with her, I do not know how it goes, I am not allowed inside, no one ever is while they are working.'' Eowyn's voice cracks and she lays her hand on her mouth,'' what if she .. .''
''Do not think like that, love, we have to be strong for her.''
Eowyn nods and lays her head on his shoulder and starts sobbing quietly. Fili lets the hand on her back move to her shoulder and he pulls her against him and he looks at Kili while he stands up. Without hesitation he walks into the corridor Eowyn nodded at. When he hears shouts coming from one of the rooms he walks over. He pushes open the door and is shocked by what he sees.
Liana is on a stone table with two healers around her who are busy trying to stabilize the wound, the third wipes the blood away she still loses and a fourth is busy making all sorts of potions. Suddenly one of the healers look his way and points to him.
''Hey, you are not allowed in here!'' he exclaims and walks towards him.
''I only want to know ...''
''No no, let us do our job.'' He says.
Before Kili can say anything he gets pushed back and the door slams in his face. Kili stumbles backwards until he is against the wall with his back. Slowly he lets himself sink down until he sits and he places his arms around his knees. Staring at the door he sighs, hoping that his One survives and he can look into her eyes again soon, he prays his child also survives, which might be against better judgment because the pregnancy is still very prill and the child very delicate and fragile.
''Hey.'' He hears someone say.
''Hm.'' Is the short answer.
The person also lets themselves slide down and looks at him.
''I probably should thank you.'' Eomer says.
Kili looks at him and then quickly back to the door of the room where the healers are fighting for Liana's live and that of the little one.
''I'm sorry.'' He whispers so soft that Kili almost does not hear it.
Kili looks at him quizzically.
''I never should have let it come to this, I should have done something but Liana ...'' Eomer sighs and rubs his hand over his face,'' it is like it is happening all over again.''
''You mean after what happened with her mother?''
''Yes, I vowed to myself that I would never let anything happen to her and I failed.''
''No, you are not to blame for what happened to her mother and now you also find no fault, you just did what Liana asked of you.''
''It does not matter.''
''You respected what she wanted, that matters.'' Kili says, eyes still locked on the door.
''You truly love her.'' Eomer states.
''With all my being,''Kili looks up at him,''she is my destiny.''
Eomer hears the conviction in his voice and opens his mouth to say something but Kili speaks first.
''We dwarves all have a One, some one that is made for them, Liana is my One,'' Kili explains and looks at the door again,''if a dwarf looses his One, he also looses the desire to live.''
''She is strong, she will survive.''
''I hope so.''
Eomer looks back at him when Kili's stomach rumbles.
''When did you last eat?''
''I am not hungry.''
''Your stomach says otherwise.''
''I am not hungry.'' Kili insist.
''Then at least let me arrange a room for you where you can rest...''
''No, I am staying here, I am not leaving her.''
Eomer can hear the determination in his voice and squeezes his shoulder before standing and leaving him.
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