Disclaimer: I disclaim. All that is mine is Luinuial and Daekano and Lomion
the HORSIE!!
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I quickly pulled away and turned back to Lomion. "And once the Lady and Lord of the Wood learned that I was to leave, and knew I had no proper mount, they gave me Lomion. The best in the Lorien stables."
I felt a hand brush against my face and pulled away from Daekano again. "No. Leave me be."
"Why?" He moved so I was cornered in the stall.
"Because."
"You don't have a reason, do you?"
It was true. I didn't have a valid reason to want him to leave me alone. I had plenty reasons why he shouldn't, but none to keep him away.
"You feel it also, Luinuial. You cannot tell me that you don't."
"I. I can't."
He smiled a sad, sweet smile. "That is not saying that you don't, Luinuial."
"Well, it is saying that I won't!" I shoved past him and reached to open the stall door.
Daekano grabbed my wrist and pulled me to him. I raised my eyes to look directly into his. "I'll scream."
"No, you won't"
"And why wouldn't I?"
"Because we both know what would happen if you do."
They would kill him. As of when I entered Mirkwood, I was Legolas's bride, thus a princess of Mirkwood and a married woman even before the wedding.
"I won't scream, and you won't touch me or speak to me ever again."
He nodded his head. "I agree only if that is what you truly want."
I opened my mouth to say it was, but he cut me off.
"And what you want, milady. Not what they want."
I pulled away. "Why are you so willing to risk everything? So eager so early?"
"Because this is meant to be. Didn't you see it in the stars?"
I was quiet. The stars were different tonight, I knew that, but I wasn't gifted in star knowledge.
"It's supposed to be, Luinuial. You and I. We're supposed to be together."
"No." He looked taken aback. "I'm supposed to be with the prince, and no other man."
"You ought to be with him. You were not born to be with him. Do you love the prince?"
Now it was my turn to look taken aback.
"Love will come in time." I said stubbornly.
"Do you love me, Luinuial?" Once again I was shocked by this man.
Yes, I believed I did.
"No. I don't love you." And I opened the stall door and walked out.
"You lie, milady."
"Take me to the royal hall, commander." I snapped.
He shrugged, and led me to the hall, where I was to meet my future husband.
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The herald at the door announced me as I came in. "The Lady Luinuial, fiancée of Prince Legolas of Northern Mirkwood."
So that was all I was now. Only Legolas's fiancée. There was no mention of my father as was customary in such announcements. I was merely the woman promised in marriage to the youngest prince.
"Milady." An Elf with long, blond hair came up to me. He took my hand and raised it to his lips. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Luinuial."
I realized with a start that this was Legolas, my. future husband. I sank prettily into a curtsy- the proper angle to acknowledge a prince and not a degree more. "No, it is my pleasure my lord, to be considered well enough to wed you."
It was all I could do to keep from choking on my words. I wasn't trying to be sarcastic, and it didn't come out with a sarcastic edge to it, but still Orophin, Daekano and Legolas grinned.
"Milady, will you please join me for dinner?"
"Yes, milord." I rose from my curtsy and took his outstretched hand.
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I quickly pulled away and turned back to Lomion. "And once the Lady and Lord of the Wood learned that I was to leave, and knew I had no proper mount, they gave me Lomion. The best in the Lorien stables."
I felt a hand brush against my face and pulled away from Daekano again. "No. Leave me be."
"Why?" He moved so I was cornered in the stall.
"Because."
"You don't have a reason, do you?"
It was true. I didn't have a valid reason to want him to leave me alone. I had plenty reasons why he shouldn't, but none to keep him away.
"You feel it also, Luinuial. You cannot tell me that you don't."
"I. I can't."
He smiled a sad, sweet smile. "That is not saying that you don't, Luinuial."
"Well, it is saying that I won't!" I shoved past him and reached to open the stall door.
Daekano grabbed my wrist and pulled me to him. I raised my eyes to look directly into his. "I'll scream."
"No, you won't"
"And why wouldn't I?"
"Because we both know what would happen if you do."
They would kill him. As of when I entered Mirkwood, I was Legolas's bride, thus a princess of Mirkwood and a married woman even before the wedding.
"I won't scream, and you won't touch me or speak to me ever again."
He nodded his head. "I agree only if that is what you truly want."
I opened my mouth to say it was, but he cut me off.
"And what you want, milady. Not what they want."
I pulled away. "Why are you so willing to risk everything? So eager so early?"
"Because this is meant to be. Didn't you see it in the stars?"
I was quiet. The stars were different tonight, I knew that, but I wasn't gifted in star knowledge.
"It's supposed to be, Luinuial. You and I. We're supposed to be together."
"No." He looked taken aback. "I'm supposed to be with the prince, and no other man."
"You ought to be with him. You were not born to be with him. Do you love the prince?"
Now it was my turn to look taken aback.
"Love will come in time." I said stubbornly.
"Do you love me, Luinuial?" Once again I was shocked by this man.
Yes, I believed I did.
"No. I don't love you." And I opened the stall door and walked out.
"You lie, milady."
"Take me to the royal hall, commander." I snapped.
He shrugged, and led me to the hall, where I was to meet my future husband.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The herald at the door announced me as I came in. "The Lady Luinuial, fiancée of Prince Legolas of Northern Mirkwood."
So that was all I was now. Only Legolas's fiancée. There was no mention of my father as was customary in such announcements. I was merely the woman promised in marriage to the youngest prince.
"Milady." An Elf with long, blond hair came up to me. He took my hand and raised it to his lips. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Luinuial."
I realized with a start that this was Legolas, my. future husband. I sank prettily into a curtsy- the proper angle to acknowledge a prince and not a degree more. "No, it is my pleasure my lord, to be considered well enough to wed you."
It was all I could do to keep from choking on my words. I wasn't trying to be sarcastic, and it didn't come out with a sarcastic edge to it, but still Orophin, Daekano and Legolas grinned.
"Milady, will you please join me for dinner?"
"Yes, milord." I rose from my curtsy and took his outstretched hand.
