A/N: Even though this is PG-13 rated, the last part of this chapter contained sexual content. If you want to skip that part you can skip when you see this:
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All you miss is just the explicit content. I am not changing the rating because it is only one chapter and it is not too provocative, in my opinion. I don't want to ruin my creditability by putting it as 'R' rated. Everyone else, enjoy!!!
"You failed!" Dealach grabbed a man by his collar, "My order was to kill him, not injure him!" He threw the man into the ground.
The man clawed forward, "My lord, that elf turned around. If he hadn't I would have shot him through the heart. My lord, please spare my life. Give me a chance to redeem myself." The man was pleading.
"Life?" Dealach questioned to himself and turned to the man, "I will take your life then, if it is so valuable to you. I don't like to keep a failure like you wandering around my kingdom, guard!," he turned to the guard, "Take that thing away from my sight and make sure I won't see it ever again." He walked out from the room.
The guard grabbed the man, who was screaming for his life as he was dragged out from the palace to be disposed.
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Legolas was swimming in a pool of blood. He kept on swimming upward as if there was no surface to the abyss. He only heard someone calling out his name. The sound was familiar to him, so familiar that he felt like he had to get out of this pool, fast. But it seemed like he could not get any closer to the surface. All of the sudden he couldn't breath, he was running out of air in his lungs, and his strength has been sucked through his hands and legs, gliding into the blood around him. He stopped swimming and held on to his neck, he was suffocating.
He opened his eyes as a sharp ray of sunlight piecing into them. He had to shut his eyes once more to adjust to the light that was entering the room. He felt the honed pain shrieking up toward his left shoulder. He tried to move his right arm, but something preventing him. He looked down to see an arm holding on to his body then turned his vigorously dizzy head to see what was stopping him from moving his arm.
He saw what he wished it would be, Alphelion. She was still sleeping peacefully in her trance. He was looking down at her and smiling to himself. He gently pulled his arm out wrapped it around her shoulder.
Someone opened the door quietly, it was Biendis. The moment she saw Legolas eyes open and look at her, she smiled brightly at him. She took the cue and closed the door behind her. The healer was approaching the chamber but Biendis stopped him, "I will fetch you when the king is awake." The healer nodded and waked back.
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Back in the chamber, Legolas was trying not to wake Alphelion up. All he could do was look at her and smell her scent. He tried not to move too much since his arm was still in pain and his head was fuddled. He had been listening to her talking in her sleep. He wanted to laugh but he couldn't, he could only smile.
Then all of the sudden Alphelion screamed, "Legolas!" and she rose up from the bed, out from Legolas embrace, who gritted his teeth because the moment Alphelion got up, it accidentally pulled on his left bicep.
Alphelion was catching her breath, and she stopped for a moment. She then turned very slowly to Legolas, who was now leaning on the bed breathing heavily. Alphelion eyes almost bulged out and her mouth dropped wide open.
"Legolas!" This time she screamed in happiness to see him. She threw herself onto him and hugged him ferociously, "I thought I had lost you."
Legolas wrapped around her with his right arm, "I thought I was never going to see you again. When I woke up to see you sleeping next to me, I felt like a huge stone was lifted off my chest. I felt so relived."
Alphelion pulled away a little, "Your fever is reduced a lot since last night," putting her hand on his forehead, "I will get the healer." She was about to get up but he pulled her back down gently.
"Wait, I want to talk with you first. I need to tell you something important." He stopped her and pulled her toward him.
Alphelion sat back down, "What do you want to tell me?"
He sighed, "Remember when I said that there was something I needed to tell you but it wasn't the right time?" she nodded, and he continued. "This is the time. As you know, your brother sent someone to kill me. There was a reason behind it. He requested more funds, but I didn't compromise," he stopped to see her reaction, which was not changed from the last second, then he went on. "We both know how much of a gambler your brother is and ever since the first funds were sent to him, I have never sent a new fund to Mirdonost. Because I knew your brother used the entire fund in his gambling, I had someone working for me in Mirdonost. His job was to make sure that all of the funds lost in gambling are return back to Mirdonost. For him to do that, he had to be the one and only one who gambled with your brother the whole time. I should have trusted your brother but my intuition is never wrong and it was sadly right here."
Alphelion looked down, "You should have told me earlier, at least before he sent someone to kill you. Don't you think I deserved to know about this? After all Mirdonost was my home."
"I don't want you to stress over this matter. You had enough to deal with, considering me and other things around you. It was not necessary for you to be concerned with the matter." He moved closer to her.
"Legolas, I am not a child. I can make my own decisions. You are my husband, not my father. Even my father cannot make all decisions for me. The people of Mirdonost are my people. I think my judgment on this matter should weigh even more than yours." Alphelion was angry and she got up from the bed.
Legolas hadn't expected Alphelion to be angry, "Alphelion!, I'm sorry," he was about to get up and walked after her but he realized that he had no clothes on so he stopped and called out from the bed, "From now on I will let you make the decision. Please don't go."
Alphelion stopped and turned, "Do you know how painful it was for me to see you dying yesterday? If I had made that decision, this wouldn't have happened!"
Legolas lowered his head in dejection and guilt, "I'm sorry." He lowered himself down deep into the massive bed.
Alphelion turned back toward the door, "I'll get the healer." Then she walked out from the chamber.
On the bed Legolas talked to himself, "Nice move Legolas, that was really smooth!"
Alphelion's anger was so obvious that it reflected through her face. The servants in the palace had never seen her that angry before, and they all moved out of her way as she walked passed them. She entered the potion house where the healer, Altus, and Biendis were having a conversation.
"Well good news, your king is alive. You better go and tend to his condition before I actually kill him, now go!" she bawled at the poor healer who was by now very frightened by her anger.
Altus and Biendis appalled by her behavior, "What did he do to you now? I can't see him capable of doing much when he is still in bed, wounded." Altus was carefully chosen his word.
Alphelion rolled her eyes and glared at Altus, "I think you'd better go to see Legolas now, before I say something that I will regret."
Altus didn't want to press the issue even further so he nodded and bowed, "As you wish my lady." Then he walked out.
Alphelion sat down roughly on the chair, "I can't believe he kept the whole situation away from me. Mirdonost is my home. He shouldn't have made such a decision about a kingdom that is not even his."
Biendis walked over and sat down next to Alphelion, "He only did it to help you. He kept it away from you because he cares for you. He doesn't want you to suffer from all this madness. You have to understand his benevolent motive to protect you. He is lying there in the chamber wounded for your happiness. And all you do is act hostile toward him. You should calm down and reconsider your actions. You are terrifying people around you."
Alphelion thought to herself quietly and sighed, "I'm sorry. I should have controlled myself. I feel like he took advantage of the matter without consulting me. And it almost killed him. Even if he thought it was best, he still made a decision concerning my brother and my kingdom without even telling me. "
Biendis smiled, "Well go talk to him. At least let him explain the whole situation. I'm sure he wishes he had told you from the beginning."
Alphelion lightened up, "I'll think about it." They hugged.
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Alphelion walked back to the chamber. A long the way she saw that people were afraid of her so she smiled to ease them. They all smiled back at her. She trekked onward to her chamber. As she entered, the healer and Altus walked out. Altus excused himself and walked toward the main entrance of the palace.
"So, how is he?" Alphelion asked the healer gently.
"His condition is stable. The wound is healing nicely. The fever is reducing steadily. He might have a minor headache which is common when he had such a high fever. The fever should be gone by tomorrow. Good day my lady." The healer bowed and walked away.
Alphelion dithered for a moment, considering whether she should walk into the room or not. After a long consideration she decided to walk to the other side of the palace where her old chamber was.
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Legolas had been waiting and waiting for Alphelion to come back but there was no sign of her coming back. Since Altus told him that she was extremely furious, he didn't really hold upon her returning to the chamber anytime. After alternately waiting and dozing throughout the day, he fell asleep as the sun set over the horizon of the sky.
Later in the night, Alphelion slowly walked into the chamber. It was dark and there was a small candle lit by the nightstand. The light glowed on Legolas face. She put her palm on his forehead to feel the heat. After the last dosage of potion, his fever dropped rapidly and by this time it was almost gone. She blew out the candle and walked out of the room.
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The morning came, Legolas woke up with a fully regained strength and fully charged anger when he realized that Alphelion had not slept in their chamber last night. He stormed out of the room and walked in a beeline toward the main hall after putting on a more comfortable clothes. The servants were happy to see their king alive but at the same time, horrified by his anger.
"Yesterday was the queen, now the king!" one of the young maids whispered to her older companion as Legolas walked passed them.
The experienced servant signaled the girl to be silent and they both walked towards the other side of the palace.
Legolas entered the main hall to see Altus, Biendis, and Alphelion talking. The three of them spotted him. Altus and Biendis moved backward as they knew what would happen in the few moments.
"Where were you last night?" Legolas growled at Alphelion
"In my room." She turned and was about to walk away, when he grabbed her arm and spun her back.
"Don't walk away from me when I am talking." His voice got higher.
Alphelion shook her arm from his clasp, "I am not your slave, you can't control me!" She started to raise her voice to match his.
"You don't want to know how much I can control you Alphelion, so don't push it!" Legolas walked up to her.
At this point their anger was on the same level. Everyone around them except Altus and Biendis kept on walking, avoiding the main hall. Altus and Biendis were about to try to separate them, but had to pull back when they met two icy stares, "You two stay out of this!" Legolas glared at them.
Without a word, Legolas grabbed Alphelion's arm and pulled her to him, "We are going to finish, but not here."
He literally dragged her with him. Alphelion tried to pull and shake her arm away from him, "You can't do this to me, let me go!"
Biendis was about to go after them when Altus gently held her back, "No, let them deal with it on their own."
"What if he hurts Alphelion?" She asked, concerned.
Altus smiled, "Trust me, that will never happen. One thing Legolas is not capable of doing is hurting Alphelion."
"How do you know? Did you see how mad he is? He could kill her!" She looked at him.
"Because he can't hurt someone who he is in love with. I think you better be prepared because Mirkwood will probably be welcoming either a new prince or princess sometime soon." He winked at her.
Biendis eyes widened, "Well at least you should have informed me earlier. I thought they could have killed each other!"
Altus broke out into a loud laugh and put his arm around her shoulder as they walked out of the main hall.
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Legolas dragged his furious wife toward their chamber. One hand held on to her arm, the other tried to push the door open. He let go of her arm as he slammed the door shut behind them. Alphelion was about to run off to the balcony when Legolas jumped in front of her to shut the balcony door too.
"You can't get away from me Alphelion." He was walking up to her as she walking back away from him. They kept going until her back was up against the wall. Legolas trapped her with two hands up against the wall.
"Legolas, let me go." Alphelion warned him.
"You are not in the position to bargain with me Alphelion." He informed her.
Alphelion grunted angrily, "What do you want?!"
"I think you know what I want. You are just being too arrogant to do it." He lowered his voice but still had a touch of anger.
Alphelion threw her hands up in the air in defeated mode, "Alright, I'm sorry for being harsh toward you and neglecting you yesterday. I understood your benign motive now. So let me go."
"Isn't that a little bit too easy Alphelion." He was not satisfied.
"What you want me to do? Drop down on my knees and beg? I don't think so Greenleaf!" she roared at him.
The corner of his lip pursed up and he smiled evilly at her, "I might have forgiven you if you did just that but you just threw away your chance."
Alphelion was about to go down on her knees when Legolas stopped her, "Too late Alphelion, you lost. I will taste this sweet victory of mine, my way."
Alphelion was unprepared for his next moved as he brutally kissed her. As he sucking out all her breath, Legolas pressed his body up against her. Alphelion lost all the strength to push him away as her whole being weak under his arms. She had to put her hands on his shoulder to steady herself. Legolas was kissing and nuzzling on the nape of her neck. Since she couldn't hold against him any longer, she languid physically, emotionally, and mentally.
Legolas pulled away to look at her, "Tell me to stop, if you want me too. I am not going to force you."
She didn't answered, so he tried his luck. He grabbed her hand gently and pulled her toward the huge bed. He gently pushed her down on the bed. Lying on top of her, his two hands held on to her wrists softly. Legolas lowered his head down and kissed her forehead, "Why didn't you stop me?"
"I don't know. I just couldn't." she whispered.
"Do you want to do this?" he asked.
"I don't know." She answered.
He smiled at her, "You are not ready for this." Legolas was about to get up when Alphelion put her hand in his arm.
"I am ready, I was just scared." She smiled weakly.
Legolas held both of her hands in his, "Don't be. There is nothing to be frightened of." He laid back down.
He slowly slid his hand down from her wrist toward her breasts. Aphelion inhaled sharply as his hands brushed passed her breasts and began to unbutton her dress. Legolas looked into her eyes, there was no signed of refusal, and he continued. His hands were shaking as he working on what seemed like a million buttons to him. Alphelion shut her eyes as Legolas pulled apart the dress to reveal her alluring naked body.
Legolas inhaled his breath, "Open your eyes." He told her.
Alphelion slowly opened her eyes and looked at his face, "You are extremely beautiful, do you know that? Your beauty is torturing me." he whispered, "I can't believe I waited this long."
Alphelion chuckled at his comment. He pulled her dress off her and threw it on the floor. He pulled one of her hand up to his lip and kissed it, "Alphelion, I love you."
Alphelion brought his head closer to her, "I love you." She smiled up at him and kissed his lips.
Legolas was kissing down her neck, tracing down her collarbone. Alphelion let out a soft moan as he moved down farther. Both of his hands were caressing her creamy breast gently.
Alphelion pulled Legolas' white shirt off and pressed her palms against his masculine chest. Her hands glided back up toward his shoulder blade. Slowly, she moved her hand down toward the waistband of his trousers. Noticing her movement, Legolas looked into her eyes, "Aren't you a bit eager?" He joked.
Breathing heavily, "Legolas, be quiet and take them off!" Alphelion demanded.
He arched his eyebrows surprisingly, "You will pay for telling me to do that!"
Pretending to be afraid of him, "Oh, please don't hurt me!" she mocked him.
That pushed him over the edge. He took off his trousers in one swift movement. This time it hit Alphelion about what would happen.
"Legolas," the sign of panic showed in her eyes as she swallowed hard, "I have never done this before. I was only joking with you."
Seeing her panic he slowed down, "I know," caressing her cheek softly, "It's going to hurt but if I could take away the pain, you know I wouldn't hesitate." He kissed her forehead.
He lowered himself down and hugged her gently to calm her down, "Look at me, and let it go. Let it happen." He held on to both of her hands.
As he entered, Alphelion cried out but Legolas sucked it away with his kiss. Their hands squeezed together as their bodies tensed up between them. They were both breathing hard. As they hit the climax, they called out each other names in unison.
When it was over, they smiled at each other, "Well that was fun." Legolas joked. Alphelion slapped his right arm playfully. Legolas pulled up the blanket to cover himself and Alphelion.
They were holding and looking at each other, "I think the one good thing to come from my revenge was to marry you. I have never regretted it for one moment. You are the 'beloved of my revenge'." Legolas whispered into her ears compassionately as they both floated into the utopia that only belong to them.