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Chapter Three: All good things...

Andra saw Lordirion again a few days later. The last three words he'd spoken at their parting, 'Le mel im,' had stayed in her mind although she didn't know what their meaning. When she saw him she spoke, "You said something at our last parting...Le m-melim...What does it mean?"

Lordirion gazed at her carefully, "Le mel im in my people's tongue means I love thee. And I do love thee, Andra Bakersfield of Fornost. Though I have known you for only a short time, I love thee."

Andra looked up at him, her eyes showing the beginnings of hope, "Le mel im, Lordirion Elenion. I, too, love thee, even after only this short time."

He grinned, his face alight, picked her up and swung her around, "I had feared you would not wish to see me again..."

"I wish only to never be parted from you," Andra replied.

From then on they met as often and for as long as they could. Gone was Andra's timid, frightened self, replaced by a sprightly, happy woman. In the hours they spent together, Lordirion taught Andra to read, write, and speak Elvish and of the history of his people, speaking of Luthien the Fair and Beren, Turin, Melian and Thingol, Earendil and Elwing, and many others. He told her of Mirkwood, Imladris, and Lothlorien and she was happy and content. Many nights she would sneak away to the beech tree and meet Lordirion there and would awake at dawn in his arms. Those times spent together were their happiest.

But it all came to an abrupt and painful end when their families found out about their relationship. Andra's mother found the papers on which her daugher had learned to read and write Elvish and confronted Andra about it. Andra's parents reviled and feared the Elves, saying they were witches and sorcerers. Her mother became angry and afraid when she found the papers covered in 'Elf-speech.'

"What is this?" demanded Bethany, Andra's mother, shaking the papers at her daugher angrily.

Andra's eyes widened in shock and fear, "I-it's nothing m-ma...I swear I didn't mean any harm!"

"What are you doing, consorting with the likes of them? Evil, dark sorcerers and witches, the lot of them! And, you, my own daugher, learning their ways! They, sure as the sun rise, they'll steal your soul! I forbid you to see that, that good-for-naught sorcerer again!" Bethany commanded. Andra protested, distraught to tears, "But ma! Lordirion-!"

"You call that-that sorcerer by his given name? He'll bring you to a sticky end!" Bethany interrupted.

Andra tried again, "Ma, he-he saved me fr-from Jershon! He's kept me safe! Lordirion loves me! I won't, I can't abandon him!"

"You will not have any more contact with that sorcerer! Is that understood?" Bethany repeated, ending the discussion. Andra continued to protest, but to no avail. She didn't know that Lordirion was going through a similar scene with his family.

"She is mortal, Lordirion! It is forbidden! It has been forbidden since the time of Luthien! You cannot wed a mortal! We forbid it!" said his family. To try and get Lordirion to forget Andra, the Elves soon decided to leave. After nearly a year, Andra and Lordirion were being forced to part.

The night of the Elves' departure, Andra and Lordirion slipped away and met at the tree.

"I do not think I can live without you!" Andra whispered as Lordirion held her.

"Perhaps we shall meet agian, for love such as ours does not die," Lordirion replied softly, "I have something to give you..." he said to her. In his hand was a beautiful pendant shaped like a leaf, hung on a thin chain and a map. "We shall not be parted if you keep this by your heart," Lordirion told her, placing the chain around her neck. Then he unrolled the map, "This will lead you to me. If ever you have need of my aid or wish to join me, follow the path marked. I will be waiting..."

"I shall remember, always," Andra told him, taking the map as tears ran down her cheeks, "Le mel im..." she whispered, taking a ring from her finger and placing it in his hand.

"Le mel im, always and forever..." he answered, placing a hand on her cheek, before he turned and left, looking back only once before disappearing into the night.

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