"Legolas!" growled Eden angrily, poking Legolas hard in the ribs. He murmured something about being left alone and nodded back to sleep. Annoyed, Eden sat up on the bed. 'He could very well have stayed at the palace to sleep, not my house,' she thought as she walked over to the window to admire the forest outside her house. She looked over to her bed where the Prince slept.
His chest rose with every breath he took and he looked very peaceful. 'That son of a bitch,' she thought as she sat down to read from her book of elvish poetry.
Of course, she fell asleep.
When she opened her eyes, Legolas was now where to be seen. In fact, she wasn't even in her room! She wasn't in any room! She was on the forest floor, alone and.......soaked???
'What the hell happened?' she wondered as she scrambled to her feet, whimpering softly. She could see the sun was setting. Where was she? Something compelled her to go north and so she did. To her delight, she saw her house and her grim expression turned to a jubilant one. But as she approached however, her mouth dropped open. Her parents were being evicted! Far to the right, she saw Legolas standing with a satisfied smirk on his face as he watched all their furniture and belongings being tossed out of the house carelessly. A tear rolled down her cheek. Somebody kissed it away.
She opened her eyes once more. 'Oh thank goodness,' she thought, 'it was just a dream.'
Legolas held her gently in his arms. "You had a bad dream, but you are alright now," he whispered. She nodded.
"Can you tell me what it was about?" he asked.
"No, no," Eden laughed feebly, "It was nothing. It was silly. Really, Legolas." And yet for the rest of the evening she could not get it out of her mind. What did that dream mean? Was it an omen?
'I wish I wasn't so stupid,' she thought. 'Then I could actually understand things like this.'
But Legolas's voice and lips smoothed away her worries for the time being.
That night, Eden and Legolas confessed their unconditional love for each other. Due to legal reasons which this author cannot state, I have been asked to leave out the mushy details because frankly, this is a Mesopotamia production, not Disney or Lifetime. But what I can tell you is that they did make quite a few promises to each other, said they loved each other a few billion times more, and then spoke of a future together. They did not, however, speak of how that future would be made or of how each would tell their families about their love. Nevertheless, for that moment, there was true happiness.
Legolas could still sense that something was wrong and cradled her in his arms until she fell asleep..... again. He kissed her lips ever so gently before he left.
She awoke the next day and went downstairs only to hear that there was another party at the palace and this time they would be spending a few night there, since her father had business with the King. This time while her brothers and sister groaned and pretended to be ill, she had a smile on her face and said, "If my dear parents wish it, I will go and be on my best behavior."
This stunned the whole family since Eden was usually the one to slam her head against the table or run away and hide when she heard that she had to go to the palace. She brushed out her hair and washed herself thoroughly and put on the most beautiful dress that she owned. It was long, red, made of the finest Mirkwood silk, and was quite snug ( and a little revealing).
And so that night, her family set off to go to the palace. When they arrived, they walked to the dining hall and sat down. She could not see Legolas and she looked around frantically for him. After dinner, everyone went into the main hall to socialize and dance.
Eden went outside to sit in the courtyard where Legolas had first touched her face. She, however, conveniently forgot that at the time he was being an (pardon my elvish) asshole.Funny how one forgets such things when they are in love. But nevertheless, she sat and waited.
He finally showed up and without a word, took her hand and led her around the palace to a corridor. It seemed endless and Eden gasped for breath as they started to climb up a staircase.
"Legolas, where are we-," she started but he silenced her with a malevolent look. Pulling her closer, he whispered, "Do not speak. Someone will hear you and you will be in very big trouble."
She was confused why he was only addressing that she, and only she, would be in big trouble, but she nevertheless followed him silently.
Finally they reached a door and when he opened it, Eden was taken aback. It was the most beautiful room she had ever seen, but she had seen his room and this was not his room. 'Well he is a prince,' she thought to herself, 'He probably has more than one room.'
"Very quiet,"he whispered, but this time he had encircled her and kissed her ear. "As silent as death itself."
"I didn't think death was-," she started, but he shhhhhhhhed her and she fell silent once more.
He smiled and pulled her against him, his mouth sweeping down to capture hers. He felt and smelled and looked so wonderfully she wondered how she had gotten there in the first place. 'It was those blasted glasses!'she thought and she internally shook an angry fist at them for separating Legolas and her for as long as they did.
But soon her thoughts were filled with the situation occurring in the majestically beautiful room and she felt Legolas start to move her forward, towards the enormous and inviting bed. With the help of a chest, she had crawled backwards up onto the bed, still facing him and him still only inches from her, until her head hit the wall and she cried "ow!"
'Smooth and sexy as always, Eden,' a voice in her head said sarcastically.
He smiled gently and reminded her to keep quiet. And so she lay down onto the bed and felt herself melt into Legolas as his perfect mouth kissed away her worries all the way down to her neck. His hands were also doing their part. One was on her hip and the other tracing circles around her nipple. She didn't know how he expected her to keep silent while he was doing this.
He seemed to be smiling as if knowing that she was trying her best to keep silent, but he did note on her heavy breathing and how her heart beat had increased its pace.
But all good things come to an end. And what an end it was, but you see, dear reader, it was not the kind of end you would expect from this kind of situation.
For when Legolas Greenleaf's "magical" hands had started to work their way under the dress of our little Eden Goldenlight, the evening was over. Eden pushed at him and Legolas, awakening from his passion, was quite surprised. Never in all his long years had anyone ever done this (A/N: this author sure as hell wouldn't!).
"So you were just trying to shame me," she whispered harshly as she crawled hastily off the bed, straightening out her dress, "And to think, I actually listened to all the things you told me. Love? Ha! What do you...what could you know about love? You have lived for centuries and you still have not experienced love. I knew what you were the first time I met you! You're a woman user! And once a woman user always a woman user! Goodbye, Prince Legolas." She ran out the door, down the stairs, down the corridor and right into.....Legolas?!
"What- how...how did you get down here so....ugh never mind!" she pushed past him, but he grabbed her arm.
"Eden, please listen to me," he pleaded.
"We've nothing to say to each other," she said, tears in her eyes,"You're a liar and a cheat and you took me for a fool! I'm not! And I will never do that.....that kind of thing with someone I'm not married to. I suggest you find yourself another whore."
"Eden," he said, not letting go," Listen to me." He pulled her over next to a hedge. "I wasn't trying to shame you. That was not my intention. I.....I just love you. Please believe me. I would not have done anything you didn't want me to. Please, I am yours. Do with me what you will. Just don't leave me." He ended those words in almost a hushed whisper and his eyes, his soul, his entire body pleaded with her with all his might and she could see his struggle. Her heart sank and she fell into his arms.
"I will never leave you,"she whispered back, tears in her eyes, "But it is you who I fear will leave me, will betray me, and abandon me. Your rejection of me is my worst fear."
"Silly girl," he laughed softly, tilting her chin up towards his waiting lips, "I will never leave you."
And so they kissed again for the last time that night and went to the party, where they separated, afraid of raising suspicion.
The party was still going on and the night was young and just as Eden went to get herself another piece of cake, Rilma clutched at her arm.
"Eden," she whispered loudly, "Come outside, please! Please come outside! Something terrible is happening!"
Eden followed Rilma to a sort of gathering of angry faces and rude comments. Her brothers were standing on one side with a few other elves and the king's sons (excluding Legolas) and also with a few other elves.
"What's going on here?" she ran towards Ritu, who was standing face to face with one of the King's sons. He looked like he was about to strike out at an minute.
"Ritu," she said, quietly, putting a hand on his shoulder, "He isn't worth it. Remember what mother and father said. Step away from this like the mature one, like the stronger one. You are better than this."
Ritu's eyes turned to his sister and his look of rage passed from his face. "You're right," he said, "I am better than this. Thank you for reminding me, Eden."
They both turned to leave, when suddenly one of the elves (Eden did not see who), grabbed her from behind and pulled her into him. She struggled in vain and then stopped. The elf only held her tighter the more she struggled and her vision was starting to blur. She managed to look up and see Ritu's face contorted in anger, trying to get to her and then she suddenly saw Legolas' face.
Everything grew quiet as they looked at him. Even her brother's said nothing and just stared. Legolas was, after all, a future king. He had that power over people. She saw his eyes move to her, but they held no expression. They held no expression of the love and kindness that they held just an hour ago, when she was in his arms, when his lips were on hers. Instead, they were cold, heartless and cruel. A Legolas that she did not see very often these days. A Legolas that she did not like.
"My my," he smirked,"Quiet a little party we have here. Drinks," he grabbed the bottle of elvish wine that one of the elves on her brother's side held, took a drink, and gave it back, "Entertainment ," he patted his brother on the back and then walking over to Eden with a sensuous and cruel smile on his pale face, "and most important of all, women." He pulled her face up to him and roughly kissed her so that it actually hurt a little. It was a deep kiss and his eyes closed. Eden whimpered helplessly. Her brothers lunged forward, but were held back by their opposing side.
Legolas laughed. Eden heard it only faintly. Everything seemed to spin and she struggled to keep herself conscious and alert as her captor's grip held her in a deadly grip.
"Please," she gasped, "Let go. I can't breath." But her captor merely laughed in her ear and held her tighter. She looked up at Legolas....or the Legolases. There were two of him now. This made things much more interesting....
But then he became one Legolas again. She heard him say, "You seem angry that I did that. What if I do it again?" And her face was lifted once more towards his, and she was kissed again in that harsh way. "Or what if I do this." Suddenly Legolas savagely grabbed her from her captor, his hand visibly on her waist, and kissed her in that frightful way again. Legolas laughed as she heard more struggle coming from where her brothers were. She felt Legolas pick her up and she looked up into his mocking and cruel (and yet strikingly beautiful) face.
"I'll give her back to you fresh and new by tomorrow morning," he smiled cruelly and she heard her brothers cry her name, but when she looked up at Legolas and they were a good deal away from the fight, his expression was unchanged. He carried her back to the bedroom and lay her on the bed. When she opened her eyes again, he was sitting on a chair across the room, his fingertips pressed together, and he was looking at her. He looked angry. Very angry.
"What did you think you were doing getting into that sort of thing?" he asked, furious with her. "Do you realize what could have happened to you? Do you realize that if I hadn't been there, they would have...." He trailed off.
Her head ached horribly, but she managed to lift herself up to face him, but then the pain in her ribs struck her in such a way that she fell against the bed once more.
"And have my brothers get hurt?" she scoffed, "I'd do anything to prevent them from coming to any harm."
"Your interference was not necessary," he growled, his eyes now a steel blue, "They would have fought for a few minutes and then they would have walked away. By interfering, you only pushed yourself into the situation and a lady should never be in any situation where there is a fight and men are drunk. You could have been very hurt."
"I am very hurt," she groaned, trying not to move. Her ribs hurt terribly. She felt him draw closer. His voice became soft once more.
"Where are you hurt?" he asked.
"Here," she motioned to her ribs, "That elf was holding me so tightly, I thought I was going to pass out."
She felt his fingers touch the bruised flesh and she whimpered. His eyes darkened once more.
"Do you see what I mean about you getting hurt?" he said. "Never do that again, Eden."
"No problem," she groaned and then winced as he touched her ribs.
"Your ribs are badly bruised," he said, "I need to take you to the healing room to get the salve. Don't worry, we will go to the one that is not used too often." Eden nodded and she felt him left her gently off the bed and carry her....somewhere. After a few minutes, she felt herself being laid down on a cool table top. She opened her eyes and saw Legolas smiling down at her. He looked beautiful, ethereal.
"Do you trust me?" he whispered.
"Yes," she said and closed her eyes. Slowly and carefully, his hands worked to remove her dress, revealing her undergarments, her knee high underpants and a slip on top of that. His hands pulled the slip up and Eden opened her eyes momentarily, thinking that he would take it all off, but he did not. Instead, he pulled it high enough only to reveal her ribs, nothing more. The skin was already starting to discolor.
Legolas fumbled around in one of the cabinets until he found what he was looking for. He put some of the salve in his hands and massaged her ribs. The close contact of his hands made her shudder slightly, but she did not open her eyes. She did not want to see Legolas' smile, nor confirm his suspicion that she was enjoying this, which of course she was, but she did not want him to know that. When he was done, she was (very) sorry that his hands moved away. He covered her back up again and she opened her eyes.
"You will be better in a few hours," he said, caressing her cheek.
"What will we do until then?" she smiled at him, mischievously. He seemed taken aback by her speech, but then laughed.
"Whatever you wish," was his answer.
"Then let us go back to your room," she said and he picked her up once more and carried her back.
They talked for a few hours, her fingers purposefully driving him insane as they grazed his ears, his lips, his neck, his chest, his stomach, all while she spoke of her life. Those few hours seemed short and he soon got up and walked to window. She had healed pretty well and felt no pain as she got up.
He turned to her when he sensed her near him and his arms wrapped around her, drawing her closer than he had ever held her before, but with a gentleness that made her weak at the knees. Her lips sought his and found them as she started to draw him towards the bed. He stopped them.
"Are you sure?" he asked softly, in a lustful voice. "I don't want you to do anything that you don't want to."
"I want to," she whispered back (A/N: me too!!! *cries*).
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A/N: WARNING: the next chapter will be R rated for obvious reasons. If you cannot understand those reasons, you should not be reading this and should tell your mommy to keep a better watch on you while you're on the internet because thanks to mommies like yours, we had a whole section of stories DELETED BECAUSE YOUR MOM CAN'T KEEP ONE FUCKING EYE ON YOU! Ahem...*regains composure* Anyways, I want to thank all my reviewers for...um....reviewing and liking my story. I'm really happy you guys like it and that you guys keep coming back for more. :) I'm trying to update as quickly as possible here so if I seem slow, sorry but as they say Rome wasn't built in a day and I hate it when my stories are all messed up because I didn't proofread and then people tell me there's something wrong. Again, thanks to everyone!
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