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Chapter 30: Bonding and Parting
Ana opened the door on the right and saw that it was a modestly furnished room with a bed, small table and a few chairs. There was a small window high up on the wall that brought in some sunlight that shined down on the bed, but let most of the room in the dark. There were also bed tables were several candles rested and on the larger table a few candles sat with pieces of flint. She looked to Haldir and led him into the room. Once both of them were inside she let go of his hand and closed the door behind them. When she turned back to him, Haldir pulled her body flush to him and Ana felt him tremble. She frowned and wrapped her arms around in tightly in return.
"I know you must go, but I do not wish it," he whispered into her hair and she closed her eyes. "What I wish is to take you back to Lothlorien, to make you my wife, to live life with you in the safety of out home, at least until we too sail with the others."
Haldir pulled back slightly and looked down at her. She slowly opened her eyes and met his gaze. He pushed her hair from the left side of her face and pushed it far enough back to reveal her ear. His eyes moved from hers to her ear as he ran his finger along the lobe and slowly up the outer rim of her ear. Ana felt a tingle fill her and she shivered slightly. Haldir lowered his hand and met her eyes. She knew that an elf's ears were sensitive to touch, but she didn't think t hat sensitive. He had barely grazed her ear and she felt the simple touch everywhere.
"There is nothing I want more than just that Haldir," she whispered. He kissed her forehead and wrapped her in his arms once more. "You need to rest," she said after a moment and he shook his head.
"I will rest, but you will rest with me. I want to have you as long as I can before we are parted. I do not know how long it will be until I can hold you again." Ana smiled and looked up at him once more.
"I will rest with you," she said and he smiled. Ana separated herself from him and helped him remove his armor, leaving him in his tunic, leggings, and boots. "Remove more boots and we will lay down," she said as she started to remove her boots. Haldir nodded and did the same. Once he was done, she held out her hand and smiled at him. Haldir looked to her and swallowed hard. She stood with the sunlight filtering in behind her and the faint glow that emanated from her made her look even more beautiful than he ever remembered her being. She looked as though the Valar had placed her there, just for him. "Come on," she said through a soft laugh and jarred him from his stupor. Haldir smiled and took her hand.
Soon, both were settled on the bed, only Haldir had his arm wrapped firmly around Ana and she laid on her left side, her right arm around his torso and her head on his shoulder while his hand rested on her hip. She sighed and enjoyed the feel of him holding her taking the moment to memory.
"Ana?" he asked quietly and she looked up at him. "May I see your stomach once again?' he asked. Ana nodded and sat up as she gathered her hair and put it behind her shoulders so it rested against her back. She lifted up her shirt to about two inches below her chest. Haldir sat up and looked at her skin closely. There was no scar from the Urk, but there were four other scars. He ran his fingers along one of the scars and looked at her. "These are from him aren't they?" he asked and Ana nodded. "Why would the one you received here completely disappear, but the ones that you had before remain?" He quickly looked from her eyes to her neck and raised his hand to the scar that still rested there.
His hand caressed her neck and Ana let out a heavy breath. Since she awoke and ran to him, her senses seemed heightened around him, and every touch, caress, and kiss had made her feel things that she could not put into words even if she wanted to. She found herself wondering if Haldir had felt that way with her before.
"Haldir," she whispered and he looked at her face. She raised her hand to his face and pulled him to her. She kissed him slowly as she let go of her shirt and wrapped her arms around him. Haldir pulled her close causing Ana to have to straddle his lap to keep from falling over. Her knees rested on the bed as she straddled his lap and kissed him. She moved her hands up his body and tangled her fingers in his blonde locks. Haldir had one hand resting on her lower back, and one hand grasped her hip tightly.
After what seemed like forever, but only a few minutes, Ana slowly pulled her lips from his. The only sound that filled the air was their deep intake of breaths and slight pants. Haldir looked up at her raised position over him and licked his lips. Ana soon did the same thing and she sighed deeply.
"Do you feel it?" she asked and Haldir looked at her strangely. "Do you feel a pulling, a deep unrelenting desire?" Then Haldir understood. Before she was unable to feel the bond they shared, the bond they shared since confessing their love for each other. Of course, he had felt for so long it had become second nature, something that wouldn't be fulfilled until they were bound, but he waited patiently for when she was ready.
"I've felt it for a long time," he whispered as he pushed her hair from her face. She sighed once more and rested her forehead against his.
"Perhaps I should let you rest on your own," she said quietly and he shook his head.
"No, I will find no rest if you leave." Ana lifted her head and looked down at him. She nodded and kissed his lips lightly.
"Then let's rest," she whispered and he nodded with a small smile when she did not move from her position on him. She leaned in and kissed him again, why she truly didn't know. As Haldir started to return her kiss when she quickly pulled her lips away and looked down at him with a confused expression. Haldir smiled up at her.
"It is not easy to ignore the pulling of your heart," he said gently. Ana nodded her head and sighed before she quickly got up from the bed and walked over to the door. Haldir watched her with a frown. "Ana?" he asked and was about to climb from the bed, until he saw her slid the bolt and lock the door. Haldir stopped and watched her questioningly as she walked back over to him and climbed onto the bed. She straddled him once again and Haldir looked up at her. "Ana, what are you doing?" She leaned in and kissed him briefly.
"I don't know how you could ignore the pull for so long and for that I'm giving myself to you. I wish to bind myself to you Haldir, if you will have me," she said softly. Haldir looked at her and searched her face closely. He saw no doubt, no fear, no hesitation, only the purest love and desire he had ever seen in her eyes.
"I will always have you Ana, do not ever doubt that," he said heatedly. Ana smiled and slowly ran her hands down his chest, feeling his firm chest under the fabric of his tunic. She grasped the hem of his tunic as she leaned in and kissed him lightly before she pulled back and with his help removed his tunic and discarded the fine fabric onto the stone floor. Her cool fingers danced across his warm chest and Haldir took in a slow deep breath as slight chills raced through him. Ana leaned into him and instead of kissing his lips as he had expected her to do, she kissed his neck and down his collarbone. He tilted his head back and let out a heavy sigh.
Ana moved to the other side of his neck and collarbone and then slowly moved along his jaw line then his chin and finally his lips. Only instead of just barely brushing her lips to his like she had intended, Haldir raised a hand and grasped her neck gently but firmly and held her lips to his as he kissed her deeply and thoroughly. Haldir pulled his lips from hers and their eyes met heatedly.
"Are you certain you wish to bind now?" he asked his voice octaves deeper than she ever remembered it being. "There will be time when you return to Lothlorien, and we are not encased within stone walls." Ana shook her head.
"I wish to bind myself to you Haldir, and now is as good a time as any," she said before she kissed him. Haldir sighed against her lips and moved his hands down her form and just as she had, grasped the hem of her tunic and slowly began to pull it up. Ana broke the kiss to help Haldir remove her tunic. Instinctively she covered herself. Haldir gave her a small smile as he leaned into her and tilted his head up and kissed her neck and down her throat. He raised his hands and wrapped his strong fingers around her wrists and pulled her arms away from her chest. She looked down at him with heavy eyes and he looked up at her with a grin.
"There is never a need for you to cover yourself from me Ana, after tonight every curve," he said as he let go of her hands and she let her hands fall onto his shoulders as his fingers caressed down her chest and over her breasts in a feather light touch, "every spot that exudes a sigh, and every part of you will be committed to my memory forever." He moved his hands to her back and pulled her chest close to him and as he kissed her unlike any man before she gasped and her head tilted back as she grasped his shoulders.
Haldir's lips moved slowly, almost painfully slow, across her chest and then up her neck to her own lips that he kissed more firmly. During their kiss, Ana gently pushed him down onto the bed and Haldir rolled over so he hovered over her.
Through heated kisses and touches, the remainder of their clothes were discarded and the two were soon as bare as the day they were brought into the world. He moved slowly and gently showing her just how much he loved her by pouring everything he felt into the way he kissed and touched her. Soon, she was whimpering against his lips as he kissed her and as his hands touched her in places so intimately and gently, she wanted nothing more than to feel him fully. His lips soon left hers and their eyes met in a deep glance.
"Haldir," she said breathlessly, "I need you." Haldir raised his hand to her face and pushed her slightly dampened hair from her face. He positioned himself and looked down at her as the two slowly became one. Ana bit her lower lip and held onto his shoulders as her body became used to the intrusion. After a moment the pair started to move and soon, Ana was feeling a tightening in her lower stomach. "Haldir," she whispered and he kissed her before he rested his forehead against hers.
"I love you, Ana," he said as he felt his own release approaching. Ana closed her eyes tightly. She cried out and wrapped her arms and legs around him tightly as the waves of ecstasy washed over her. Haldir soon followed and as he growled out her name, a soft glow and then a bright light flashed around the newly bound pair. Ana took deep even breaths to calm the pounding of her heart. She slowly unwrapped her legs and arms from him and looked up at him with hooded and tired eyes. She raised a slightly trembling hand to his face and caressed his cheek.
"I love you too Haldir," she said and he lifted his head and looked down at her with tired eyes, "more than anything in the world." Haldir laughed quietly and pushed her hair from her face.
"Even more than Sadie?" he asked causing Ana to laugh too but she smiled at him playfully.
"Well, there are a few exceptions." Haldir raised an eyebrow and shifted his hips that were still locked with hers causing Ana to gasp and close her eyes.
"Maybe I can persuade you," he whispered huskily in her ear. Ana slowly opened her eyes and looked at him with a grin.
"Maybe," she whispered before Haldir claimed her lips in an intense kiss and they continued to strengthen their newly made bond.
Ana stood dressed in a fresh tunic and leggings with her quiver and bow strapped to her back waiting patiently for Aragorn. Even though Haldir was not near her, she could sense him and he wasn't very happy. She stood next to Brego, the horse she would be riding with Aragorn, waiting for Aragorn to come out. The others were waiting as well; Ana heard Aragorn and Haldir coming so she looked up the stairs.
Haldir looked at her as he walked down behind Aragorn. Aragorn gave her a smile and stood next to her as Haldir stepped up to her. He kissed her briefly and moved her long braid from her shoulder to rest on her back.
"Take care of her Aragorn," Haldir said quietly and the man nodded.
"I promise you I will," Aragorn said just as quietly and Haldir nodded his head as his eyes remained locked with Ana's.
"You are my wife now, Ana, so do as I say and come back to me," he whispered so quietly Ana barely heard him but she did and she smiled as she raised her hand to his face.
"I will, my love," she whispered back before she kissed him as she felt Aragorn mount Brego. She pulled away from him and mounted Brego and sat behind Aragorn. She continued to look at Haldir as they rode from the fortress and as they rounded the last corner and he disappeared from her sight, she could feel a deep longing in her chest, but something also told her that she would see him again so there would be no need to worry.