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"So you mean that Nienna will be blind for the rest of her life?" Legolas stuttered, looking at Elrond with disbelieve in his eyes.
"Yes, Legolas, unless by some miracle she can see again." Elrond shook his head sadly. Nienna's look was cast down. They were sitting in Elrond's study and he had given them the results of the test he had done on Nienna's eyes.
"Isn't there anything we can do? I mean, she is a princess, she is not supposed to be blind." Legolas bit his tongue when he heard it. It was not supposed to come out the way that it sounded.
Nienna's head shot up and while she crawled to he feet, she said in a too calm voice. "Excuse me." Before she stormed out of the room.
Legolas sat down in the chair and he said. "That was the most stupid thing to say." He put his hands in his head and muffled his cry.
"Nienna had not bee dealing with her emotions. You have dealt with them yesterday. I think that it has been too much for her. Go to her, Legolas. You know what to say best." Elrond gently said before he put his hand on the younger Elf's shoulder.
Legolas nodded and stood up. He then walked the same path that Nienna had taken only moments before. He found her in the garden, sitting in the tree. How she got in there was something he did not want to know.
"Save your breath Legolas. I know what you mean. The people of Eryn Lasgalen need a princess who can support the kingdom and their prince. Somebody who is pretty and can actually see. I do not fit that description." Nienna answered him.
"Then what are you afraid off? Of being cast away by me? Nienna you are being selfish." Legolas answered her, the anger in his voice clear to anybody with a 10-meter circle.
"I am being selfish, am I? Do you have any idea what it is like to be blind? Everything is going away. I will not see anything else for the rest of my life save this despairing darkness. You don't know Legolas, what it is like to struggle day and night for something that you are not? I am trying to be the princess that the people need but I can't do it. It takes out to much energy." Nienna shouted, while jumping from the branch she was sitting on and landing on her feet.
"You sworn that you will obey me and you shall." Legolas roared.
"I am no man or elf's being so neither am I yours, Legolas Greenleaf." Nienna answered him before she turned around and left.
"Well if you like it or not you are mine by right and you will listen to me, Nienna. I tell you to stay and hear me out. If you want to storm off after that feel welcome to." Legolas said, his voice dropping dangerously.
Nienna stopped, he had never spoken to her like that and it frightened her. "Fine." She spat while she turned around.
"You are being selfish because everybody comes to you and you will help them but you will not let anybody else help you. I am your damn husband and you are a princess. Your duty is not to your people but to me. And if you leave, I will die. I know what I was getting myself into after I asked you to marry me. I don't care if you like it or not, but you are stuck with me for the rest of your life. And I love you and you are the mother of my child, so learn to live with it." Legolas thundered.
Nienna was silent, she felt shaken. She had heard it before, maybe Legolas was right. Her gaze was cast down and Legolas walked over. Standing behind her, he gently untied the bandage and let it fall to the ground. Bending close to her ear, he then whispered. "Let me show you a new world and let's get through this together…?"
He fell silent, like he was making her an offer. Nienna hesitated, this was it, the choice was hers, and she could gain or lose. "Fine Greenleaf, but remember when it gets hard that you were the one who offered me this, I wanted to walk away." She said, trying to let as much love, as she could be hearable in her voice.
Legolas smiled and gently turned her around. She heard his sharp in take of breath and asked. "How bad is it?"
"It is not bad. They are still the same color and there is no wounds there to pull the attention away from your beautiful looks, my wife." He said, Nienna clearly hearing the wonder and love in his voice.
"So you can live with it?" She asked, still uncertain.
"Oh yes, I put up with you, don't I?" He answered.
"Greenleaf!" Nienna said, mirth dancing in her face. Legolas smiled and after gently kissing her, he said. "By my anger, it was the only way to make you understand. I am sorry. I did not mean to do it."
"I know you didn't. I meant what I said though." She answered, kind of sad.
"We will work on it." Legolas answered before he kissed her again and then spun her around.
Elrond looked out of his window at the young couple, he prayed to the Valar to help keep Legolas and Nienna together.
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