From the previous chapter of TPL
…Elladan felt a tightening in his chest. He tried to put the feeling aside, but found he could not do so. In fact, the feeling intensified and his breathing quickened.
Chapter 14 A Twin's Pain
Elrond burst through the study door, with Estel close behind him, to find Elladan with one hand clasped to his chest and the other tightly hugging the post at the bottom of the stairs.
"Ada?"
Elrond's face was pale. "You are sensing Elrohir. He is injured."
"You can sense him?" In this horrible moment of fear for his twin, he found hope that his father's condition had reversed itself.
"Even four-legged beasts can feel when their young are in danger. It takes no special gift, iôn nîn." Elrond's voice was filled with compassion. If his eldest had to experience this apprehension for his twin, Elrond wished he could spare Elladan the concern for his father. Furthermore, he knew it would be far more difficult for Elladan to treat his twin than any other patient. This would be the first time in his life that Elrohir would come home injured and not have his father as his chief healer.
"Ada?" Estel's voice brought him out of his reverie.
"Yes, Estel?"
"Shall I prepare Ro's bedroom or will you have him sent to the Healing Rooms?"
An excellent question. He wanted privacy for his sons…and for himself; to shield them from added speculation about his condition. But he sensed his middle son's injury was serious and the Healing Rooms were better set up to deal with such injuries than his room would be. Also, it would not be fair to the other patients or healers for the three of them to be upstairs with one patient. He decided on a compromise.
"Let us make room in my laboratory. Set up a cot in there; make sure there are still clean instruments, boiled water and bandages enough after all we have used this day. I will bring the herbs from the medicine closet and meet you there. Elladan, please let one of the other healers know what we are doing before helping Estel."
Both sons acknowledged their instructions and moved to complete their tasks before their injured brother arrived. The wait afterward seemed far too long.
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Elladan was pacing outside the front door when horses hooves sounded on the cobblestones. "Ada! Estel!"
Elladan flew down the steps to meet Legolas and his brother. The fair-haired elf was already pulling his mount to a stop when Elladan reached them; the elf lord not far behind. The human waited by the door, knowing Elladan's return to the house would be swift. The elder twin passed him by, easing through the entrance with his brother in his arms. Behind them were Elrond and Legolas, the younger elf leaning somewhat on the elder. "I have been trying to strengthen him, but I have not been able to tell a change. I am
sorry, Lord Elrond. It happened so quickly. His horse was spooked near the ravine. Elrohir is so good with horses that I thought he was only feigning a problem. The next moment he was falling from the animal and down the rocks of the ravine." Legolas swallowed audibly and his voice dropped to a much lower level as they passed from the Healing Rooms into the laboratory. "I saw him bounce three times before his descent halted."
Estel winced at the picture his friend painted for them. Elrond opened his mouth to reassure Legolas, but Elladan demanded their attention. "Enough talk! He needs help now!"
Estel spared a moment for an apologetic look at Legolas before he and Elrond moved to join Elladan. Legolas slipped silently into a darkened corner to watch.
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