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Chapter 41

Evie POV

When Evie came too, she noticed that she was sitting upright with back against something hard. Her hands were tied with rope and she felt something rough under her hands.

I'm tied to a tree. Fantastic.

Taking a deep breath, she reached for her magic and was relived to feel it ready and waiting.

She then opened her green eyes and looked around her.

She was indeed tied to a tree sitting up with her legs stretched out in front of her. She was still dressed in her yellow gown, though it was now wrinkled and full of dirt patches.

The light was low, indicating late afternoon, in the medium sized clearing surrounded by the forest trees she loved so much, still quite healthy, so that told her they hadn't moved too close to the evil growth yet.

In the centre was a decent sized fire with a large beast roasting over the top. The smell of the meat made her mouth water. How long had it been since she'd eaten?

A few empty logs were scattered around the fire as ugly orcs carried packs and weapons as they disappeared through some trees on the other side of the clearing. How many were there?

Her eyes fell on the back of the only man in the camp standing in front of the fire draped in a dirty dark grey cloak.

She knew the dark hair and the silhouette of the man that had once been her human lover.

She chose not to keep her voice low when she addressed him. The orcs moving even stopped to stare at her.

"What the fuck Luke!?"

She had the satisfaction of seeing the man stiffen at the sounds of her voice, but then turned in a single movement to face her and the smirk on his face was anything but kind. She wondered how she could have ever loved him.

"My Darling Evie, how glad I am to see you wake."

"We both know that's not true, now explain to me what is going on here."

She watched warily as he slowly moved towards her and then crouched down to her level.

"I've certainly missed you Evie. Have you missed me?"

She narrowed her eyes at his evasion for she did not have time to play games. She had no idea why they had taken her, but she was going to find out and then she was going to kill them all.

"What. The. Fuck. Are. You. Doing. Here?"

"Why rescuing you, of course."

"Rescuing me? From what?"

"Did you really think I would let you leave me for some Elf?" He spat the last word out with disgust. "We're going to be very happy together, just wait and see."

"Us? Together? I don't think so. I am happy. With Thranduil. Now kindly take me back."

"No."

"Excuse me?"

"We won't be going back. Only forward and then we can start our forever."

"You're mortal Luke, you don't have forever."

"Ahhh, but we shall see. He has promised it."

Evie brow furrowed at this. Who would promise such a thing?

His facial features softened slightly as he reached out and caressed the side of her face like that of a lover, from which Evie tried not to flinch away from, but was unsuccessful.

Having felt the touch of a love that cherished her, like she was a most precious treasure never to be parted from, she recognised her relationship before with Luke to be hallow and toxic.

Her thoughts then turned to Thranduil, who would be furious to find her gone. And she wondered at the violence that would take place as he sought his revenge.

She was confident that the minute he knew she was missing, that he would ready his warriors to find her, whatever it took. That's when Evie thought of the bond and tried to reach for it, hoping to find a piece of him, but was disappointed, for they must be too far. Nevertheless, she gritted her teeth.

"You are so wrong. You have no idea how badly this is going to end for you. Whoever has promised you immortality cannot give it. When my husband finds you, it will be the end for you.

Seeing her reaction, the handsome mortal man became angry, retracting his hand quickly, for he truly believed that she was in love with him just as much as he was with her.

"Ah the pitiful Elf, he will die at my hand and we can live in peace."

"Peace? What is peace if you are living in the centre of evil? What kind of life is that?"

"It matters not. He has promised it."

"You are delusional if you think that. And I will go no further with you."

"Come now, darling, surely you don't mean that? Perhaps you would like to eat something? Be a good girl and I can take care of you properly."

"No."

She heard him sigh and then stand straight up, before turning and making his way back to the firepit.

"Fine. Stay there. You'll want food eventually."

Now that his form had gone, Evie could think about the situation and how best to get out of it.

She knew her magic was strong, but she didn't know how many orcs there were with Luke and she didn't know exactly where she was. Being the Queen of the Greenwood had its perks, but being unescorted in the forest wasn't risk free.

No, as much as she would hate it, she needed to stay for the minute, work out a plan, but most importantly it seemed that Luke didn't know about her magic, so she needed to keep that secret until the time was right.

Resting her head back against the trunk of the tree, Evie closed her eyes and started to listen. She wasn't disappointed when she heard the sweet voice of the trees around her, all upset on her behalf.

The sounds of her tummy rumbling made the red head remember the fact that she was now with child. Humming softly to herself, the plan to protect her and her baby began to form in her mind…

A/N: I think the next chapter will need to be from Thranduil's POV, what do you think?