It is time, my lord," a maid said to me. I smiled and nodded. Finally it was the night of the Starlight celebrations. Soon I will walk into the great hall and announce my courting with Rafina. Finally the whole world will know that she is mine. Last few days have been awful. I wanted to leave our dissagreements behind but she kept bringing them up. Her and the dwarves. It felt as if she cared about them more than me.

I almost felt sick, when I remembered our last night's fight. She had protected the dwarves with all of her heart, saying they had their right to claim their mountain back. Rafina made me want to kill the dwarves. Nobody would have to find out that it was us, who did it. I could tell Rafina that I let the dwarves free and later she'll assume they died on their way to the mountain. It seemed like a perfect idea. Then finally there will be no distractions and she will submit to me completely.

On my way to the great hall a maid walked up to me and said, that Rafina will be there in a few minutes. I smirked as I walked trough the great hall doors and sat down. Only a few more minutes and I can make the announcment. She will be the perfect queen for me. Legolas had told me that it seemed to him as if she was a possesion to me, something I needed to have, even if it meant destroying everything on my way. Maybe it was so, but I was a king and a king will have, what he wants. I wanted Rafina.

I noticed Legolas and waved him over. He asked "Ada, is everything okay?" I nodded and said "Yes, but there is something I need you to do." Legolas moved closer and I whispered to his ear "Tell the guards to kill the dwarves, king's command." Legolas was shocked "Ada, but.." I quickly repeated "A king's command, do you have something to say?" Legolas sighed and asked "Is it really the right thing to do?" I nodded and before he could say anything more, I waved him off and said "Go, now."

He left hurriedly. My plan would work out just perfect. Rafina would never suspect it was me, not while I'm sitting next to him, enjoying a glass of wine. Deep down I did know it was not the right thing to do, to kill the dwarves but it had to be done. I didn't want the future queen of Mirkwood to go on a rampage or embarrass me. She will be happy once she finds out I so-called released the dwarves.

The time passed but there was no sight of Rafina. I was growing impatient when Tauriel walked in. I waved her over and asked "Why are you not guarding at the dungeons?" She tried to tell me, that there was no way they could get out from the dungeons. I was beyond angry. I wanted the dwarves to be guarded around the clock and then suddenly Tauriel decides to walk around and not follow orders. She sighed and explained "I just wanted to see your and Rafina's announcment." I smiled briefly, Rafina always made me smile. "Well, she should arrive here shortly," I said. Tauriel seemed to be confused and asked "Rafina isn't here?" I answered "Should she?" I noticed how confused Tauriel was. She apologized and ran through the doors. I was getting suspicious. Where was Rafina?

I tried to keep calm but after only a few minutes I decided to go check on him. Just before walking through the doors a guard approached me. "The dwarves, they have escaped." I watched the guard and yelled "What? Then catch them!" Noticing, that the guard didn't go, I yelled "Now!" He nodded and told some guards to go with him.

I walked to the throne room and sat down, waiting. Everything was falling apart. I wanted the dwarves dead, as soon as possible. They would only cause trouble. I wanted Rafina to think about me, and me only. I almost fell of my chair by thinking of her. Where was she? I needed to know.

Suddenly Tauriel and Legolas ran in to the throne room. "They managed to escape" Tauriel said. "How did you dare to let them get away?" I yelled as I stepped down from my throne. Legolas quickly said "There were orcs. Lots of them." I was shocked, orcs in my land. "We got one captured," Legolas said. I smirked and said "Good, let's talk to him." Tauriel went to get the orc but Legolas remained. He looked troubled. "What is wrong?" I asked. He sighed and said "Rafina." I quickly asked "What about her?" Legolas remained quiet. "What about him?" I yelled. I knew the answer but I didn't want to acknowledge it. Please, let it be anything but this. "She was with them." I sighed, it was as I predicted. Legolas then said "She was in the hands of Thorin Oakenshield."

I will kill him. Thorin Oakenshield. I will have his head cut off from his body, ripped even. He will regret every single decision made in his life. I wanted to march out of the throne room, just to find the foul dwarf and slaughter him. I wanted to punish him, make him beg for his life. He took something from me once but to have him taken Rafina, my love, it was out of the line. He will pay for it.

"The orc is here," Tauriel said. I hadn't even noticed her coming back. Legolas seemed to be frightened, maybe because of the way I was acting. I approached the orc, while Legolas interrigated him. "You were tracking the company of eleven dwarves, why?" The orc only laughed. Then he said "Not for a long time, the dwarf with the bow, he will be dead soon." Tauriel was overwhelmed when she mumbled to herself "The arrow, it was poisonous." I noticed her distress. I was surprised for the way she acted. Why would she care about the dwarves so much? The next moment she was trying to kill the orc and I told her to leave. She was displeased but followed the king's orders, as she should.

Legolas tried to get information out from the orc but all I could think about, was Rafina. My mind was totally off when suddenly I heard the orc say "My master serves the one." I watched as the orc started to laugh. It was worse than I had ever predicted. Sauron was to come back. I knew it would happen, but this soon. I needed to get Rafina back to safety, away from any harm. I couldn't lose her like I lost Legolas's mother.

I decapitated his head. Legolas sighed and asked "Why did you do that? I thought you promised to set him free." Even though I remembered saying that, I never meant to actually do it. Setting an orc free would be wrong, they needed to die, all of them. Then I smirked and said "And I did. I freed his head from his miserable shoulders."

On my way out of the throne room I told Legolas to double the guards at our borders. No one will leave this kingdom and no one will enter. I needed to have Mirkwood protected since I was to leave soon. I told a few elves, that were good at tracking, to find the dwarves. Then I will personally kill every single one of them and have Rafina back, where she belongs. Beside of me.