Hello :)

a short Chp for tonite...we're almost at the end! Oh no! ;)

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Since elves do not reckon time like other races, Tauriel wasn't sure how long she had spent wandering. While walking she did manage to notice the beauty of the carven stone and chambers and hallways. Accustomed to living underground, but this place with its sparse light and sharp angles seemed so different than her own light airy halls. Many dwarves that she passed by gave her little heed as they were recuperating from the battle or still in a state of wonder. The dwarves that did notice her scowled as she passed by, but she tried to not let it bother her.

All of a sudden, a little figure came running up the stairs. "Tauriel, where have you been? We thought you got lost...or worse, left the mountain!" said Ori. "Kili...I mean, the King, is asking for you." Tauriel's heart leapt at getting to see her prince again...but...the intense emotions they professed for one another were done in, obviously, extreme circumstances. Would he still feel the same way about her now? Maybe now, not under duress, had his feelings for her changed?