A/N: So I thought I would just leave you all hanging while I went to see Les Mis but I decided to give you what you wanted :)

delenawolves: Not being needy at all!

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Chapter 8

"I fear this will take a while to explain. Before I begin I just want you to hear me out and not cut me off while I speak. I can only imagine what you are feeling right now but believe me it is not as bad as the guilt I feel." Iasbelin started. She walked over to her husband who stood at the side of the bed. She touched his face and caressed it for a second. This was probably the last time she would get to do that. What she was about to tell him could ruin their marriage forever.

"I promise to let you throughly explain." Legolas told her.

"First what do you know?" She asked with her eyes closed

"I know that you discovered that you were pregnant shortly after I left for duty in the Mirkwood guard for a year. I know that you had a miscarriage though." Legolas told his wife "I can not understand why you did not tell me and I had to find out from one of my men who's wife worked in your bed rooms. I expected you to tell me the moment I came back from duty but then a few months passed and you did not say anything. Finally after a year I gave up and pushed you away because apparently the father of your child is not good enough to know that you were even pregnant."

"Half of that is true." Iasbelin said simply "The other half will be hard for you to hear."

"I want to know."

"About a month after you left for the guard I discovered that I was pregnant. I told your father and he was overjoyed but would not let me send a letter to you in fear of it being intercepted or something like that. The festival was set in August and that was the one day you could come home to me. I was so excited for you to come back, but you never did. I waited along with the other wives for weeks, but you never returned. We received word that the guard was attacked by a band of Orcs and that they had not checked in on time at the next checkpoint." Iasbelin told Legolas.

"Yes I remember that. I was so worried because I could not send word to you about my condition." Legolas said looking into Iasbelin's hollow eyes.

"I was terrified that I would have to raise a child by myself. It scared me to no end. I became depressed and stopped eating and drinking. My ladies were worried about me. They told the King each night that they would tell him in the morning whether I was alive or not. It was the worst time of my life. Then word came that you had made it to the next checkpoint and your entire guard was safe, but it was too late. I went into labor a month and a half prematurely." Iasbelin said through her tears. She was crying openly now. Legolas just looked at her with a stunned look.

"Go on" He said

"The...the... child was... stillborn." Iasbelin managed to choke out. Legolas felt as if the world had been pulled out from under his feet. His legs gave out and he found himself sitting on the bed looking up at his sobbing wife. They had a child. A child that he had never known about. A child who was buried in the palace gardens somewhere under a tree. A little Elf who would never know her mother or father.

"I'm... so...s-sorry" She sobbed

"Keep going." Legolas said vacantly

"It was a g-girl. She was so beautiful. They didn't let me hold her though. Right after the birth they took her away and did not tell me until the next morning that my daughter was dead." She cried. Legolas could feel the tears running down his cheek but he ignored them. "The midwives told me that she mostly likely died because of my malnutrition during my pregnancy."

"She died because you thought I was dead." Legolas deduced. His daughter had died because of his wife's actions.

"We all agreed that it would be best if I told you. No one said a word except for that one gossipy Elf. When you got home you immediately made love to me and two months later I had a miscarriage." Legolas looked up. He hadn't known about this either. "That's when they told me I could never carry a child. I cannot have children because of the complications with her birth." Iasbelin croaked out the last few sentences and then became a complete wreck.

Legolas just sat there stunned. He did not have any words to say to her right now. Everything that he would want to say would just put her over the edge. He looked at Iasbelin who could barely stand up because her body was spasming due to her sobs.

"Why did you not tell me?" Legolas said raising his voice. This only caused Iasbelin to cry more.

"I though you would hate me and cast me away or send me to the Undying Lands. I could not tell you in fear of what would come after" She sobbed

"You cannot have children?" Legolas asked still in disbelief

"No." She cried

"I do not know what to say other than I am beyond words. I am in utter disbelief. You know you can come to me with anything and I will accept it and you. That is what marriage is, Iasbelin, it is trust." Legolas told his sobbing wife. Her knees gave out and she was on the floor sobbing. Her body was shivering and sobbing and every time Legolas looked at her she would scream in pain. It was as if someone was stabbing her every time she thought of something.

Legolas could not stand this anymore. His anger and grief were building up in him. If he did not leave he might do something he regretted. He could not believe that his wife had kept something so important from him. He knew that he was suppose to stand by her no matter what but it was so difficult. He looked at her small fragile form sobbing on the cold wood ground and pitied her. He knew she had a right to be loved no matter what she had done. He would stand with his wife but only after he let this storm pass.

"I cannot be in here any longer. I am sorry I need some air." Legolas whispered

"Wait, there's m-more, Legolas" Iasbelin managed to say between sobs. Legolas turned and looked at her.

"What. What else could have happened" he asked her. He did not see anyway that this situation could get any worse than it already was. He looked down at the form on the floor and sighed. He had offered not support. He kneeled next to her and asked her softly "What else happened?"

"She was not the only child I lost." She sobbed

A/N: Now you know what she did! but that is certainly not the end of the story! Please review!