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I am physically present for midday meal but my mind is elsewhere.
I can't stop thinking about the training hall incident. The kiss. The passion. The feelings it gave me.
I hold back a shiver at the thoughts of how my body reacted to his.
"Are you feeling well?" I hear my father say and I whip my head around to look at him. I nod not trusting my voice at the moment.
"You have hardly eaten anything." He comments and I look to my plate. It still is full of food, me having hardly taken a bite.
"Sorry." I say and begin to eat. This seems to please him so he does not question me further.
After midday meal I go to my room. I am to start getting ready for tonight's celebration.
My handmaiden assigned to me by Lady Dis is waiting for me when I arrive at my room. She has a bath drawn and has me enter it immediately.
After my bath I am dressed and my hair styled. The pin Thorin gave me going back into my hair.
I am then treated to having makeup put on my face. It is long and tedious but when she is finished I look like a different person.
"Wow." I say as a compliment and she smiles at me.
We finish up with jewelry and some shows that go well with my dress.
And then a knock on the door. My handmaiden answers it and I can hear Thorin requesting me. Perfect timing.
I stand from the vanity and walk over to the door. My handmaiden excuses herself and walks off. I then show myself to Thorin.
He is silent as he takes me in. The dwarven dress I received fitting me perfectly.
"You look very handsome." I compliment first. This seems to pull him from his thoughts and he bows his head in recognition of my words.
"You look like a vision." He compliments and my face heats up.
"Come. It has already started." Thorin says as he offers me his arm. I take it like all the times I did before and we are off to the celebration. I am now nervous yet excited.
When we enter the hall holding the celebration I am in awe. I had no idea the dwarves could do such things. But I should not be surprised. They are talented and skilled in created extravagant settings. The mountain is proof of that.
The hall is decorated in golds and silvers.
Food is on a table off to the side and some dwarves are already all over it. There is a drink table opposite it in the room. That is busy as can be.
Thorin takes me to the front table, elevated from the floor. I see king Thror sitting in the center spot. He waves at us as he sees our approach.
"You look lovely, dear." Thror compliments as I am sat in the usual spot when we eat. Thorin then goes to speak with his grandfather while I am served supper by a dwarf.
I try to hear what Thorin and Thror are talking about but the music is too loud. The cheers and laughs from the crowd mingling with it and causing it to be even more loud in the hall.
I give up on listening and take in the joy and food.
And then my father takes his spot beside me at the table. Thain and Dis take their spot.
King Thror stands and the music stops. All eyes on him.
"I have an announcement to make." He starts.
"I would like to thank my long time friend Estmund Tuskmore for his input with our upcoming harvest as well as lending his assistance in our battle strategies. We are assured victory from his tutelage." Cheers ring out.
"And I would like to thank him for bringing his daughter, Alvina, who is now betrothed to Thorin. Thorin, Alvina, come." He says and all eyes go to the two of us.
I gulp as I stand from my seat and go to king Thror. I see Thorin from the opposite side of him approach as well.
King Thror takes one of our hands and brings them together.
The cheers, whoops and clapping are deafening.
"Now eat, drink and be merry! For tonight we celebrate the joining of Alvina Tuskmore to the family of Durin." The music starts and everyone goes back to dancing and drinking.
I look to Thorin to see him looking at me. He leads me by the hand onto the dance floor.
"I do not know the dance." I say to him as I notice it is something I have never learned before. He cracks a smile and pulls me into him, my free hand catching myself on his chest.
"I will take care of you. Trust me." He says and then we are moving around the floor.
And true to his word he helps me through the dance. It was so much fun.
By the time the song and dance have concluded I am laughing with joy. Thorin is smiling unusually big.
"Thank you." I thank him with gratitude and he pulls me in closer to him.
"For you, anything." He says and I get the feeling again. Want. Lust. His voice rattles me to my core.
He must be able to see this because he smirks. He brings me in even closer. I can feel his body through my dress.
"Do you like this?" He teases me with his voice going an octave lower. It is husky again and it makes me shiver.
"Mmm." He hums in amusement at my reactions to him. Two can play at this game. I bring my hand that was on his shoulder and thread it into his hair. I pull his face dangerously close to mine.
"Do you like this?" I ask right back. I see his breath catch in his throat and now I smirk.
I go to pull back but he pins me with his free hand, it coming up to my neck and holding me there. He brings his face even closer to mine. Our lips mere centimeters apart. Our breathes become one.
And then he dips me back and I give a small squeal in shock.
He chuckles and brings me back up, same amount of space between us as before.
"Do not start something you can not finish." He tells me, lust in his voice. It is clear as day.
"And how would you like this to finish?" I ask. His eyes get dark, lust taking over him. It is exciting and I am getting hot and bothered.
"Do not test me." He all but growls out and I want him. But I can't have him. Not yet.
"I ache for you Thorin." I practically moan and that is the final straw.
He pulls me from the hall and into an empty hallway just outside the celebration.
I am pushed against the wall and his lips attack mine. My hands go to his neck and his hands go to the small of my back, each of us pulling the other closer.
His lips leave mine and they go to my neck. I moan as he finds a spot that is especially sensitive. I can feel his smirk through his beard and then he starts to pay special attention to the spot. He kisses, sucks, licks and nips at my neck and I moan more.
I can feel my arousal starting to drip down my thighs. How does he do this to me?
And then his lips are back on mine. His hand now going lower until he is cupping my bottom. He squeezes and lifts a bit before lightly kneading it. I moan again.
"Thorin." I plead but I know not what for. I want all of him but I don't even fully know what that means and yet I know I want it.
"Alvina." He says my name in a hoarse rasp.
He stops kissing me and I pout my lips. He chuckles then places his forehead on mine. If he were any shorter his forehead would be on the bridge of my nose.
"I love you." He suddenly says and all color drains from my face.
I am silent.
How do I answer that? I don't love him. I know this. But at the same time I care.
My silence must shake his confidence or his pride. He steps back from me and searches my eyes with his.
"You are not there." He says. The way he says it, though, is heart shattering.
"Thorin…" He stops me.
"Stop." Thorin says. He then leans in and kisses me chastely.
"It will come." He says, hope clear in his voice. I close my eyes and send a prayer up to whatever god or gods exist. Please let me love this man. Please.
"Come. They will have noticed our absence by now." Thorin says and he escorts me back to the hall.
We end up going back and having a nice time. We dance and mingle and accept the congratulations thrown at us from all directions.
By the end of the celebration my feet hurt and my stomach is close to bursting from all the food I ate.
Thorin escorts me back to my room when I am ready.
"Thank you." I thank and look at my husband to be.
"My pleasure." He answers.
"Thorin." I get his attention as he was about to walk away. I grab his hand and intertwine our fingers.
"I am glad it was you." I say. His face breaks into a smile and I lean in for a final kiss of the night. He happily obliges.
"Sleep well." He wishes me before I shut my door with a small wave to him.
I get undressed and changed into my night clothes. My mind whirls with the change in attitude I have about this. But I got my confirmation. It is Thorin. And I am truly happy. Perhaps love will come sooner than I thought.
I fall asleep to the thoughts of Thorin and I and our upcoming marriage.
