Chapter 2
How many months or years had passed? Amarië couldn't remember. Did it matter? The one person in the world that had meant anything to her was gone and what did she have to live for now? Staring out the window of her talan she closed her eyes and let the memories of the past take over her. Visions of her and Haldir when they were much younger danced through her head, their first meeting, their first night that they had spent under the stars together and the most precious memory of all….their first kiss.
Amarië was suddenly brought back to reality when she heard a gentle knock on her door. Slowly getting up she made her way to the door and opened it only to see Orophin standing before her. Trying to smile as she greeted him she said, "Hello mellon-nin, what do you need?"
Orophin stood there with his heart aching. She looked so beautiful but so broken. He could see how red her eyes still were from crying and how pale and exhausted she looked. He longed to hold her, to try and comfort the deep wounds that had been inflicted injustly upon her. Sighing he replied, "Nothing my lady, I was just making sure you didn't need anything, we haven't seen you around for a while and my brother and I worry for you."
Amarië smiled softly. She had always loved Orophin like a brother. He had been there so often for her when Haldir had to leave for patrol or scout out the surrounding borders of Lorien. He had entertained her on many occasion and tried his best to make her as happy as he could. "No Orophin, I'm fine."
Nodding, Orophin just stood in her doorway feeling idiotic and foolish. Why had he come to see her again? This was an unhealthy state of mind that he was in. Amarië didn't love him and she never would. She had loved his brother wholeheartedly and still thought of him every waking moment. The thought of that was too much for him. Grabbing her rather roughly, he dragged her out of her talan and started walking deep into the forest.
Startled and a bit frightened Amarië shakily asked, "Orophin?" "What are you doing?" Orophin didn't respond he just pulled her further into the woods, his mind in a whirlwind of emotion and turmoil. Coming into one of the deepest part of the woods, Orophin pinned Amarië against a tree and started kissing her ravenously. He didn't care if she thought he had gone mad, he needed her to know how he felt.