Although Anarawen had seek the nature to aid them in the shelter, the cold had seeped inside. The cradle of the sounds of wind and the gentle tugging of snow had exacerbated the weariness in her from the battle & spell, and she had fallen into a deep horrific dream of orcs surrounding their cave while they were unguarded, far from any kin help.
She woke up to the sight of the elf looking down upon her smiling as if it was him who had just saved her from death. She got up to examine the elf's wound and blackened veins, and to her great relief she had found the poison to be cured fully by her spell. Suddenly she realized that she was touching the elven prince-ling's bare chest, examining the wound. Sudden shot of blood made her cheeks red as she looked up upon the elf's face, which was smiling as if it was nothing unnatural to him. She retracted her hands immediately as if it was a shock by a bolt of lighting that had touched her hands.
"My lord.. you are cured of poison. We could get back to the ship and be on our way to Mirkwood."
Anarawen said softly trying to sound steady as she could hear her heart beating too fast she might do a spell to slow it down.
Aldermund said nothing but slowly put his arms around her as if to embrace her tiny figure covered with the cloak he gave her when he saw her dying on the desolate plains. His keen elfin ears could hear her fragile yet strong heart beating times faster & louder than normal. Slowly & softly, he put his lips on her cold forehead, and moved down to the tip of her nose, to her cheeks, her eyes, then to her jawline, then to the soft hairs near her ears, and he nibbled on her earlobes. Softly he kissed her ears and said,
"My beloved.."
Then, slowly & gently he kissed her lips as if not to crush her with his elven strength, he embraced her in his arms like a fragile doll. The stars were aligning perfectly on that moment, and they shared a light that passed between their closed eyes.
As she rested in his arms, Anarawen whispered,
"My love.."
As she sat weakly beside him & rested her head on Aldermund's chest, she reached up to his neck and kissed it gently cupping it with her pink soft lips as if she was trying to touch a small grape that would burst under pressure. She could sense the faint odour of summer blossoms from her beloved elf and as she sat there, trailing along the line to the indent where his chest meet his neck with her lips, she said,
"We should make our way to the ships."
He lift his hand gently to get a strand of her hair out of the way, gently kissing her forehead, he said,
"Yes.. my lady.."
They made their way through the woods, the plains and finally to the shore. There was no trace of the marked enemies on their way, not did they see the elven warrior who had stayed back to fight while they fled either, except for a lost orc band of five that they were able to slain far too easily.
They reached to part of the shore that was not where they set out from. Thus, they traveled along the river to get to the ships, and hoped it had not been under attack by the marked creatures. They set out swiftly on foot, Anarawen stopping now and then to hear the sound of wind & birds to study the surroundings.
When they neared the elven ships, as expected, it was under attack by the white-hand marked creatures who flogged along the shore to aim at the ship with their lighted arrows. They were setting up logs to float up to the ships. The duo ambushed a good number of creatures before their presence was made known by the scream of one.
They were in battle, with warriors shooting arrows with elven aims from the ship, and they on the shore, slaying the creatures in combat- Anarawen using her wizardry in nature & Aldermund his sharp skills in battle. When the troop was slain, they were weary to the point where aid needed to come to help them up to the ships. They set sail towards Rivendell as the creatures could return with even greater numbers.
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