Title:  Aloneness as Destiny
By: Brilaglar
Rated:PG
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Chapter 10

Take My Breath Away 
 
Gweth leaned against Legolas's chest as he slithered an arm around her waist. She closed her 
eyes and listened to his breathing. More than ever in her life, she felt so thankful just to be 
alive. They both sat on a giant wall with their legs dangling down, facing towards the moon. 
He stroked her hair and rubbed her back, sometimes giving her soft kisses. 
 
"Speak," he murmured. 
 
She gave a puzzled look towards him. 
 
"I just want to hear your voice," he whispered. She smiled, fond of the feeling that he loved 
her as much as she loved him. It was something she thought would never happen to her again 
how it had before. 
 
"I love you," she whispered. 
 
"I love you too," he said with a laugh. 
 
She took a deep breath and let it echo in her mind. "Say it again," she said, leaning into him. 
 
"I love you more than life itself," he murmured in her ear. She felt his yielding lips tickle her 
ear lobe. She then heard him mumble a song. His voice was wonderful: 
 
1 'Elven lady of the river was here long ago 
 
Her hair was gold and her face would glow 
 
Her feet danced on grass so gracefully 
 
And her hair would flow while glistening' 
 
She very much wanted him to stop. She felt her shoulders tighten from under him. But she 
still listened. She detested that song. 
 
'Oh, Lady Nengwethal! 
 
Where does thou dwell? 
 
Are you lost in land of leaves so gold? 
 
Where do you dwell, O never old? 
 
The sunbeams glistened on your hair! 
 
O fair Lady, do they still settle there? 
 
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3 They say you sing the woods to life 
 
O, would you marry and be my wife? 
 
For you walk alone in grass so green 
 
But rarely speak and are seldom seen 
 
The men afar think of your face 
 
And travel far to find your place 
 
But where you lay no one can tell 
 
But still you are loved by all so well 
 
They say you sing the woods to life. 
 
O, would you marry and be my wife?' 
 
She paused. "You…You changed it!" she gasped. 
 
"Well, are you going to answer the question or not?" he asked. 
 
-FLASHBACK- 
 
Romilion held Gweth tightly in his arms. "Will you marry me? I love you too much to ever let 
you go," he muttered. 
 
She froze at his words. 
 
"Well?" Romilion asked. "Are you gonna answer or not?" 
 
-END OF FLASHBACK- 
 
"Gweth? Hello, Gweth!" Legolas waved a hand in Gweth's face. "Please say yes." 
 
"I…" she said as she stared in space. When she gained her wits she looked at him sadly and 
crawled down from the wall. 
 
"Gweth…!" Legolas objected. He slapped one hand against his forehead. 
 
'Did I ask her the wrong way?' he wondered. 
 
Without hesitation, he ran after her. "Gweth, but you said you loved me and…" 
 
She began to sob as she ran to her room. She did love Legolas. She really did. She still felt as 
if she was betraying Romilion and at the same time she felt as if she were betraying Legolas! 
It had been about a year since she had seen Romilion's spirit in the woods and she could 
hardly remember his words. 
 
Legolas finally caught up with her, just before she reached her door. He held her from entering 
her room. "Please listen. I thought so that you would say yes…" 
 
She began to break down there in the hall in sobs. Despite how confused he was about the 
situation, he held her in his arms. "It's not you," she whispered. 
 
He stepped away from her. "Is it someone else?" he asked. His blue eyes clouded over. It did 
seem like a possibility. After all, he had been away from her for a year. It was possible that 
she found someone knew, right? 
 
"NO!" she objected. "Legolas, I just feel…well, It's Romilion." 
 
"I know you miss him, but he's been gone so long and there is nothing you can do about it. 
You have to move on, but still keep him in your heart." 
 
She knew he was right. He was pretty sure she just wouldn't say yes yet, though he 
continued. 
 
"I can't imagine spending the rest of my life without you, Nengwethal," he said, approaching 
her again. "I want you to know that you're my life." He suddenly had an idea. She began to 
work away from him and into her room. He closed one hand in a fist and held it out to her. 
"Open my hand," he ordered. 
 
She gave him a mystified expression, but did as he asked. When she opened his hand there 
was nothing. "What is it?" 
 
"It's my breath you stole away from me," he whispered. She smiled and let him wrap his arms 
around her. "Please, remember that I'll always love you this way, no matter what." 
 
She thought for a moment. "Legolas, so will I. I will marry you if you still want me." 
 
Legolas laughed. "Are you joking? Of course I still want you. I'll always want you and if you 
never said yes, I'd still want you!" He picked her up and twirled her around, giving her deep 
kisses and they laughed together all through the night. 
 
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So, Legolas and Nengwethal fled to the Havens once the war and troubles were over and lived 
together till the ends of the earth! THE END!