Heart Of Thranduil

Chapter 17

Thranduil woke up fully rested, glad to finally be in Fangorn Forest. He looked at his horse, which was still asleep, so he decided to go and find some water and wash up. He smelled of horse and orc blood.

He wandered the woods a little till he found a small pond. He took of his top armour and sat down to wash his hands, arms, face and upper body. He had no idea that someone was watching him.

She had been following him to the pond, hiding behind some bushes, watching him getting undressed. She bit her lip as she laid eyes on his toned chest. "He's divine", she thought to herself. She crawled forward a little more to get a closer look, but manage to break a branch under her knee. "Shoot!", she said and ducked down. Thranduil heard it and got up. She looked at the place Thranduil had just been, but he wasn't there.

Thranduil acted qucikly and rushed towards the noise. He did not fear danger, and he did not want to wait around to find out what it was, he wanted to know right away. He approched the direction and bushes the noise had come from. He pulled out a dagger from his belt and tore the branches aside, ready to attack.

They stared at each other. Each their weapon pointed at one another. Thranduil was the first one to lower his dagger. It was her.