Give Me Just One Night

CH.6

*Thorin POV* 2 DAYS LATER*

It has been several days since Thorin has seen his nephew, Kili, within the family quarters and almost as little of his other nephew ,Fili. The only reason Fili has been in spotted more is because of the extra meetings he has attended in Kili's place...taking up the slack in his brother's absence. Thorin would growl in vexation each time he saw Fili sitting in Kili's place once again..taking note of his youngest nephew's neglecting of his duties. It was bad enough that Fili had his own royal duties to attend to but now he was working overtime to take on Kili's duties also. After each meeting whenever it ended, Thorin would try to have a talk with his golden nephew about this but the second the session was over Thorin would get surrounded by the council to clarify the meetings particulars...watching as Fili disappears out the door before Thorin can corner the young man to talk to him about this. For some reason Thorin could not pin down his Heir for a talk, it was like Fili was the wind...one moment there and the next he was gone in a flash with no sight of him to be seen anywhere.If the young man wasn't his Heir, Thorin would have had his Spy Master Nori training Fili as his apprentice, but Nori's talents, while good skills to have in the service to the throne, were not acceptable for a future King of Erebor to have.

In Thorin's eyes , Kili should be attending to his own tasks , not Fili...yes, he realized the why's of his youngest Heirs absence but negligence of ones own duties was unacceptable for any royal. Admittedly, Thorin, was unsure how long Kili was going to stay as a royal...he was not unaware of Kili's undecided plans of whether he would stay as Prince of Erebor or if he would abdicate his position entirely...which led Thorin to contemplate about all the paths his youngest nephews actions had set before him. One path was familiar and well traveled from others who had taken this route through the many generations before him, but it held the risk of losing Kili forever if it was traveled upon. Thorin was coming to realize that Kili was going to be unshakable about not giving up Bofur and marrying the Princess instead...he was stubborn about this..just like someone else Thorin knew..himself...this made Thorin take a look at the other path before him. It was foreign and uncharted, its untraveled trail shrouded in a mist of uncertainty that led to some unknown future that no one has seen before, at least not in the last several hundred years...but this road held a sliver of hope that Thorin would not lose Kili down on it. If Thorin took this veiled path then that means he would have to change every law..every tradition, the very way of life that Dwarves lived within this mountain just for one single Bearer...and his nephew.

~Both paths sit before him..which one should he choose..which choice was the right one?~

As Thorin paced in front of a large mahogany desk that sat in his personal office based off of the royal quarters...deliberating upon each path before him, his steps echoing loudly in the silent room...he felt a headache blooming behind his temples.

"Argghh...Durino shirumund! (by Durin's beard!) This khakfe (shit/crap) is giving me a gorez grik'bund. (beastly headache)"he reached up to massage his aching temples as he growled in annoyance...not hearing the door to his office opening to let his intruder in unnoticed until they spoke.

"I have to agree ....brother." a deep feminine voice spoke over his growling and he spun around in surprise to stare at the woman who entered nonchalantly into the room with an elegant grace that spoke volumes about her.

"Dis? Wh...what in Durin's beard are you doing here?" his blue eyes caught the sight of a dark elegant eyebrow rising over her own piercing blues to gaze at him with blatant displeasure upon her bearded face. Her black hair was pulled back into a single traveling braid that trailed down her back with a single braid on either side of her temples to hang down...caressing her bearded cheeks and chin as they swayed with each step she took closer to him.