Saurondriel Stories

To leave Númenor is to bargain with loss.

On a night of celebration at her university Galadriel meets Halbrand, not knowing that he is the person who has made it his mission to bring her career down. -- Academic Rivals AU: teachers edition and inspired by the labyrinth quote "Fear me, love me, let me rule you - and I will be your slave." written for the Gifts of the Valar exchange 2024.

"Where were you?" Halbrand whispered. "One moment I'm looking at the bloodied sky and the next you're out of my sight. I called for you. I called," he swallowed, "and cried and begged for you to be safe." Galadriel turned away, lest he see her glistening eyes. Let the night be over, for she couldn't bear this. "I survived. I always do," she answered bitterly.