Strange Allies

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A/N: The mileage calculations/times/distances are taken from the historian Vegetius who says that a Roman army could march 18.4 miles (29.6km) in 5 hours. This is with their personal equipment and in the summer months. I’m guessing that a nymph and an elf could move just as quickly if not more so.

Also I have to admit that I led you all astray twice. Once I said that I thought there would only be about 4 more chapters. Alas, that is not to be. Mr. Wicked has thrown a wrench into that plan and demands more “hawt sex”. ~heavy sigh with disgusted eye roll~ Secondly in the last chapter I said that Annowe would have to take him to the Great River (meaning the Anduin). However, the Anduin is on the EAST of the mountains and very much out of the way. I mean the “great” or “large” river on the WEST of the mountains which is the Greyflood. Sorry about that. We’ve sorted it out here.

Naira – oh, somehow I don’t think he’ll resist too strenuously! LOL!

Sandra – ME? You think I came up with this? Oh, no no! It was all HIM. You know how he is about his “hawt sex”. Such a horny bastard – any opportunity to have gratuitous sex he’s going to do it! LOL! (And any opportunity I have to torment him I’m going to seize greedily with both hands!)

Michelle – HA! He’s not going to find out until it’s too late. Hopefully. LOL! Girl – you’re thinking along the same lines that SHE is so you understand where she’s coming from. Yes, it would be VERY hard because of all the “what ifs”. And she is going to have PLENTY of time alone to dwell on that. ~bites nails~

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“I would like to leave tomorrow,” Annowe murmured, snuggling up to Haldir. She had remained behind in their room once Goldberry had left. Haldir had ventured in and found her, sitting quietly on the bed staring at the door several minutes later.

Cautiously he had approached her and as soon as he sat next to her, she was in his arms curling up to him. He closed his eyes and sighed in relief as he held her closely gently resting his cheek on her hair. Whatever demons had been tormenting her she seemed to take comfort in Goldberry’s council and for that he was thankful.

“Where are we going?” He asked, knowing her answer and yet needing to hear it from her lips.

“To see Galadriel,” she replied softly.

He grunted in response. So, this is the way it would be then. She would sacrifice him to make peace with Legolas. He sighed. He knew he should have been angry with her but he just couldn’t bring himself to it. And he had stubbornly refused to be parted from her. Had he secretly been hoping that by his refusal he could force her to come with him?

Not that he blamed her for wanting to remain behind. Not for the first time since he had heard the call did he curse it soundly. Everything he had wanted was here now. Not in some far-off land!

“Everything will be fine,” she murmured reassuringly, sensing his anxiety. “You will see.”

He wanted desperately to believe that and yet the doubt remained. Should he just leave her and spare himself the agony of ignoring the call? She was leading him into madness for her precious Legolas! And he would let her! He squeezed her tightly, wanting to make her come with him – wanting to drive Legolas from her mind once and for all!

Tenderly, Annowe reached up and stroked his cheek with her fingers. She could feel his anger and frustration at her and understood it completely. She fervently hoped that she could, in some small way, make it up to him. It was wrong to ask him to endure any more for her sake.

“You must trust me this one time, Haldir,” she breathed against his neck. “I will not let any harm come to you.”

Slowly her hand slid lightly over his shoulder tickling him through his tunic and causing his skin to quiver involuntarily. “I could not bear to lose you now,” she admitted quietly as her fingers traced the supple muscles in his arm.

Deliberately she let her hand run over his firm abdomen. She wanted him and yet feared that if he tried to bond with her again he would see the plan in her heart and she could not allow it. Instinctively she knew he would refuse to participate and insist on accompanying her all the way to Lorien. He must not know!

She raised her eyes to gaze into his as she admired his beauty. The dancing flames from the fireplace cast a warm glow on his alabaster cheek. Lovingly, she stroked his cheekbone, marveling at his perfection as he watched her through half-closed eyes.

Her expression was so intent that he did not wish to disturb her thoughts. She seemed to be studying him with her eyes and her fingers and he was in no mind to stop her. Slowly she smoothed his dark eyebrows, tracing the delicate arch with her thumb.

Gently he let his desire reach for her and was surprised to find her shrink from him. This was something strange. Why did she not respond to him?

“Please, don’t,” she begged. “I want to enjoy your physical body with no distractions.”

He raised one perfect brow sardonically. “So it is a distraction now?” He teased.

Annowe could not help but smile. “For what I want from you, yes,” she answered coyly, lowering her eyes seductively at him.

“Very well,” he agreed suspiciously. He knew she was up to something. And she was intelligent enough to know that she would not be able to hide it from him for long once they bonded. Let her resist and have her secrets – he would learn them all eventually.

Quietly she returned to tracing her fingers over the curve of his face. When her forefinger ran lightly over the sensuous line of his lips, he grabbed her wrist and held it there. Slowly he kissed the delicate skin, his eyes never leaving hers.

She was fairly glowing and he knew it was her desire for him. He could have easily reached for it and found her secret but he refrained. And yet it was nearly irresistible to him – she was glowing for him and him alone!

“And what do you wish from me, little one?” He purred against the soft flesh of her forearm as he gazed intently into her eyes.

His trousers were growing tight for her again and he wondered if he would ever have his fill of her physically. Somehow he doubted it.

Slowly she leaned forward and he could feel her warm breath on his cheek as she replied, “I want you naked.”

He chuckled wickedly and felt his body immediately respond to her demand. No matter how many times they mated, she could never cease to surprise him with her physical hunger for him.

Eagerly, he stripped off his clothes and moved to help her remove her dress but again, she refused him.

“Not yet,” she teased, beckoning him to sit back down on the bed with her.

He moaned softly and obeyed her request. She would have him as she pleased and he must bear it. Their eyes met and Annowe splayed her hand against Haldir’s broad chest, feeling his breathing and the warmth of his skin. She leaned closer and smelled his neck, closing her eyes as she took in the scent of his naked body.

Haldir was content to let her do as she pleased to him. Eru knew he had certainly done as he had pleased to her on numerous occasions, with or without her consent! He smiled at the memory but was instantly brought back to the present when he felt Annowe’s soft lips nibbling over his throat. He sighed softly and grabbed a handful of her thick hair.

She slowly kissed her way to his chest where she rested her cheek against him as her hand ran over his solid abdomen, stroking his warm skin to his pelvis. Haldir shivered at her firm but delicate touch. She was touching him everywhere, stroking his eager skin and periodically kissing his quivering flesh. Her teeth raked over his nipple and he hissed in pleasure.

He wanted so much to just take her – to overwhelm her with his desire and his physical being but he would not. Let her tease him. Slowly he loosened his grip on her hair and she returned to gently stroking his eager skin as his desire for her steadily grew.

Her eyes followed her hands over his throat and one finger followed the line of his ear from point to lobe before stroking his collarbone. Her lips followed in the wake of her fingers as her head moved ever lower on his torso.

When her soft lips finally closed over his aching shaft, he closed his eyes and moaned helplessly. More than anything he wanted to push his desire on her, to take her up in it, to make her feel the ultimate pleasure he could give her. But she would refuse it. She only wanted his physical form now so he would give her physical pleasure!

In a flash, he had pulled her away and scrambled to release her from her clothing. She squealed and tried to wiggle out of his grip but he held her fast, his ardent hands greedily groping for her undergarments.

Giggling, she pushed him away but he would not be deterred. When he finally managed to extricate her from her undergarments, he buried his face between her soft thighs as she continued to squeal and writhe in his iron grasp as her dress twisted around her.

Her clothing restricted her movement and she desperately floundered to escape as Haldir tortured her with his eager tongue. Several times during her struggle, she had to stop and gasp with pleasure, as the physical sensations he inflicted upon her were too intense to be ignored.

Deliberately, he sucked her tender node delighting in her response. He could not see her face so he had to gauge her response by the sound of her moans or the tension in her body. It was oddly erotic to him and he almost did not wish her to be completely free of her dress.

But she soon managed to free herself and they struggled to pleasure the other as they wrestled naked on the bed. After a few moments, Haldir realized she was not going to let him finish unless she, too, could finish what she had begun so he scooped her up in his arms and lay her down in front of the fireplace.

His body was aching for hers and she smiled up at him invitingly. His eyes ran admiringly over her curves and when he lay down next to her with his head at her thighs, she did not protest.

Instead, she slid closer to him and immediately began to suck him again. Haldir gasped as the pleasure rippled through his body. With a moan, he nestled his head between her legs and drank deeply of her.

Annowe groaned and dug her fingers into his firm thighs, taking his hard shaft deeper into her mouth. Her instinct was to let her desire loose on him but she could not. She must concentrate on the physical aspect only or he would know what her heart was up to.

She moaned as she felt her body tensing under Haldir’s experienced tongue. He would drive her over the brink and she would hide her full desire for him. What madness this was to hide from him after all she had asked of him!

“Haldir!” She gasped as the physical pleasure ripped through her.

As she began to shudder in his grasp, he turned to watch her in fascination. She writhed in agony moaning his name as her fingers clutched helplessly for him.

The sight of her naked body twisting in the warm glow of the fire nearly made him mad with lust. She was his and his alone! Desperately he crawled up her shaking body and thrust himself deeply into her as she cried out and arched her back under him.

He moaned and closed his eyes as her swollen wetness enveloped his aching shaft. If she wanted simple lust, he would give it to her again and again! Summoning every ounce of his considerable self-control, he began to thrust relentlessly against her until he could feel her body begin to tense again.

“Yes, little one,” he hissed, holding back his own climax. “Come for me again.”

“Please!” She begged, clawing at his damp flesh and squirming under him.

“Do you wish for me to stop?” He teased shamelessly as he instantly froze.

Annowe gasped and thrust her hips upward. “No!” She wailed softly. “No, please don’t stop now!”

Haldir grinned wickedly and slowly drove himself into her. “You wanted it this way,” he purred leisurely. “Physical desire only.”

Much to his surprise, her legs locked around him like a vise as her arms clung to his neck and she began to ram herself against him desperately, writhing and grinding her pelvis against his.

It was too much for him to take. She was desperate for him now, needing to feel his physical release as she struggled to push against him. He closed his eyes and released his restraints, selfishly slamming his hips against her for his own pleasure.

“Yes!” Annowe breathed in relief as her body began to tremble again.

Haldir moaned as he felt her contract around him. Suddenly his entire form seemed to explode and he cried out as his hips thrust forward involuntarily. Wave after wave of climax washed over him as he clung tightly to Annowe, her name on his lips.

Why could it not be such madness as this to claim him for denying the call?

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