Prequel to The Edge of a Knife
No lands are safe.
Nothing is safe.
The elves of Mirkwood struggle to keep their darkening lands shielded from peril.
As Legolas, the youngest son of Thranduil sets out in hopes of aiding his older brother in driving b...
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Thalion had tracked Legolas all the way to the edge of the border. It hadn't been easy, but Thalion had refused to give up.
Why did he come so far?
Thalion led the small group of elves, and his father, deeper into the forest. He was mess, his hair was tangled and the pain from where he had been stung was killing him.
His eyes suddenly spotted something unusual laying on the ground. He picked it up and found that it was an arrow, his blood ran cold when he realized that it was an orc arrow.
There had been orcs here. Thranduil was at his side in a heartbeat. His eyes widened in fear when he saw the arrow.
Thalion continued to search the clearing, in one spot he found a small puddle of blood.
Elf blood.
Please... Please Eru do not let it be his.
"My Lord Thalion." An elf walked up to him with something in his hand. "What is it?" Thranduil demanded. Thalion took the object carefully from the elf's hand.
It was Legolas' knife. The arrows, the blood, the knife. It didn't take long for Thalion to piece together what had happened.
No, oh please no.
Thranduil placed a hand on Thalion's shoulder. "Thalion-" "I know."
He couldn't breathe, he couldn't think. His brother, his little brother, who he promised to protect and keep safe.... Had been captured by orcs.
It was an elf's worst nightmare, orcs only took elves alive to torture them, until they died.
Thalion gripped Legolas' knife. He was going after him, he would kill every single one of those orcs. He would make them pay.
"I am going after them." Thalion turned around and began walking back towards his horse. "Thalion-" Thranduil grabbed his arm, but Thalion pulled away.
"I am not leaving him in the hands of those beasts." Thranduil said nothing and followed him. "Can you find them?" He asked quietly. Thalion mounted his horse and looked down at his father. "I can, and when I do, I will kill them all."
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Legolas awoke to a sharp pain in his head. He struggled to clear his mind and remember what had happened.
He suddenly became aware that his hands were tied together behind his back, his ankles were tied together the same way.
He was laying on his side on a stone floor. Looking up he saw the sky, it was dark. How long had he been unconcious?
