58 ~ Mairon

434 23 0
                                    

Mairon watched the elf somewhat anxiously. He hadn't been informed of his master's deeper plan but he could guess it would involve a large amount of treachery, lies, a bit of shouting and a massacre.
Oh. And Maedhros never seeing the sky again.

"My brothers will not answer your terms", the elf hissed, pained voice almost too quiet to hear. Then it rose, until his next sentence was a shout:
"I would stay here and be tortured for eternity for their safety and they know that. They will not lay down arms until the last days of Arda!"

Melkor sighed. He lounged back in his throne, trying to look relaxed, but Mairon could see he was still in pain.
"Well then", he said. "We have a problem".

Of Love and TortureWhere stories live. Discover now