Ooooooooohhhhhhh *rubs hands together excitedly*

Ok...if you want a hint of what will happen in the Silverleaf as I get around to writing it...read on.

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She lay there on that silken bed, white and trembling, the fear that had taken her heart manifesting itself in her limbs. She stared down at her pale hands, wondering how she had become so terrified of the small sounds in the night.

"Lady Rîniel?"

She shifted her eyes to the door, fright and fever evident. She smiled a little when she vaguely recognized the prince, his form erect and tense as he looked at her. "Hîr Legolas." She whispered, her throat constricting. He moved towards her like a wind, so fast that it was only after his tender hand grabbed hers that she knew he was next to her.

"Lady Rîniel. You are worse." He felt her pulse, and immediately she cried out, twisting away from him, her eyes wild. He stared at where he had pressed, his eyes wide as a black bruise formed in the shape of his thumb. He stood to call the healers, but a soft voice stopped him.

"Legolas." She whispered again, with a tiny smile playing about her parched lips. "I saved you once. Save me now."

He knelt again, his deep eyes searching her averted face. There was silence as he tried to understand as she turned to him. "Do you not understand, Hîr Legolas?" She looked at him anxiously.

He squeezed her hand, gently, so that no more bruises would appear. He looked down as he took a breath. "I have walked the paths of dreams with you tonight, my lady. And even then when the sky was alit with stars, you shone there, like one of them but more pure, more beautiful." He smiled sadly as she cried out incoherently. "You will not remember anything I say tonight to you, but this you must hear." He looked at her, his eyes swirling with something he would not let show.

"I have lost hope in you, but stay alive. You are worth so much to us. Stay alive." He squeezed her hand again and stood,

Rîniel looked back at him, her eyes unnaturally bright before she closed them, her face falling into sleep once more.