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Title: Courting (#841)
Author: Vulgarweed
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: The Silmarillion
Description: Someone special's special pet acquires a pet of his own. Drabble - 100 words, written for a Valentine's Day romance challenge on an LJ community.
Published: 21 Apr 2004
Updated: 21 Apr 2004
Warnings: Murder, bloodplay. The usual.
Type: General
Characters: Sauron;Thuringwethil


Chapter 1 - Courting

His revulsion faded when he saw her face, peering from under folded batlike wings. Maia like himself, yet lesser; half-starved and wild, seeming little more than beast--until her eyes’ fell fire wakened. His heart stirred; she could be more than this.

Matter-of-factly he slit the throat of the child he’d brought; fresh blood’s scent overcame her fear, drew her close. At last, as she drank, he reached out to stroke her matted hair; she licked coppery juice from his fingers.

He would bring her proudly before the Iron Throne. “She followed me home, my Lord—may I keep her?”
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