#only took me a month and a half this time slkdjfdlks

[eilinelsghost]

Part 19: Now the World Runs On Swiftly

Rating: G Relationships: Finrod/Bëor, Finrod & Thingol, Finrod & Galadriel, Finrod & Lúthien Characters: Finrod, Bëor, Edrahil, Gildor, Mablung, Thingol, Melian, Galadriel, Lúthien, Original characters Word Count: 8,621

This could not be explained by confusion. Time too must have bent in the shadows to set him so far afield and without their notice. Even distracted as they were by the ivy and the nightingales’ melody, surely he could not have strayed so far without—the nightingales sing in time with the queen’s spirit. Truth rushed over him and he leapt from the saddle with a cry. “Balan! Stand, move no further!”

Finrod attempts to bring Balan to Menegroth as emissary of the Edain, the Girdle does not approve, and Finrod has words with Thingol on the matter.