Kaylee's Crackuary Collection by Kaylee Arafinwiel  

Sundered Roads

“So, we meet again, Nerdanel.” Indis turned her gaze to the younger nis, eyes dark with their shared sorrow. “We really should not keep on like this; it is not seemly.”

Nerdanel smiled bitterly. “What of it? Our husbands and sons are lost. Who will speak against it, the Valar? We are alone. Unless you wish to go back to your people?”

“Would I leave you alone?” Indis shook her head, drawing Nerdanel into her embrace. “Let us hence to Lórien.”

Widowed and sundered, the queens of the Noldor traveled together as their children and grandchildren made their way eastward.