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Bound to the Enemy by Varda_Star_Queen
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
08 Jun 2025
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Summary
In the dying embers of the Roman Empire’s northern campaign, General Adar commands a ragged cohort on the edge of ruin. Besieged by sickness and the unforgiving land, his soldiers — the men he loves like the children he could never have — are fading by the day. If he can’t find a cure, he’ll lose them.
In the nearby village of Lindon, Galadriel walks the narrow line between exile and survival. Once her people's most trusted healer, she’s now shunned after a single mistake — trusting the wrong man, and almost dooming the village she swore to protect. The Romans are a threat looming on the horizon, and her hatred burns close to the bone. They killed her brother. She’ll never forgive them.
When Galadriel is captured gathering herbs under the cover of darkness, Adar offers her a cruel bargain: heal his men, and he’ll leave her village untouched. Refuse, and her people will pay the price.
Forced to work side by side, they wage a quiet, bitter war — against sickness, against each other, against an unseen threat that looms ever closer, and against the forbidden desire neither of them dares to name.
if they cross the line between hate and love, it won't be the war that breaks them — it will be each other.