A birthday request – keywords Ranger and Halbarad

Kindred

'Tis unseemly!

Gilraen ignored their mutterings; her husband would understand. Arathorn might be Chieftain but he was a Ranger first and knew how to succour his own.

The little one slept, content for the first time in days. With rest, the healer thought, her cousin would recover; enough to feed the babe again. Until that time Gilraen had plenty and to spare.

She carried her guest over to the cradle. "Sorry, Halbarad," she whispered, "you'll have to share until another bed can be found."

Happily the latest Heir of Isildur cared little about his dignity and went on sleeping undisturbed.