Chapter Ninety-Seven: *Bad Acting We left a camp with the Dalish and Circle emissaries just south of Denerim; Dariel stayed with them, having barely spoken to any of us since we'd returned from Orzammar. I gathered he was to become Keeper Lanaya's First, and it seemed he'd already found himself a mate, based on the single tent shared between him and Mithra...
Chapter One Hundred Fifteen: DisenChanted I slipped out of the tent, leaving my brother and my husband to 'important' discussions with the new Teyrn. Honestly, the meeting had gone about as well as I could expect, and I was just happy we could hopefully work together as needed, even if we'd never have a familial relationship. I was trying really hard no...
Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Seven: The Great Unknown Fergus handed a second slip of paper, one I hadn't noticed, to Alistair. "Cailan sent you a letter too. He's asked the two of you to return to Ferelden." I startled. "But...I should be in Kirkwall. I'm the one who knows—" I interrupted myself, tripping over my own words in my panic. "What if—" Fergus...
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bunnies and Small Talk When I heard silence and felt something under me that wasn't the sharp rock I'd been too lazy to move from under my shoulder, I knew I was back at home. I didn't even open my eyes before succumbing and crying some more. When I'd finally cried myself out, I rolled onto my back and tried to take stock, again. It w...
Chapter Eighty-Five: Resolutions As we moved forward, we fought another handful of darkspawn. I am actually getting sick of fighting darkspawn, surprise surprise. With so many of us, basically only the mages and Alistair, Oghren, and Sten got a hit in. Alistair smote -- smited? -- an Emissary, leaving him stunned and with precious little mana for me to gat...
Chapter Fifty-Three: Adverse Effects Tomas finally called a halt to the revelry and insisted we get moving towards Soldier's Peak. I showed Leli how to use the music app and gave her free reign to pick songs to listen to while we walked. Everyone stuck close, wanting to listen to the strange sounds coming from the speakers, and even for me it was nice to h...
Chapter Forty-Nine: Untold story He sprawled onto his back, and I curled up against his broad chest, pulling the covers up over us both. I was shivering slightly, uncertain whether it was just the chill or also the pent up arousal. Alistair rolled towards me, wrapping me in his arms. "So that was...intense," he started. I laughed. "That was sort of the...
Chapter One Hundred Five: Waiting Game After a bit more discussion, Theron put his helmet back on and disappeared back into the Barracks. Nathaniel followed him because, despite his status as an Arl, he wasn't willing to evict any of the current occupants from their rooms, especially the women. I suspected he was trying to avoid Kallian entirely, and while...
Chapter Sixty-Five: Explanation By morning, I had porridge going and we actually had some fresh fruit to serve with it, thanks to Aedan picking up some supplies at the Tower; I was quiet, but that had become normal, and no one seemed bothered. Aedan was a little upset that I had taken his watch, but when I told him about my broodmother dream, he was sympat...
Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Three: Closing Doors I stared out into the distance for a few moments, trying to get a sense of how many darkspawn were out there; it was far too dark for me to tell, and as always in the Deep Roads, my Warden sense wasn't working right. I cursed; I could do nothing -- not about the door, or the horde. I turned back the way I cam...