Bellara Week Day 2: Modern/Ancient
One Way to Find Out
Pairing: Bellara x Illario Rating: M Length: ~2.7k Summary: Bellara and Illario travel through rural Tevinter in search of a lost eluvian.
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Excerpt:
While Minrathous had seen some improvement in the couple of years since the Shadow Dragons had come to power, rural Tevinter still wasn’t the friendliest place to be a Dalish elf. But, that’s where Bellara’s research had led her in her hunt for lost eluvians. When Illario had learned that she intended to make the trip whether she had a traveling companion or not, he’d pitched such a fit that Lucanis had reassigned his contracts. It was sweet, in a way. After all, Bellara didn’t need an escort or a bodyguard. She was a powerful mage in her own right, and the blight stains on her cheeks meant almost everyone knew who she was on sight. A Hero of the Veilguard, Savior of Minrathous. Never mind that, even now, neither title felt like they belonged to her. But, she couldn’t deny that she was grateful for Illario’s company, if only to watch him bare his teeth at the occasional asshole Vint. It was easy to forget how scary he could be when he really wanted to, how quickly his suave demeanor could melt into something sharp and threatening. He kept the locals at a safe distance while Bellara searched for the ruin that should be somewhere in the foothills of The Hundred Pillars. Marothius was a small town, with only one inn that met Illario’s standards. Bellara would have preferred to camp closer to the Pillars and further from the nosy humans, but he’d made a very convincing argument against it. A very convincing and pleasurable argument that still made her belly flip if she thought too closely about it.
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