Chapter 38 - Choices
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Fandom: Dragon Age
Pairing: Abelas/F Lavellan
Rating: E
Fic Summary: Nepenthe Lavellan has disbanded the Inquisition and is committed to stopping Solas. A task easier said than done without political, magical, or physical power. When she meets Abelas, now an agent of Fen’Harel, as they each seek an Elvhen temple, they are forced to work together against a common enemy. Angst and mutual pining and a slow burn romance ensue…
Chapter excerpt: (chap total ~3500 words)
For a moment, they ate in silence, watching leaves spiral off the vines like sparks and float to the ground. It could be some normal morning, or maybe the echo of a future one, slipped out of time. A tiny corner of the universe, all their own.
“Are we watched here?” he asked. The leaves provided some cover, but it was not the same as solid walls.
“I tried to pick a spot we wouldn’t be.”
“If Fen’Harel has other eyes here—“
“If Fen’Harel has other eyes here, I will gouge them out,” she spit with a vehemence that surprised him.
He set the mug down and cast a perception barrier around them, a boundary of shifting light and shadow that blended with the leaves.
“Not opaque, but it will help ensure privacy,” he said, sliding closer until their knees touched. She lifted her chin and he leaned down to kiss her, soft and slow as summer, with the taste of blackberry jam on their lips, and all the feelings too complicated to voice on their tongues.
“Forgive me, molain,” he breathed against her mouth when they pulled apart for air. “I should have been there.”
“There’s nothing to forgive,” she whispered. “How could you have known?”
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