WRITER'S NOTE: Bioware owns the game, characters, etc. This is just for fun. Warning, if you don't like fluffy love stories, then skip this one and wait for one of my naughtier ones. ;-)

Here is the scenario. What if Arl Eamon secretly confronts you before

the Landsmeet which forces you to make the ultimate sacrifice? And what if someone else who secretly loves you overhears it and does not reveal it until his

conscience gets the best of him? Alistair/Cousland mostly.

Prologue

After the Defeat of the Archdemon and the Celebration

"I don't understand." Zevran said. "Why do you have to leave so soon?"

He watched Miranda pack with such ferocity it was if they had not defeated the

archdemon.

"It's for the best Zev." Miranda said. "I need to get away but I called

you here because I have a job which only you can do."

Zevran perked up when hearing her say that. "You need me to kill

somebody?"

"No." Miranda tied up her pack and looked at Zevran. She reached

over and handed him a sack of coins.

"This is 50 Sovereign." She told him. "I need you to keep an eye

on…Alistair and especially Anora. I don't trust her."

Zevran was stunned. In all the time he spent with the crows he was never

handed that much money. For the first time in his life, he was at a loss for words.

"I don't understand." Zevran managed to say. "Why did you make the

choice you made then?"

Miranda did not have to tell him for he had overhead Arl Eamon's conversation with her the night before the Landsmeet and had witnessed her

crumbling to the floor in tears.

"I did what was right…for Ferelden." She told him. "I need you to do

this for me Zevran. You are the only one I can count on."

"I will do this for you." He promised. "But where will you go?"

"I'm going to Orzammar…for now."

"No." Zevran realized what she was doing. "You cannot be serious!

Haven't you had enough killing?"

"Please do not tell anyone where I am Zev." She begged him. "I will

have another 50 sovereign sent to you by courier in a few months."

He could feel his heart melting as she looked at him with those pleading

eyes.

"Your secret will stay safe with me." He promised

Miranda suddenly fainted. Zevran watched in horror as her body fell limp

against the bed.

"Miranda!' Zevran rushed over to her.

"I'm alright." She said sitting up. "I'm just a little tired."

Zevran watched her as she got up and packing.

"That bastard Loghain;" She laughed. "If he had not tripped me…"

"You will be dead now." Zevran interrupted. "He saved your life

by doing that."

"Saved my life?" Miranda laughed. "I'm dead Zevran. I died the

moment I made that decision at the Landsmeet."

Zevran watched her as she left the room.

Alistair was sitting by his window when he saw Miranda walking

toward the gates with her Mabari, Sam by her side.

Part of him wanted to run after her, to throw his arms around her

but the anger still had a hold on him and he watched her go.

Finishing off his goblet of wine; he prepared to go to bed, relieved

that Anora preferred to be in her own chambers.