"Hawke, I-" Aveline began.
You chuckled.
"You don't have to explain to me why you're doing this Aveline" You said.
Aveline sighed deeply.
"I have the feeling that I should. Oh, this is ridiculous isn't it? The Captain of the Guard going, literally, out of her ways to let Donnic know that, That I-"
"We're getting the picture Captain" Varric chuckled.
Aveline turned a bright red as she had completely forgotten that there were two males accompanying them.
You yourself just had to smirk as well. You'd known Aveline for quite a long time, but this was a side you've never seen of her.
"But still, Hawke, can you at least understand why I'm doing this? I need to know or else I feel even more stupid" Aveline said miserably.
You'd almost stopped dead in your tracks as you felt your cheeks warming up.
Yes you understood. You completely understood. That's why you're going on this trip with her on the first place, she was going to do something you wouldn't even dare trying.
You shot a quick, nonchalant, look at Fenris, who was checking the surroundings.
You felt your body temper rise again the moment he looked back again, his gaze straightly aimed at you.
"Y-yes, I, I think I can understand", You quickly murmured to Aveline as you quickened your pace.
"Hold right there!" A voice suddenly screamed at you.
You all looked up to a man with quite a few mercenaries around him.
"You're in possession of stolen property!" He yelled at you.
"I demand you to return the slave to us!"
Slave?
You turned at Fenris again. You'd almost forgotten over the years that he'd actually been a slave.
"Tevinters!" Fenris growled beyond mere anger.
"Release the slave to us and no one will get harmed!" The Tevinter warned.
"Fenris is a free man!" You yelled at them.
"Attack!" The man in the mage costume yelled.
You all responded to Fenris's sudden scream. It had become a sign for you and them.
Mostly for you though, they just all reacted on your actions after the scream.
You sliced your blades together and disappeared in a fog, only to backstab the man who had appeared in front of you.
The battle was quickly finished after Varric let loose a rain of arrows.
"Who is your master?!" Fenris stood on the other side of their battle field. Smashing a man's head in the sand.
"P-please, don't hurt me" The man whined.
You rolled your eyes.
"Then speak before he actually starts hurting you" You growled.
"Who is your Master?! Did Denarius send you? Where is he!?" Fenris growled again.
"H-Hadriana send us, sh-she said we had to-"
"Hadriana?!" Fenris rage seemed to anger by the seconds.
"Where is she?!" He slammed the man's head into the sand even harder.
"I-in the Hiding Caves, I-I could show you if you want?" The man pleaded.
"No, I know which one you speak of" Fenris said before breaking the man's neck.
"Hawke, we have to go there, Hadriana may still be there and I cannot let this chance slip away!" He turned to me.
"Then we go, quickly" I said as we run towards the Hiding Caves, Fenris leading the way.
As we came there, we were attacked by several skeletons, demons and eventually a women.
"Hadriana" Fenris growled as a greeting.
"Slave" She prompted. Then, she summoned some other demons to keep us busy.
Eventually, she lay on the ground, reaching for her wand, but Fenris kicked it away.
"Please! You do not want to kill me!" She pleaded.
"Give me one good reason not to" Fenris replied angry.
"I, I have information! I will give it to you in trade for my life!"
"What do I need with information?" Fenris growled.
"How do we know that you're telling us the truth anyway?" I spoke.
The women seemed confused by my appearance.
"Well, well Fenris, I see you've began to settle with a capable female?" She looked at me with narrowed eyes.
Fenris seemed taken aback for a moment and then shook her roughly.
"Do we have a deal?!" She pleaded desperately.
"Yes" Fenris moved his head closer to hers.
"You, You have a sister, She- She works as a servant at Redcliff castle!"
"A servant, not a slave" Fenris said confused.
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes a Servant! Will, Will you let me go now? You promised"
"Yes, I promised" He said while he leaned even closer to her.
A small hint of jealousy began to form in my stomach. I knew I was being stupid though, there was no way Fenris actually liked this women after he almost shook her head of… Right?
You looked at Aveline and Varric, which both looked curiously.
Suddenly, a sharp gasp brought your attention back.
You looked just in time to see Fenris rip out the women's hart.
He moved towards you with a pace, which made your hart race.
"Fenris?"
"She's lying! She must be! Talking about this so-called sister of mine!" He growled.
"Fenris, maybe we should go" You hesitantly put a hand on his shoulder, only to pull it right back after he turned away from you.
"Don't cuddle me! What has magic touched that hasn't spoiled?! Even you! You share the same blood of that filthy sister of yours!"
You looked away, shocked, hurt and quite embarrassed.
You felt his gaze linger on you, but you simply didn't want to look into those forest green orbs of his.
"I, I should go" He said before almost running away out of the Caves.
"Maybe we should go home for now, I'll meet up with Donnic another time" Aveline suggested.
The three of you said nothing as you went back to your homes.
You first went to The Hanged Man. Varric gave you a suspicious look.
"You're in for a drink, Hawke? I'll buy you one" He said.
"No thank you, Varric. But I'll remember it for the next time" You replied with a smirk.
He laughed. "Take care Hawke" He said before entering.
Aveline walked you home.
"Hawke, Fenris shouldn't have said that, though I'm sure he didn't meant anything by it. I suppose he was just upset" Aveline said to cheer you up.
You put on a smile and turned to her.
"I know Aveline, thank you for trying to cheer me up though"
"Alright Hawke, just, don't let this get to your head too much" She said as she walked away.
You opened your door and went in. You were exhausted.
"Dear? Is that you?" Mother came into the Hall.
"Oh dear you look exhausted! Has something bad happened to you?"
"No mother" You said as you tried to smile. "I'm just mentally exhausted".
Your mother arched an eyebrow and then helped you up the stairs.
In your room, she made you sit down and helped to put your armor off.
"Oh darling, I keep forgetting how long your hair is! It must be because you keep hiding it
underneath those armors of yours". She made you wear a simple dress and combed your hair.
"Of course mother, long hair is not handy when you're fighting" You yawned.
You close your eyes and enjoyed the feeling of being taken care off.
"I miss this." Mother said. "You grow up so fast, and I see you less".
You smiled. "You also used to do this with Bethany more often mother, not with me".
"Well, actually I did, before you started fighting with your brother and the other kids" Mother laughed.
"Oh darling, look in the mirror won't you, you look beautiful. How come you still haven't found a man?"
Your hart ached painfully at the memory of Fenris and what he'd said to you, but at the same time, it brought butterflies to your stomach.
You stood up and looked into the mirror.
You saw she braided your thick dark hair and let two locks in front of your eyes, further, you were wearing a long dark red dress.
"Mother?" You asked cautiously.
"Yes darling?"
"Why am I wearing this?"
"Oh darling, I'm going to visit an old friend of mine and I was actually hoping you would accompany me.."
"Let me guess, he doesn't happen to have a son?" You sighed.
Your mother laughed a sly laugh.
"You're so smart, Ramona, I could never hide anything from you"
"Well, I'm glad that you at least agree" You smirked.
"You sure you don't want to come with? Oranna, Bodahn and his son are free today and tomorrow as well, and my friend lives far away so I'll be sleeping there. If you won't come you'll be here alone "
"Mother, please. I'm sure I can handle myself by now."
"Oh, no doubt about it" Mother laughed. "But I'm concerned though, You're not taking too much on your shoulders, are you?"
This time, you laughed.
"With you as my Mother? I simply wouldn't dare!"
You walked her to the front door.
"Take care, my dear. And do rest please, you're too tired to handle every single problem of those weird friends of yours" She smiled.