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****Prologue****

Sora Cousland, now twenty-four years old, Bryce Cousland's little spitfire was a beauty beyond reckoning and still was not married or betrothed. Her father couldn't figure out if it was due to her being a warrior or because she felt she needed to live her own life, but men and some women took interest in his little girl, the men who sought her out to be her betrothed was a list long enough for any father to be proud, but she had shown little interest in any of those men. He had even hoped that maybe she would be interested in Ser Gilmore, but even Ser Gilmore didn't seem to be of much interest to her, but little did he know, she was not only interested in someone, but in love with the most inappropriate yet proper person for her, because he was already married and King of all Fereldan.

Desire is Pain and Pain is Desire Chapter 1 – A long waited arrival

Sora remembered exactly how it had happened. King Maric and her father were comrades back in their day and had fought beside each other many times, so it would only be natural for their children to have grown up with each other. Cailan Therin had been foremost at first like a brother to her then he became her best friend, but that eventually changed over time. It wasn't too long ago when she had three best friends in those days, Thor, her ever-loving mabri hound; Ser Gilmore, a knight in her father's service to Highever, and Cailan Therin, Prince of Fereldan.

She had turned sixteen years old, eight years ago, and she had grown into her body as a woman, and it was in that year that most of the men in Highever started to speak of her beauty, figure, and her general ass kicking skills, because Sora would never be just a wallflower to be looked at, she had certainly had skill with a blade, in fact, her training partners generally were Ser Gilmore and Cailan when his family was visiting, but Sora remembered the day that Cailan started to act differently towards her and her to him, it was on her sixteenth birthday.
*** 8 years ago ***

Sora had been practically pacing around her room in anticipation for her best buddy's arrival, she couldn't count how many times her mother, Eleanor, told her not to be so informal with the Prince of Fereldan, but those please fell on deaf ears, because he would always be one of her best friends, and Cailan was arriving in Highever. Cailan was two years older than her and he getting poked and prodded from every angle to finally be betrothed, but anyone who knew Cailan, knew that he was far from faithful, in fact anyone who did know him, knew how many women he had slept with. Cailan and Sora would sometimes sneak into each other's rooms and he would tell her about his recent conquests and how women threw themselves at him, but what Cailan truly enjoyed was the hunt of his conquests, so usually once he slept with a woman he was done with her. Sora still loved Cailan despite his risqué nature.

Sora hadn't seen Cailan in close to a year and it had been driving her insane, she knew that things were crazy in Denerim, but a year had been longest the two of them had been apart since they first met when she was seven years old.
Sora nearly jumped out of her skin, when she heard the guard say that the outside gates had seen the king's men and carriages making their way up the hill. Sora eagerly ran out of her room and down the hall, nearly plowing down other guests as she ran for the outside. She was happy to see that her father, mother, Fergus and Ser Gilmore, were already outside waiting for their arrival.

It took everything in her to stand still as she watched carriages and horses come through the front gates and into the large courtyard with the stables in the distance. Sora could feel her mother's glare because of her unlady like behavior, she could hear Fergus's snickering as he glanced in her direction, because he knew just like every body else how excited she had been over the past couple weeks as she anticipated his arrival.

Sora felt her heart stop for a few precious moments as the carriages stopped at the grand staircase. She could hardly move as her and her family walked down the stair s to greet the King and Cailan. Sora's smile grew brighter and bigger as she watched the carriage doors open and watched as King Maric elegantly stepped out of his carriage followed by Cailan.
"Ahh King Maric, it has been a long time my friend, my family and I, especially Sora welcome you and Prince Cailan to our home." Bryce bowed before his old friend as the rest of his family followed suit. Once Cailan and his father bowed back to them, although it wasn't necessary. Sora couldn't resist any longer and ran over to Cailan and wrapped her arms around his neck and nuzzled her face against his. "Cailan! I missed you!" she said with excitement and it was at the moment she never realized just how much she had missed Cailan until she saw him in person. Sora could hear King Maric, her father, Fergus and even Ser Gilmore chuckle and laugh at the exchange.

Cailan had been also a bundle of nerves ever since the beginning of their trip to Highever and he felt his stomach tighten up as they approached the gates, which was quite out of character for him to be this nervous, but something felt different this time. When Cailan had stepped out of the carriage he smiled at everyone around him, but his eyes then became fixated on the beauty before him and he hadn't realized just how much Sora had become a beautiful ravishing looking woman in that year they were separated. He couldn't the thoughts that he was having, in fact the exchange between his father and Bryce Cousland was barely noticed. He bowed to the family as his father bowed and before he even knew it, Sora was in his arms and her face against his. She smelt wonderful and she was gorgeous…this visit may be not his average weekend, he was attracted physically to his best friend and he wasn't sure how to handle this. She wasn't some random lady at court who he could conquer, she was his best friend and practically like a sister, but his hormones and what appeared to be their physical body chemistry was telling him something completely differently. "Its wonderful to see you as well, Sora. It has indeed been to long." He purred out without meaning to purr out, fuck, he was already trying to seduce her without meaning to seduce her, he was going to need a cold bath at this rate.

Sora punched him lightly in the arm as she pulled away. "You hardly write anymore and you should have visited sooner." Sora had caught on to his tone, but in her mind, it was just a game he was playing with her. Sora looked up into his eyes with a smile and a slight grin. Cailan found that he was losing himself in her eyes as he looked into them and at that moment, he knew that things would be different between them, he just didn't know whether this change would be for the better or for the worse.