Chapter 1

She sat on the edge of her bed, crying softly, and alone. The Landsmeet was supposed to solve everything, or at least that was the plan. Stop Loghain, set in stone who would lead Ferelden into the future after the Blight, punish those who needed punishing, reward those who were deserving, and in general fix everything that was broken. Alistair defeated Loghain in solo combat, and he wanted to kill him, but Riordan brought up another option. She had agreed with Riordan that Loghain should have the chance to redeem himself by going through the Joining and becoming a Gray Warden. She never thought Alistair would react as badly as he did, calling her a traitor and walking away from the Wardens, and her. Obviously she hadn't been nearly as important to him as he'd claimed for months as they made love every night, and just as obviously, he also didn't really believe the oath he swore when he joined the Wardens, or he would have remembered what Duncan had told them both repeatedly, that the Wardens did whatever they had to do to end the Blights and protect the people of Thedas from them.

She never would have dreamed any of this could happen to her when she left the Circle Tower with Duncan, that Solona Amell would end up as the acting Warden Commander in Ferelden in charge of ending the Blight, and that her lover and closest friend would show himself to be so selfish that he would walk away from his duty as a warden and his "love" for her. She knew she should stop crying about it, but the pain was too recent and too deep to just forget, it was as if he had punched her repeatedly in her stomach, a deep pain that simply would not go away.

There was a knock at her door, "Whatever it is, it will have to wait," she said to the closed and locked door. She wasn't up to seeing anyone right now and having them see her in this condition, especially Wynne, who had warned that her relationship with Alistair was a mistake.

The doorknob turned and the door slowly swung open. "I said it will have to wait!" she yelled, without even waiting to see who it was opening the door.

"I'm sorry, Solona, but it can not wait," Leliana said as she slipped her lockpicks back into their pocket.

"Indeed, the worst thing you can do right now is be alone after all that's happened," Morrigan agreed.

Solona groaned inwardly, knowing how Morrigan felt about Alistair, she could only imagine what the witch would have to say about everything. "I don't know what possible difference it could make if I'm alone or not, I'm not the self destructive type."

Morrigan walked up to her, took Solona's hands in hers and pulled her to her feet. Solona started to protest and then Morrigan wrapped her arms around Solona and hugged her tight. "The only thing I am going to say about Alistair is that he had NO right treating you as he did once you made your decision about Loghain. He has steadfastly refused to take any responsibilty for anything and has always waited for you to decide, then followed your lead. You made a very difficult decision, one that had to be made immediately, and you stood by it, even in the face of his tantrums."

"I always respected Alistair, both as a Gray Warden, and as a former Templar initiate. He always seemed to be a very good man, and in some ways, I still believe he is, but as Morrigan points out, he had no right to attack you as he did." Leliana said, stepping up to Solona and hugging her as well.

"I appreciate your concern and your kind words, but I can't help but feel I made a serious mistake for someone who loved me to react so badly." Solona told them.

"Solona, he did NOT love you, or he would not have acted as he did, even if he disagreed with your decision. You have made several decisions that I had serious objections to at the time you made them, but they didn't affect how I felt about you then, and still do," Morrigan said.

"Tis obvious to me that Morrigan is correct, he did NOT love you, not truly,"Leliana paused, looking into Solona's eyes,"at least not as truly as I do."

Solona simply stared at the redhead, truly speechless. "Nor as I do, as well," Morrigan added.

Now Solona looked back and forth between the two women, trying to decide exactly what they meant, and ending up even more confused,"What are..."

Leliana raised her hands to the sides of Solona's head and looked deeply into her eyes,"I never said anything before, nor did Morrigan, because we both saw how you and Alistair looked at each other, and we knew you were in love with him, so we both simply pulled back. It became obvious to both of us that we felt the same way about you, so we talked things through and decided neither of us wanted to hurt you in any way, so we never approached you."

Morrigan had begun rubbing Solona's shoulders,"Indeed, neither of us wanted to put you in a position where you had to make a difficult choice, especially since you seemed to be very happy with Alistair."

"I don't know what to say, I've always liked and respected you both, but I never thought about any other relationship between us, since I was involved with Alistair," Solona said,"but now, even though Alistair is out of the picture, I would be back to having to choose between you."

"Not necessarily," Morrigan whispered in her ear,"I know of no law of nature that limits a loving relationship to only two people."

Leliana smiled at Morrigan, then transferred the smile to Solona,"I told you we had talked things through, and we came to several conclusions. The first was that if you decided not to continue with Alistair and wanted one of us instead, the one not chosen would accept your decision and move on. The second was that in spite of how we started out, we have come to respect and like each other, and possibly even love one another, which led to our third conclusion, that while we could be happy together, or one of us could be happy with you, we would be happiest of it was the three of us together."

"Perhaps we shouldn't have come to you like this so soon,"Morrigan said,"but with the final battle against the Archdemon approaching, there is the possibilty that one or more of us may not survive the battle, and we wanted you to know how we feel. Now do NOT feel that you must join with us, either with both or only one of us, 'tis your life and your love we're discussing here and maybe you don't feel that way about either or both of us, if that is the case, we understand."

Solona slowly stood up and walked to the window and looked outside. She said nothing for several minutes and when she turned away from the window, Leliana and Morrigan could both see fresh tears rolling down her cheeks. They both stood, and neither was sure what to say or do. Solona walked to them, looked into Leliana's eyes, then leaned forward and kissed the bard softly on the lips, caressing her cheek as she did so. She then turned to Morrigan and kissed her as she had Leliana, then she looked at both women and spoke.

"I've been a fool in love, and what Alistair did still hurts me to my very core, but knowing that my two best friends love me so much makes it seem the pain was very worthwhile. I could never have had a life with Alistair if he'd become King, unless as his mistress, but I see that I can have a wonderful life with two women who mean more to me than anything else in this world. I may not be quite ready yet to truly love you, but if you can be patient with me while my heart heals, I would love to try."

Solona turned to Morrigan and kissed her again, reaching out and pulling the witch's top aside, she bent to take the nipple in her mouth, swirling her tongue around it, causing a low moan of pleasure to escape Morrigan's lips. She reached across and bared the other breast and began to pinch and pull on the other nipple, eliciting more sounds of pleasure from Morrigan as the mage slid her hands inside the neck of Solona's robe and pushed it down off her shoulders. Solona stopped her ministrations and pulled back a bit, looking up at Morrigan's face as the witch pushed the robe down until it fell down to bunch up on the floor at Solona's feet, leaving her completely nude, her nipples fully aroused and wetness beginning between her legs. Morrigan cupped the blonde's breasts with both hands, rubbing her palms across the erect nipples and softly squeezing the breasts. Solona's sharp intake of breath showed how much she enjoyed the feeling. She next felt a hand on her ass, gently squeezing it as warm breath tickled her ear,"What a fantastic ass you have, my dear," Leliana purred as she slid her other hand down Solona's belly and between her thighs, slowly slipping a finger into the wetness she found there. Leliana pressed her naked body against Solona, her flesh tingling where it met the mage's body. She looked over Solona's shoulder at Morrigan and smiled at the witch,"Morri dear, it seems to me one of us is terribly overdressed for the occasion, perhaps you should remedy that situation."

Morrigan smiled softly and backed away a few steps, aware that both pairs of eyes were following her hungrily. She removed here boots and leggings, leaving her clad only in her leather skirt and her top still opened to fully expose both breasts. She reached down and unfasted the skirt and let it drop to the floor, then pulled her top over her head and dropped it on the floor as she walked towards the blonde and redhead. She leaned toward Solona and hungrily kissed her, sliding her tongue between the blonde's lips as she felt Solona's hand sliding up her thigh until her palm rested against Morrigan's lips, then slowly began stroking her as they kissed, finally slipping two fingers inside the brunette, pushing them as deep as she could.

"Perhaps we should move to the bed,"Leliana suggested," this is about to become complicated and I fear if we continue standing up, we'll end up in a heap on the floor."