Chapter 9,
The Return,
The next day found the slaves receiving a share of the loot Danarius wouldn't be needing anymore much to Isabella's disgust, though she did admit that she couldn't take it all with her. With her share however she had bought the largest ship in the dock and a crew of strong looking and respectful men to man it for her while she remained at the helm setting the course. But before setting for open waters she agreed to take everyone back to Kirkwall.
Varania kept her word and taking her share of the money she was never heard of again, whether good things happened after that no one knew, but they hoped wherever she was, she was happy.
3 days later,
Everyone had come out of the estate with a large share of coin in their pockets including Aveline, who never said no to it, Merrill was happy to put Tevinter behind her since her harrowing experience in the dungeons of Danarius' mansion. Hawke stood at the front of the ship by herself allowing the breeze from the sea to clear her senses, her eyes nearly as crystal as the clear blue water.
She remained there for a moment longer before she headed below deck; she opened the door to a small room and stepped inside closing the door behind her she turned to the small bed in the room. She sat down on the edge of it and looked down into the peacefully sleeping face of Fenris, she used the tip of her pointer finger to move some snow white hair from his face. She then leant over kissing him softly on the forehead.
"Hawke?" He asked, groggily as his eyes opening into small slits,
"Morning sleepy head…are you feeling better?" she asked, as she placed a hand on his forehead to see if he still had a temperature, thankfully he did not,
"Much thank you, though I resent you allowing that abomination to use his magic on me." Fenris replied,
"He wasn't able to do much but what he did, was needed." She insisted,
"Do you have any idea what he did to me?" He asked, as he rose stiffly into a sitting position, Hawke's hand coming to rest on his shoulder,
"He saved your life that's what he did." She said, as she shifted getting closer to him, she rested her head on his shoulder and he put his arm over her back, "A good thing to StoneHeart would have missed you."
"If he tries to lubricate me when we get back I'll make sure he never misses me again." Fenris said, "Will we never escape our pasts?" He asked, she moved to look him in the eyes,
"It is a plague burned into our flesh and our souls." She answered, she watched as he unconsciously looked down at his arms the marking there exposed same as hers,
"There's something I've been meaning to talk to you about." He began slowly,
"Yes?"
"That night in the Dungeons of Danarius' mansion…what I said, I was sure I wasn't going to live to see your face again, I had never been so scared, I had to make sure you knew how I felt." He explained,
"I didn't think I was going to see you in the condition you are now, I thought I had lost you but Anders told me you had just passed out, I'm glad you didn't see what happened next." She said,
"I should have said 'I love you' a long time ago, I shouldn't have waited until I thought I would never see you again to say it." He said,
"Sssshhh…it doesn't matter now what does it that we'll always be together." She hushed,
"How can you dismiss your feelings so freely, you know what it feels like to lose someone you care about?" He asked almost irritatedly, as he referred to her dead family,
"I'm leaving it behind me because I'm trying to forget it, do you think that I don't still dream about seeing your boy lying on the floor, blood all around, only this time you truly were dead." She explained,
He comforted her by stroking the back of her soft hair, he understood her sadness because she had seen her family die before her, and to think she had lost him had nearly been breaking point.
"Fenris I want you to make me a promise." She began,
"Name it."
"I couldn't bare the thought of losing you, living without you, promise me you won't die."
"I don't plan on dying." Fenris assured,
"You'd better not or I'd bring you back as the undead just so I could kill you myself for leaving me." She warned,
"I wouldn't dream of leaving you and breaking your heart." He assured,
"Good." He then placed his hand behind her head and pulled her into his embrace, kissing her passionately and she returned his efforts,
"So broody you're obviously feeling better." Varric interrupted, as Hawke' cheeks flushed red, and she pulled away form Fenris to face the visitor,
"As good as one can expect." Fenris returned,
"Well considering you were out for the whole day, I would think it would aid your recovery." He continued, "How's the shoulder?"
"Like a Magister's dagger passed through it…is there a point to this line of questioning?" Fenris asked finally,
"Well I just don't' want to see you getting yourself killed, you broke Hawke' heart, that night and I don't want to see it happen again." He answered,
"From what I can recall in my weakened state you weren't to content with my near death either."
"Well what can I say, you're covered in spikes, you mope nearly every minute of your life, and you're an amazing diamond back player, there are many things I would miss if you didn't pull through, who would I have to call broody?" Varric reasoned,
"I know I've said it before, but you are one strange dwarf Varric." He said,
"And you're one strange elf spending your time in that house to choreograph your dance routines." Varric returned,
"I say and I quote." Fenris said, as he lowered and shook his head,
"Well I'll let you get back to your healing." Varric dismissed, as he turned waving behind him by raising his hand,
"You keep the company of strange people." Fenris said,
"I know." Hawke agreed,
"Strange as they might be, I am well aware that I would not be here now if it wasn't for them." He admitted, "But now that we have that over with…where were we?" He asked,
"Allow me to jog you're memory." She offered, as she took him at the back of the head and pulled his lips against hers,
The End
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