Fenris

It was difficult to convince Anders and Varric to wait in the basement. Aveline had gone back to her office. She said if we were caught at least this way she could handle our arrest. Merrill decided to wait for us at Anders clinic. She said she just didn't feel right about breaking into Lila's.

"Should we search her room or his?" Isabela asked.

"His. He keeps her in her room the most of the time." I whispered back. "This way." I motioned her to follow me. We crept through the strangely quiet house.

"I can pick this." Isabela said as she crouched down by the locked door. I glowed and reached through the door, quickly unlocking it. I shoved it open and motioned her in. She sighed and rolled her eyes. "You ruin all my fun."

"You can pick it next time. We need to hurry."

"Next time? I like the sound of that, handsome." She said giving me that inviting look again. I kept my sigh to myself. She couldn't seem to understand why I wasn't interested.

"Just start looking around for something." I grumbled and moved over to his wardrobe.

"What are you doing?" Asked Bohdan from the open doorway. We both jumped and looked at him.

"Bohdan…we were…" I trailed off unsure what to say as he eyed us.

"Look, you know what we're doing. We're trying to find evidence that he's doing something to Hawke. If you are wanting to help, keep your voice down. We don't want them to hear us." Isabela said eyeing the dwarf.

He looked at me. "There is no need to sneak around. They are gone to the Chantry to hear the reading of the Chant of Light. And he moved all of his things to her room except for one chest. He keeps it locked up in that other chest there." Bohdan pointed to a chest at the foot of the bed.

"He moved his things into her room?" I snarled unable to help it.

"Don't know why he's not before now. He's been sleeping in her room this whole time." Bohdan shook his head. "Just be sure to lock up this room when you get done. Don't want him thinking we've been in here. He's planning on taking us three for now. Don't want to give him a reason to dismiss us as well."

"He's been sharing her bed." I seethed after Bohdan left.

"Fenris, focus. A locked chest inside of a locked chest. That sound suspicious to anyone else?" Varric asked as he and Anders appeared in the doorway.

"You two were supposed to wait." I frowned at them.

"Yeah, well, we didn't." Anders shrugged.

"Come to momma." Isabela said with a laugh as she popped the first lock and then pulled out a smaller chest.

We all moved closer to see what she would find next. She opened it and I reached around her to pull out one of the potion bottles. I held it up to the light and frowned at it. I had never seen a potion that color before. It was a light golden brown color. Almost like a weak tea. I looked at Anders as he opened another and sniffed it.

"What is it?" Varric asked.

"I'm not sure. Some sort of potion. But I've never seen it before." Anders shook his head.

"Can you figure it out?" I asked.

"If I can't, I know someone who can. I need to take some though. Do you think he would miss a bottle?" Anders asked swirling the potion around.

"Definitely can't take the chance." Isabela frowned. "If he's having to have this made up, he knows how many there are. Maybe we can take a little from each bottle and fill another one?"

"I don't have an empty bottle on me." Anders said and looked at Varric.

"Don't look at me." He held up his hands.

"Oh, you men are impossible. Aren't you glad you brought me along? I'll be right back." Isabela said as she took off out of the room. She returned a few minutes later with an empty bottle with a pretty glass stopper.

"Where did you get that?" Varric asked.

"Hawke collects them." Isabela answered.

"Won't she notice one missing?" I frowned at her.

"Nope. She put this one away. It was a gift from Gascard."

"Gascard?" I asked. That name was familiar but I couldn't place it.

"The necromancer's apprentice? Seems he had developed quite a crush on our lovely Hawke. He had set about courting her until…well…you know the rest."

"Why didn't she destroy it?" Anders asked frowning at the offending bottle.

"You know Hawke. She didn't want to leave a mess for Bohdan or Orana to deal with." She sighed.

"We're wasting time." I reminded them. It was a slow process making sure to only take a small amount of the potion, but soon the bottle had a good amount in it.

"You two go on back to Anders'. We'll be behind you after we get the room righted." Isabela said motioning them on as she put the bottles back in the chest and worked on locking it all back up.

"Hurry." Varric nodded to us and they left.

I locked the door behind us and motioned her to go on. We heard the front door open and Sebastian's voice. "Go." I ordered her. She nodded and disappeared into the shadows. I waited. I needed to see Lila.

"See, my love, that wasn't at all like you thought, was it?" He asked smiling at her as he guided her into the main hall. Bohdan glanced up the stairs, but I was ghosted so he couldn't see me.

"I suppose not." Lila answered looking tired. "Bohdan, would you have Orana make me some of that tea Anders makes me." She then frowned as if she was confused.

Sebastian moved to her. "Are you feeling alright?"

She shook her head as if clearing it. "Just tired. I think I'll lay down for a while."

"You do that, love. I'll bring you some tea up in a bit." Sebastian said soothingly.

"Oh, that sounds nice. Some of that ginger tea Anders makes for me would be good." She said with a nod. Sebastian looked pained for a second and quickly kissed her cheek.

I watched her as she climbed the stairs. She was forgetting things she had just said now? We had to get to the bottom of this immediately. She paused beside me when she got to the landing. I held my breath. There was no way she could see me, but she looked right at me.

"Fenris?" She looked uncertain for a moment. She then shook her head again and moved to her room. I released the breath I had been holding and hurried to the basements. We had to save her.