Okay so I'm ashamed to admit it, but I seem to have encountered writer's block. The chapters aren't being written as fast as they used to be, don't worry I'm still ten chapters ahead of you all. Hopefully this damn problem will be solved soon, it's driving me crazy.
Stars Fall
Chapter 50 Plans
Fenris was having the best dream of his existence. He had spent the night at Hawke's home after he had found her at the Hanged Man. And now he was dreaming about her warm mouth sucking and teasing his length. Her tongue caressing him as her hand moved up and down his shaft, driving him closer to the edge.
He never wanted to wake up, but his body apparently had other plans.
Fenris snapped awake and instantly looked down his body, just in time to see Hawke wink at him as she sent him over the edge with an expert flick of her tongue. He jerked and groaned as he came in her mouth. Hawke eagerly swallowing everything he gave her.
Fenris felt his eyes roll back in his head as Hawke licked his shaft clean with her wicked, warm tongue.
"Good morning." Hawke said with a sly smile.
Fenris sank back against her pillows "Indeed it is."
Hawke laughed softly and Fenris opened his eyes "To what do I owe this unexpected but very welcome wake up call?"
Hawke crawled up his body "I somehow managed to wake up before you and wanted to surprise you. Let's call it payback for all the times you've woken me up."
Fenris smirked as he sat up and grabbed Hawke, flipping them and pinning her beneath him. "I can't seem to recall any complaints."
Hawke gave him his favorite sly smile, making him hard once again. Fenris stroked her folds with a finger. Finding her hot, wet, and very ready for him. Within seconds he had removed his finger and replaced it with his length, pushing himself into her hot depths. As always, he stilled himself above her for a moment, feeling lightheaded from the sheer pleasure, the complete unexpected bliss, this woman had brought into his life.
Hawke wrapped her legs around his waist and he started thrusting. Her warm depths pulling him in, driving him to provide her with the release she had given him. Fenris fondled her pert breasts as Hawke's fingers dug into the muscles of his arms and back, something he had learned she was addicted to.
He thrust himself in and out of her hot channel, pressing his cool body against her warm one. Fenris leaned down and captured a nipple in his mouth as one of his hands moved to her center, strumming the nub as though his woman were an instrument and her center, the perfect note.
Fenris smiled darkly to himself as he felt her muscles start clench around him. Hawke arched her back against him, pushing more of her breast into his mouth. He knew what she wanted, exactly what it would take to finish her. Fenris quickly extended his fangs and sank them into her breast, causing Hawke to scream his name as he sucked on the small wound gently. Hawke clamped down on him violently, he felt the hot rush of her release, throwing him into his own.
He thrust into her a few more times, still riding his high and prolonging her's.
Fenris felt Hawke's body completely relax and he pulled out of her, laying himself beside her. He listened to her still racing heart with immense pride, his own heart barely beat but Hawke's heartbeat was the single most comforting sound in the world. Fenris quietly wondered to himself what it would be like when Hawke's heartbeat matched his own.
Hawke rolled over and kissed his lips softly. "Good morning Fenris."
He smiled at her, he had never known he was capable of smiling so much "Good morning Eve."
Fenris unwrapped his body from her's and looked back at her naked form as he rose from the bed. Her ankles and wrists bore thick, almost white scars from her chains that in a sick way reminded Fenris of the jewelry that noblewomen would wear. Her skin was decorated by patches of pink flesh here and there from her burns. And the brand in her palm shone vibrantly. Thanks to Ben's goo, healing magic, and Fenris' own blood, Hawke had healed remarkably well, the scars on her ankles and wrists were slowly fading and unnoticeable unless one was very close to her, and the patches of pink flesh took on a more natural color every day. Fenris felt his heart clench a bit as he looked at her body, he remembered the first time he had seen it, it was completely unmarked, save for the brand on her back, now the evidence of her abuses were shining against her flesh.
He knew Hawke was self conscious about how her body looked, but in his mind she was still the most gorgeous thing on the face of the planet. A goddess that he constantly worshipped. And he never failed to remind her of that. "You are so beautiful Eve."
Hawke looked down at the bed, but he could see her blushing. "You keep saying that Fenris."
He smirked at her "Because it continues to be true."
Hawke opened her mouth to say something, but a knock at the door interrupted her.
"Messere Hawke?"
Hawke groaned quietly at the sound of Bodahn's voice "Yes?"
"Serah Sebastian is here to see you."
Hawke slapped her palm to her forehead "Damnit I forgot, I'll be down in just a moment."
Fenris heard Bodahn retreating down the stairs and listened as he informed Sebastian that Hawke would be down shortly.
Hawke started dressing quickly and Fenris pulled on his clothes as well, eyeing her now covered body with annoyance. "What are your plans today Fenris?"
Fenris quickly raised his head to look at her face instead of her ass as she turned to face him, he scrambled for words "I…uh…umm…I had planned on taking Shadow with me to the mansion while you and Sebastian speak with the Grand Cleric. Varric wanted to discuss something with me."
Hawke strapped her daggers on her back as Fenris dawned his coat "What's Varric want?"
Fenris rolled his eyes "Probably to question me about vampires again, that dwarf has the oddest questions."
Hawke chuckled "Did he really ask you if you turned into a bat during the full moon?"
Fenris groaned "He did. He seemed genuinely disappointed when I told him no. I would truly like to know where he got that idea from."
Hawke rolled her eyes and chuckled more as she walked towards her bedroom door, Fenris hesitated a bit, still uncomfortable with others seeing him leaving her bedroom. He swallowed his anxiety and followed her out of the door.
Sebastian was in the main hall watching Raze and Shadow sleeping in front of the grand fireplace. As soon as Fenris started walking down the stairs, Shadow instantly awoke and trotted over to him. Fenris gave him a half smile "Hello my friend."
Shadow nudged his leg with his head, Fenris groaned and knelt down to pet the wolf, knowing Shadow would not be satisfied without it. Raze walked over to them as well, Hawke meeting him halfway to greet him. She stroked Raze's back and head as she greeted Sebastian "Morning Sebastian, you ready?"
Sebastian nodded his head slightly and eyed Fenris "Ready if you are Hawke."
Fenris scowled at the knowing smirk Sebastian was giving him "I'll see you later Hawke, come on Shadow. You can hunt the rats at the mansion, they may even provide a full meal for you."
Shadow barked softly and followed Fenris out of the estate.
Sebastian looked at Hawke curiously "Did I upset him?"
Hawke rolled her eyes as she moved towards her door as well "You know you did. You all aren't exactly making this easy for him, you know?"
Sebastian chuckled softly "It's true, but the change in him these past few months is just too drastic to not take note of. And you know Varric, Isabela, and Zevran are far more blunt about it."
Hawke smiled a bit "He has changed, at least around me but he is still that damn broody elf when you all want him to be."
Sebastian followed Hawke out of her estate "I always knew all that 'brooding' was just a cover."
Hawke laughed along with Sebastian as they made their way to the Chantry.
Hawke slammed the front door of Fenris' mansion closed less than an hour later. Shadow raced down the stairs into the main hall to greet her with a fat rat in his mouth. Hawke forced herself to smile at Shadow, really this place needed to be cleared out of rats and Shadow was clearly up to the challenge, but still she was pissed.
Hawke stormed up the stairs with Shadow following her closely, the rat still in his mouth.
Fenris was on his feet and had moved to the door when Hawke threw it open, causing Varric to jump in his chair. "Damn Hawke what's wrong?"
Fenris looked at her, concern clear in his features "Are you alright?"
Hawke strode past him, picked up a wine bottle that hadn't been drained yet and finished it off. She looked at the table as she spoke, anger laving into her voice "Grand Cleric Elthina wants Sebastian and I to meet with an agent of the Divine in the Keep tonight."
Fenris growled and Varric cursed "You said no right?"
Hawke didn't look at Varric as she spoke to him "I couldn't say no, Sebastian believes that this has nothing to do with me. Elthina said it was about what the Divine intends to do about the mages."
Fenris felt his anger grow, Hawke knew as surely as he did that this was dangerous. "You can't be seriously thinking about going?"
Hawke refused to look up at either of them still "Yes I'm going, it would look really suspicious if I refused, but I want you both to come with me, just in case."
Fenris looked at her sharply for a few moments before sighing "Of course I'll accompany you Hawke, and if anything happens know that you will not be leaving with this 'agent of the Divine'."
Hawke's head snapped up to look at Fenris as she soaked in his words.
Varric spoke with a smile "I'll be there Hawke, if something happens and we need to distract Choir Boy, I'm all over it."
Hawke finally looked at Varric, smiling slightly "Thanks Varric."
She looked at Fenris and her smile grew a bit "Seems like telling Varric was the right idea."
Fenris rolled his eyes "So I'm noticing."
Hawke moved towards the door "I'm gonna spend the day with Bethany and Ben, see you both at the estate around nightfall?"
Varric smirked and Fenris nodded, as Hawke left the mansion, much more quietly than how she had entered it.
A few moments later Fenris resumed his favorite chair at his table, Shadow stalked out of the room to continue his rat hunt, having devoured his previous catch while Hawke was here.
Varric looked at Fenris with troubled features, a complete turn around from how he had appeared when Hawke arrived. Until then Varric had been eagerly drilling Fenris on how he charmed Meredith the night before. Now the dwarf's features were filled with anxiety.
"So what do you think about all this Elf?" Varric asked bluntly.
Fenris sighed "I think that no matter what we do, sooner or later the Chantry will find out about her."
Varric moved from his chair and stood in front of Fenris looking at him solemnly "I want you to promise me something."
Fenris simply raised his eyebrows at him, Varric kept his gaze "Promise me that when that day comes you will get her out of here. That woman deserves her freedom, damnit. And I want you to promise me that you'll do everything in your power to make sure that happens."
Fenris nodded his head "I had already planned on that Varric, as long as I exist, I will never let them take her."
"Good. Now up for some Diamondback? We still got a bit before the rest of the guys get here, and I wanna start taking your coin early."
Fenris gave him a small smirk "If you think you can dwarf, you are welcome to try."
Fenris, Varric, and Sebastian made their way to Hawke's estate at nightfall. Sebastian had grown weary of the angry looks Fenris and Varric kept giving him, while they had all been playing cards.
"Look, I know what's going through your minds right now but Hawke will be fine." Sebastian spoke with a touch of anger in his voice.
Fenris said nothing but glared at him, Varric remained silent as well. Sebastian sighed, hoping that they would both apologize for their behavior after this was over but he knew that neither of them would.
Fenris opened Hawke's door and Shadow rushed inside, eager to see her.
He heard Hawke greet the wolf "Hey Shad!"
Fenris rolled his eyes as they entered the main hall, Hawke's face lit up when she saw Fenris, making him feel very warm inside. Hawke quickly grabbed her daggers and walked over to them, casting a quick, angry glance at Sebastian as she passed him "Let's get this over with."
Sebastian groaned "You too Hawke?"
Hawke didn't look at him while she spoke "I won't lie Sebastian, I'm nervous about this, and I have every fucking right to be nervous. This is an agent of the Divine we're going to see, not some common Seeker and those frighten me enough as it is."
Sebastian put his arms on Hawke's shoulders, earning a quiet growl from Fenris and Shadow "It will be fine Hawke, Sister Nightingale is only here to talk about the mages, nothing more."
Hawke nodded her head slightly and moved out of his grasp, leading them out of her estate.
Hawke was just about to open the door to the throne room in the Viscount's Keep, when she felt the buzzing in her mind, warning her of nearby blood mages. Hawke felt a shiver run down her spine, chilling her veins, she swallowed the lump in her throat, trying to calm herself. "There's blood mages ahead, more than one."
Varric, Sebastian, and Fenris all nodded their heads and drew their weapons as Hawke pushed the door open.
Hawke and her friends launched at the mages that lay in wait for them, Hawke's star alarm having turned the tables on the mages by making them lose the element of surprise.
Anger fueled Hawke when she saw the woman who seemed to be the mages' leader shoot a bolt of dark magic at Varric, Hawke threw her hand out to block the bolt as Fenris charged in and cut the woman down. Varric and Sebastian unleashed bolts and arrows into the mages and the shades they summoned, Hawke moved through the battle as if she were dancing. Her daggers piercing everything they came into contact with, she refused to allow the dark magic these mages wielded to endanger her friends.
Within moments the mages all lay dead at their feet, Hawke watched as Fenris' ears perked up and he turned on the spot.
Two more mages ran into the room, only to be instantly enveloped my a cloud of smoke that came from nowhere. They heard the quick slashing of blades and the thick sound of blades sinking into flesh. Fenris quickly moved to stand beside Hawke, she assumed he could see what was happening in the smoke.
Slowly the smoke dissipated, and a woman with red hair was standing before them.
She looked at Hawke and her companions "The Resolutionists, I might have known they were behind this."
Hawke felt her legs give out from under her.
Fenris' arm shot out around Hawke's waist as soon as the woman spoke, they all knew who the Resolutionists were. Anders had told Aveline about his deal with them after she had him thrown in jail, so naturally Aveline told everyone, and the mages in Tevinter had told Hawke of their deal with them.
Fenris supported Hawke's weight with one arm, keeping her upright, she had to keep composed right now. To the unfamiliar woman, Fenris' arm around Hawke's waist would appear to be nothing more than a concerned lover wanting to protect his love from an unknown danger, a sweet, simple gesture.
Varric and Sebastian knew better, Sebastian immediately felt guilty. Varric wanted to get this done with for Hawke's sake "You the one we're supposed to meet here?"
The woman looked at him softly "I am Sister Nightingale, or you may call me Leliana."
Hawke's eyes widened "The Leliana? Who accompanied the Hero of Ferelden to slay the Archdemon?"
Fenris half smirked, of course his Hawke would be distracted by that right now, only his Hawke.
Leliana smiled brightly "I see it will be hard to remain anonymous so near the Ferelden border. Yes I knew her, but that was many years ago. I am working for the Divine now in Orlais. She is growing concerned about the situation here in Kirkwall, this attack proves she is right."
Sebastian looked curiously at Leliana "The Divine knows about the Resolutionists?"
Leliana nodded "Yes, there have always been factions within the Circle that support the abolition of the Circle. We have tolerated them, but the Resolutionists have grown violent, they are likely behind the unrest here. There are rumors they are supported by the magisters."
Fenris growled "They are."
Leliana looked doubtfully at him "There's no proof of that."
Hawke muttered under her breath "Sure there isn't."
Leliana didn't hear what Hawke said but returned her attention to her, Hawke cleared her face of any emotions when she addressed her "What is the Divine's plan?"
"I'm not allowed to discuss her plans in detail, but you should know that the whole world is watching Kirkwall right now. If it falls to magic, none of us are safe."
Leliana begged Hawke with her eyes "Tell Elthina to leave Kirkwall, there is refuge for her at the Grand Cathedral in Orlais, she will not be safe here."
Leliana turned on the spot and walked away, leaving Hawke and her companions all concerned and confused.
Sebastian cursed as soon as she was out of sight "These mages are out of control."
Varric snapped his head to look at him but quickly turned back to look at Hawke and Fenris when he heard Hawke gasp. Hawke's legs completely gave out from underneath her as she fainted and Fenris lifted her into his arms before she fell.
Varric eyed Fenris curiously, whispering as he spoke "I thought you said you got them all Elf?"
Fenris narrowed his eyes at the dwarf, and answered him quietly "I thought I had, damn mages are more common than rats."
Varric rolled his eyes as they both glanced at the fuming Sebastian standing on the other side of the room, venting his anger to the ceiling. Fenris spoke quickly and quietly to Varric "There may have been stragglers, but the main body of the Resolutionists in Kirkwall has been destroyed."
Hawke opened her eyes and smiled at him "They met with an unfortunate accident?"
Varric chuckled softly, alerting Sebastian that Hawke was awake "Truly tragic."
Sebastian contained his anger for the moment and moved closer to Hawke "I'm sorry for the distress this has caused you Hawke, truly I had no idea."
Hawke shook her head and Fenris set her back on her feet "I know you didn't Sebastian, I'll be alright. It's just that my world seemed to close in on itself for a few minutes there, being a Star Child in a room with people who support the magisters who actively tortured me, and an agent of the Divine, who would lock me up for the rest of my life, it was all just too much."
Fenris scowled at Sebastian, but Hawke shot him a warning look "He didn't know Fenris, and I'm fine. I just want to go home and drink, now. Right now."
Fenris nodded his head as Hawke moved away from him out of the room, she turned to Sebastian "Bethany wanted to talk to you and I would prefer if you would deliver Leliana's message to Elthina, she might heed her warning if it came from you."
Sebastian smiled and nodded, knowing that Hawke was forgiving him for the stress he had caused her tonight without intending to do so.
"Well let's go drink. Your place or the Hanged Man Hawke?"
"My place Varric, it's closer and we haven't raided my wine cellar in a while."
"Right behind you Hawke." Varric said with a chuckle as he fell into place behind Hawke, Fenris at her side.
The next few chapters will be released in sets, hopefully I'll get them up soon. But whenever they are up, at least it will be two at a time. Yayness!
