It was the beast inside him, his shame that he couldn't control that festered and grew with each injustice that passed before his eyes. She was given to him to try and appease it. But not even her love could have stopped the fall of their empire. Originally a kinkmeme prompt! Sort of AU Solas/Lavellan where Lavellan is a slave in the days of Arlathan who is given to Fen'Harel.

She was his second mistake. He tried to stop it happening, but he couldn't. And they would both suffer for his waver and his folly. Romanced Solas POV on what the Inquisitor meant to him. Big big big big big spoilers for DAI ending!