After the death of his beloved Warden King Alistair needs to find a wife. Easier said than done when a wife is the last thing on his mind and there's a conspiracy to get rid of the newly minted king. Post-Origins, Alistair POV, Alistair/surana-past, Alistair/Cousland-present

"I could," he says to Cullen in an easy, conversational tone, "whip you for it. But you're no stranger to pain, no? It would teach you little, if aught, and the Herald would hate us for it. Her pain would be more instructive, but again, she would only hate us."