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The King's Rose
Chapter 2: Fighting Demons

When Jaya seemed to drift off into thought, Alistair was a little worried before he smirked and shook his own head. Gently, he wrapped an arm around her waist. "Perhaps we should retire. Our bedroll awaits." He teased.

A sly smirk grew on her face. "Why not enjoy a bed?" She raised an eyebrow and turned to face him.

"Well, that would be nice.. But are you ready for that? I don't want you pushing yourself too far with this visit. If you're not ready to sleep in the castle, it's alright." He said, clear worry in his face.

Jaya's heart melted even more by the concern he was giving. He hadn't pushed her into coming here, in fact he wanted to make sure she wanted to before sending the response back to Fergus. She smiled up at him and held his face in both of her hands. "I'm so lucky to have you, love. I'm sure. As long as you're here with me, there's no reason to be afraid anymore." She admitted, kissing him lightly. "And it's only fitting, really."

"Fitting how?"

"Fitting that the one person to banish any nightmare involving this place be the one to destroy the other demons plaguing me here." She said as he nodded to not only her but probably himself before she took a hand and led him back to the room she once shared with Dairren, but she wanted her future husband to help cleanse her soul from the horrid memory surrounding her old room. Once in, she intended to shut the door, but he beat her to it, closing the door the same moment he captured her mouth.

**LEMON!**

Alistair thanked the Maker for sending him such a woman; one who had her soul pretty much shattered in a single day, had her heart torn out in mourning and was willing to return to not only the very house, but the very room where it all began with him. He began working on her armor, not wanting to waste the precious time until she stilled his hand with a giggle and that made him pull back slightly. "What's so funny?"

"There's no need to hurry, love... I want you to love me slowly, to erase the memories one by one." Jaya replied before returning to his mouth with a loving kiss, which he returned. In truth, she was starting to feel the demons of the past returning and wanted to have a fast loving, but knew she had to do it slowly to overcome it.

When she said those words, he promised both her and himself that he would heed those words as he slowly undid her armor, slipping the outfit off her arms and undid the buckles along the right side to a point where it clattered to the ground and joined the boots and gloves she had taken off during the kiss, leaving her in the binding and her smalls. Slowly, he moved them to the bed, his trousers getting lost in-between while she worked on his tunic, pulling back only to allow her to toss it to the ground, where her binding later joined, along with her smalls. He slowly lowered her onto the bed, joining her moments later, trailing his kiss to her neck, allowing her to breathe.

"I.. must be crazy." She murmured softly.

"Hardly, my dear." He reminded, returning to her lips as his left hand traveled to her very center and toyed with her depths.

Jaya whimpered and arched into his hand and nearly growled when he didn't go deeper with his fingers as her templar traveled to capture a nipple in his mouth, causing her to gasp and tangle her fingers in his hair to keep him there, which earned a bite and moan escaped her lips at the pain that arose. Each flick of his tongue drove away Dairren's ghostly inexperienced touch there while his hand banished away the touch of Iona from the previous night before the massacre with every rub against her clit. "Oh, Alistair.." She pleaded with his name only.

He smirked and shook his head. "Not yet, my love."

"B-B-But.." She whimpered as he replaced his mouth with his free hand and returned to her mouth. Even with him kissing her, her body caught fire and began moving against his hand in the rhythm that they often took when he was inside her. "Al-Alistair... I'm..." She felt the very familiar climb growing inside and her insides seemed to open up.

"I know..." He murmured against her mouth, applying the wanted pressure to her clit while sliding two fingers inside her easily, his thumb stroking her while he pumped. He felt her hands drift to his shoulders and, when he hit the place that started off her climax, he didn't recognize her nails digging into him as she came.

Jaya's body didn't seem to stop twitching nor her hands didn't seem to stop tightening until the waves finally ebbed away and caused her to collapse in a sweaty mess, staring at her lover through hooded eyes. Before she could say something, he had already lined himself up and thrust hard into her, sending her into yet another spiral of pleasure.

With each thrust, he drove both of them closer to their well-needed satisfaction. This was the only place, for a while, they could get away from the Grand Cleric enough to have sex. Every now and then, she'd be lenient and allow them time together, other times, she had to make sure they weren't making love.

They both came in a mixture of pain and pleasure, Jaya's world completely evaporating under a bright light while she felt the familiar heat of his own release pumping into her. Somewhere, she mourned the fact that they may never have a child together and she'd never grow large carrying said child. When the feelings ebbed, she wrapped her arms around him and silently cried for the fact that she'd never be a mother and eventually would have to be the cause of them being overthrown for lack of an heir.

**End Lemon**

Alistair rolled them to the side and took the bed covers from the foot of the bed, mentally noting how the blue fabric was something she had occasionally worn in some fashion. He wondered if it was because it was the Cousland colors or if there was a meaning behind it that she didn't want to share back then. He fought a laugh when she cuddled into him, a smile the only thing breaking through. That disappeared when he saw the faint tear tracks, stroking them with his thumb. 'I knew it was a bad idea... There are still demons for her...'

Jaya stirred at the contact, only having her eyes closed to collect her scattered thoughts, something that seemed to always happen, even when they weren't making love. She looked up at him with a small smile before she tilted her head at the look of concern. "Something wrong, Alistair?" She asked.

"I should be asking you that, love. Is there a reason for you crying?" He asked gently.

She blinked before sighing, not wanting to tell him she wanted to have his child, knowing full well they couldn't have any heirs. But, she also didn't want to lie, something she was always good for: telling the truth. "It just hit me that I'll be the cause of us losing the throne in the future with the fact the whole heir thing will come back to bite us..." She frowned at the thought. 'If that happens, I will never be able to forgive myself. Alistair has proven a great king so far. I have every hope he'll only get better. But, if we can't have children, the people might toss us aside in ten, maybe eleven years and put Anora back on the throne.'

He frowned and sighed. "If that happens, we'll just go into hiding. I wouldn't want the crown without you by my side. It might be a bad example, but look at Cailan. He did great without an heir. I bet if he had survived the Blight, he'd still be king, even without an heir. Who can tell what's going to happen?" He said, earning a small giggle from her. "What?"

"Since when did you become so wise?" Jaya teased.

"It's Wynne's influence, I swear." He replied.

Jaya shook her head. "Then I need to warn her. I might not like the idea of you being way too wise for even me."

"That'll never happen, my dear. You'll always be wiser than I am." Alistair stated.

"Not true, darling. We're both wise. Though, rarely show it." She jeered.

Alistair rolled his eyes and chuckled. "That sounded like something Sten would say."

"He grew on me, I guess." She shrugged and snuggled close, sleep claiming her not long afterwards.

So, that's chapter two~ Man, I've just got sidetracked with ORAS, work, computer issues, YouTube things or, as of now, illnesses. xD
~~Skittles~~