The following days, Cullen wouldn't even look into her eyes whenever they gathered around the war table. He seemed back to his self yet more reserved and silent than usual…she wanted to take him aside and tell him that she understood what he was going through and that it was all right but her own fear and apprehension didn't allow it for the moment…It was better to forget about what happened as time would eventually arrange everything.
Loghain was standing alone in his favorite deserted spot on skyhold away from any coming and going.
"Hi!" she cheerfully said. They didn't speak after he came to her chamber and she had to make it clear to him that even if he refused her offer and her his, it didn't mean they had to become foes.
"Inquisitor," Loghain greeted her with his usual unmoved face.
"How are you? Is your sword itching for some action?" she only caught the dirty meaning of what she had said after Loghain raised one eyebrow and said with an amused tone "not really Inquisitor but if you are inviting me to have some I won't decline your offer,"
"I…I…" Layel's embarrassment indicated that she didn't mean to make that dirty joke…what a pity! He thought.
"I maybe have something to offer, do you want to come with us to the Winter Palace?" she was serious. Loghain blinked and stared at the dalish Inquisitor…didn't she know who he was?
"So being a dalish isn't difficult enough for you, so you want to take the man who once humiliated the Orlesian Empire with you?" he asked.
Layel giggled, he was good at this kind of humor. "I didn't think about it this way, but fuck them! I want you to be with me at the Winter Palace," she confessed.
Loghain slightly shook his head and laughed, did this woman know how to lie?
"Ask your spymaster and ambassador, if they are alright with it I will be glad to accompany you Layel," Loghain simply said.
Layel's smile widened, it was the first time he called her by her name and she absolutely liked it.