Zevran followed behind Wynne as they made their way to the Pearl to retrieve Mayana, Oghren and Lyis who had left for the Pearl six hours ago and still hadn't returned. Wynne pushed the door open, the anger painted on her face. Zevran felt confused he didn't understand why he was upset with Mayana, she was free to do as she liked… as was he.
"Have you seen a Dalish elf with a Mabari hound and a dwarf with bright red hair likely drunk?" Wynne growled folding her arms over her chest.
"Well the dwarf has been in the room with three of my girls for four hours now… The elf is over there."
"Thank you." She turned on her heel her anger subsiding when she saw Mayana playing cards with another woman.
"My girls would just love you handsome." The woman smiled running her hand down Zevran's arm.
"Ugh… How do you keep winning?" Mayana laughed throwing the cards down on the table.
Zevran ignored the woman pawing at him as he leaned out to see Mayana. "Isabella?" he whispered leaning out more so he could see her.
"Let's play again." Mayana smiled. "I want to shuffle this time."
Isabella handed her the cards.
Zevran pushed the woman away and made his way to the table where Mayana was sitting.
"Hey Zev." She smiled looking up from the cards.
Isabella looked up. "Oh have you come to apologize?" she crossed her arms.
"Oh do you two know each other?" Mayana looked between the two of them.
"You could say that." Zevran smirked looking over at Isabella.
"Do you want me to leave you two to catch up?" Mayana smiled.
"Any catching up that me and Zevran would be doing wouldn't be done out here in the open." Isabella smiled still staring at Zevran.
Mayana looked between the two as they stared at each other. "Right well… um have fun with that…" she felt awkward sitting in the booth with both of them lusting after each other. "I'll search for someone else to teach me to duel." She slid out of the booth Lyis following after her. "Come on Wynne." She nodded to the door. "Well that was awkward." Mayana frowned looking down at Lyis who whined, she smiled and scratched his head. "I don't need Zev I got you." He barked, his small tail wagging as fast as it could.
"A lovely young lady like yourself should not be traveling alone."
Mayana looked down the alley seeing a man standing at the end of it with his arms folded. "I can take care of myself and I'm not alone." She looked at Wynne and Lyis.
"An old woman and a hound…" the man shook his head. "I thought the mighty Grey Warden's traveled with better company."
"You must have mistaken me for someone else." Mayana shook her head backing up only to see the way was blocked by two elves.
The man laughed. "Where is Zevran?" Mayana looked over at him. "I see he is not with you..."
"Obviously." She groaned putting a hand on the small blade strapped to her thigh.
"Shame… I guess I will need to seek him out when I finish with you."
"Here I am Taliesen…" Zevran called pushing past the two elves blocking the alley. "Tell me where you ordered here or did you volunteer for the job?"
"I volunteered of course." He smiled. "When I heard the great Zevran had gone rogue I had to see it for myself."
"And here I am in the flesh." Zevran replied opening his arms as he pushed Mayana behind him.
"You can come back with me Zevran, I know why you did this, and I don't blame you. Come back and we'll make up a story. Anyone can make a mistake."
"Of course I would have to be dead first." Mayana looked between Zevran and Taliesen.
"And I'm not about to let that happen." He glared over at her grabbing her hand.
"What?" Taliesen laughed looking between them. "You've gone soft!"
"The answer is no… my old friend… I'm not coming back with you…" he turned away from Mayana and back to Taliesen. "And you should have stayed in Antiva." Zevran pushed Mayana to the ground as an arrow flew past them.
Mayana quickly pulled her bow out catching an elf off guard and catching his arm with an arrow. Wynne took out the assassins behind them as Mayana moved back getting away from Taliesen as he charged towards them. Mayana and Wynne slowly took down the archers on the roof tops as Lyis dealt with what assassins remained on the ground. Mayana rushed towards Zevran as he shoved his blade into Taliesen kicking him off and standing over him as his body fell to the ground.
"You're hurt." Mayana grabbed his arm pulling him away and to an empty crate. "Sit" he listened sitting down on to the crate and looking at the gash on his arm.
"You will need to stitch it, I can't heal that completely." Wynne looked over Mayana's shoulder as she dug in her bag.
"We need to get out of this alley." Zevran panted looking down at her.
"Let me at least bandage it." She pulled a cotton shirt out and wrapped it around his arm.
"Mayana please." Zevran groaned as she pushed him through the door of Eamon's estate.
"Shut up and just go." She sighed pushing him up the stairs to her room.
"If you wanted me in your room Warden all you had to do was ask." He smirked.
"Oh please." She rolled her eyes. "Go… go and sit while I get supplies." Mayana disappeared into Wynne's room grabbing a needle and thread along with salves. "Take your chest piece off." She called as she walked into her room and grabbed a towel, laying it out on the floor and setting her supplies out. She looked up at him. "Here" she pushed his hands away and unbuckled his armor herself, tossing it on the couch next to him. She pulled his arm straight and poured water onto the gash. "So now what?" she looked up at him after she had threaded the needle.
"Well…" he flinched when the needle pierced his skin. "The crows will believe I died with Taliesen as long as I do not make my presence known to them they will not seek me out."
"Is that not a good thing." She glanced up as she pulled the skin together.
"It is what I have hoped for since you decided not to kill me. I suppose it is possible for me to leave. I could go somewhere far away where the crows would not find me."
"You could go with Isabella… I am sure they would never find you on her ship." Mayana turned back to her sewing.
He laughed shaking his head at her question.
Mayana finished, she bit the thread after she made sure her knot would hold. She reached down grabbing a hand full of her salve and wiping it onto his arm. "There" she smiled grabbing the towel and wiping the salve off her hands. "I'm hungry… are you hungry?... I think I'm going to go get some food." She stood up and rushed out of the room.
"Whoa!" Teagan laughed as Mayana came around the corner and ran into him.
"Oh Teagan." She blushed looking up at him. "I'm sorry I didn't see you." He smiled. "Right I'm just going to go that way." She looked away rushing down the hall.
"She's rather bashful… isn't she?" Teagan asked as Zevran came around the corner.
Zevran laughed watching Mayana who was staring at the floor mumbling to herself. "When she is not prepared yes… She can be minx when she wants to."