And we are back in Solas' POV now. I think there's only one more chapter that I'll be making so we're almost at the end!

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I could feel her coming toward me. She had a feeling of uneasiness when she reached me.

"You have awoken, Da'Fen, that is good." I said and she relaxed a little.

"I couldn't sleep all day." She smiled but it was strained. "I heard some interesting things from Varric about the battle." She mentioned.

"Oh, and what would that be?" I inquired.

"Nothing too big, just that you summoned a storm and killed the dragon in one shot." She looked at me, her smile falling into a serious look. "No one mage can summon a storm on their own. It took my Keeper, his first and myself to summon a little bit of rain for the forest to grow. Storms do not just bend to the will of mages."

"I have learned many ancient magics that most mages do not know about." I replied, casually.

There was anger rising in her now. "Do not lie to me, Solas." Her voice was sharp. "How did you summon a storm to take down a high dragon? And I will feel it if you lie again."

I gave her a questioning look but she dismissed it. I sighed heavily, maybe now is the time to tell her.

"Let us go for a walk." I extended my arm to her which she cautiously took with hers. Together, we went to the forest that bordered Skyhold.

We ended up in a small meadow far enough away from the campers to not be disturbed.

"Now, Da'Fen, what do you mean you will feel it if I'm lying?" I steadied my gaze at her.

She looked away as a slight blush came to her cheeks. She had not meant to say that. She pulled away from me and went to the center of the meadow.

Finally, she turned to look at me. "It started at the Breach. You helped me close it, did you not?" I nodded in confirmation. "When I woke up, I could feel it, in the back of my mind, could feel you. You were worried and felt guilty." There was a questioning tone to that. "I didn't understand but then I remembered the power I felt at the Breach. I figured it must have come from you, being the only other mage around."

"It's only gotten stronger since then. I can clearly sense you all the way across the keep. I think that's part of the reason my trip to the future bothered me. We still had that connection, though much weaker. It wasn't just that you sacrificed yourself for me, it was that you had completely given up. You didn't want to live anymore. And there was so much guilt."

She was shacking now. I crossed the gap she had put between us in three strides, taking her in my arms.

"Why is there always so much guilt?" She pleaded, trying to understand. "I know there's so much you're not telling me, you feel you can't tell me. Why?"

Her anguish was mixing with my own as I looked into her eyes. I could not hide the truth from her anymore. I sighed and she looked hopeful.

"I cannot tell you everything," the hope faded a little, "but, in time, you will know the truth."

I took a breath to steady myself and continued. "You asked how I knew of the orb Corypheus possessed. It is mine. Well, an ancient artifact that I found. Corypheus has it because I was weak. I caused all of this. Even," I took her hand in mine, seeing the mark, "it is all my doing." I bowed my head to her, awaiting her judgement.

What she did surprised me. She gently placed her hand on my cheek and made me look in her eyes. "I don't care how Corypheus came to posses the orb. What matters is that you are here. You are trying to make things right." She smiled at me and I was overwhelmed with relief.

"Ma serannas, Vhenan."

We spoke more openly after that. I still could not tell her everything yet and she knew that. She accepted that some day I would reveal all to her, just not yet. I appreciated that.

Time went by quickly. The inquisition was succeeding, pushing Corypheus back, forestalling his plans. We were winning. Soon, I would have to tell her the truth.

She came to me after Mythal, overjoyed with excitement. I could see little sparks of her electric magic coming from her skin. "We did it!" She exclaimed happily.

I smiled at her but hers faltered. "What's wrong?" And not for the first, I cursed this link I had created between us.

We talked about Mythal and she helped to ease my mind on the matter. She could feel that there was something more than just that though, something more I was hiding.

I took a deep breath. "Come with me, Vhenan." And she followed.