Evangeline kicked a bandit in between his legs and then shoved her hand to his temple to electrocute his skull with lightning but she was pushed backwards. The bandit swung his sword up then began to swing it down but lightning running from his ankle upwards stopped him, Evangeline rolled out of the swords path as it dropped then pushed the bandit onto the ground. Lynch swung his battle axe down and caught the last bandit in the shoulder, effectively slicing the shoulder away from the body. Blood had gotten on his face, arms and chest piece as the battled had progressed up to the door of Bleak Falls Barrow.

"You let one of the bandits get you." Evangeline said as she walked up to him.

He looked at his right leg and saw a large gash with an arrow sticking out of it,

"Huh, I don't remember that being there." Lynch muttered as he watched Evangeline kneel down, press her fingers into the wound and pull the arrow out with the head still attached.

He growled when she ripped it out but then he hummed in relief when her hands touched the wound and sent a warming sensation throughout the wound and his body.

"You should go put some snow on your face and hands; you have blood all over your face." He nodded then went to rub snow over his face and hands.

Evangeline had woken in a good mood; she had found his morning problem hilarious and even found the courage to give him ginger touches on his arms that lasted no more than a few seconds. The scent of arousal clung to her like a cloak which had made it hard for Lynch to concentrate of the task at hand but he welcomed the distraction of her arousal so that his mood was not soured by the weather or the climb to Bleak Falls Barrow.

"Nord tombs have those…what do Nords call them…?"

"Draugrs?"

"Yes! I had been told once or twice that they are susceptible to fire." Evangeline dusted her cloak and robes off as both her and Lynch began their walk up the stone stairs that led to the barrow doors.

"I…have stayed away from Nord tombs. It is not right to disturb the dead whilst they slumber." Lynch had kept his pace slow as he watched her move ahead of him on the stairs.

Lynch found that he was mesmerized by her walking, the way her bottom moved and how strong her slender legs were. He did not notice when she stopped and he almost ran into her,

"Can you please stop staring? It is making me uncomfortable." She asked and he sighed, it's not like he could help looking at her wonderful bottom.

"I am a man, I could not help myself." Lynch told her and he watched her face get a red tint to it.

Evangeline turned and continued walking up the stairs with the heat in her cheeks, as much as she enjoyed him looking at her bottom she needed to erect walls between them. He was too much of a warrior for her taste despite the way his eyes set a fire in her blood whenever they found hers. She had woken up from a dream where he had kissed her many times on her lips neck and collarbone but, Evangeline knew she had to kick the thoughts of him from her head. After they completed the quest for Farengar, Evangeline would forget about Lynch and try to live a simple life and possibly get married to one of the men in Whiterun because most the single men had no chance of getting killed by a slew of bandits. A simple life where she could raise several children and be content in a small house with a husband who worked from sun up to sun down then, came home to a loving wife and a home cooked meal. It was a perfect way to live out her life but with Lynch around...all Evangeline could think about was adventure and being with him on quests an maybe settling down once they were a bit older. Evangeline sighed, she needed to find a husband and let Lynch go.

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Evangeline let fire come from her hands as she burned another draugr and looked to Lynch. He had been quiet for most of the morn and had a seriousness about him that was making her feeling uncomfortable around him. She hadn't told him she woken up and looked over to find him on his back sporting an erection, it had made the space in between her thighs wet and warm which she had realized was her arousal. His sense of smell would be better than hers so Evangline just had to be content with being embarrassed for still being aroused. Her father hadn't given her a talk about what would happen if she were to marry but a few nights in an inn made her realize exactly what goes on between a man and woman. Not that she had such interactions with a man but seeing Lynch having an erection made her realize she needed to find out what sex was like.

"Stop." She stopped behind him and watched he moved his head back and forth slowly, he told her that was his way of smelling the area ahead but she had just shrugged.

Lynch moved forward as they heard a man start yelling for help,

"That must be the Arvel the Swift the bandits spoke of." Evangeline whispered as she slowly followed Lynch into a web covered chamber.

Lynch heard the crackle of flames behind him and knew Evangeline was ready for spiders as much as he was. They moved further into the chamber and they both swore loudly as a giant frostbite spider descended from the ceiling. Evangeline began to throw fireballs from further back as Lynch roared and began his up close assault of the giant spider. She stopped throwing fireballs and began to charge the spell,

"Evangeline! I need help!" Lynch yelled then turned to see Evangeline engulfed in flames.

"Get behind me, hide." She ground out and Lynch could only stare as she moved forward towards the spider and him.

Lynch fled behind a pillar next to the entrance to the room and watched as the spider reared to attack Evangeline.

"EVANGELINE!" He had to look away as the whole room erupted in fire.

When the fired died down he looked to find Evangeline on her knees, he ran to her aide but was gently refused. Evangeline breathed heavily and felt tired as she was helped to her feet by Lynch; his eyes bore onto her face until she looked at him and gave him a tired smile.

"I think I killed Arvel the Swift." She weakly pointed to a dead body in a doorway on the other side of the room.

Lynch shook his head with a light chuckle then let go of her once he was sure she could stand on her own, the suddenly loss of his body heat left her shivering for a few minutes.

"At least I can handle that spell now." She giggled and watched as Lynch went over to the dead body to check it for supplies.

She walked up to him and saw that he found a golden claw on the dead, burnt body along with spare armor and other things.

"I'm going to need you to do all the killing until I can restore the magic I consumed with that spell." Evangeline smiled as he looked up at her with a face that told her that he was not happy about it.

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"You're doing it wrong."

"Hush."

"I'm telling you that's not it."

"Woman, it is a simple puzzle. I can figure it out." Evangeline pouted at him as he turned the rings around the large stone door but it did not open.

She took the golden claw from him and just as he was about to yell at her she showed him the pictures on the palm. He gave her a look and used the pictures on the palm of the golden claw to help him solve the puzzle on the door.

"Simple?" She mocked as she pushed his arm softly.

He stuck the claws into the holes in the door and turned it three times then Lynch quickly pulled the claw out as the door began to disappear into the floor.

"I've only read about puzzles like this, I've never actually seen one before." She commented as she studied the floor were the door disappeared into.

"I've never seen them in nord tombs. This is all new to me as well." Lynch grabbed Evangeline's upper arm as gently as he could and lifted her up to a standing position.

"We don't have time to study. We have a quest to finish so let's go." He let go of her arm and she slowly went ahead of him.

Lynch started to watch the way her hips swayed but caught himself before he almost ran into her again.

"Lynch, look at that." She pointed to a large wall of sorts with a stone dragon cradling the top of the wall.

"A dragon." He whispered and they both moved further into the large cavern.

They came to stand in front of the wall and Lynch began to feel a strange familiarity about it then ribbons of blue light shot towards him. Evangeline was looting the chest nearby as the ribbons of white light entered his body and as he felt like something grabbed his soul forcing something inside of him. Suddenly he felt as though he had learned knowledge of a power he had never possessed before, the white light then died and was replaced was by the creaking and break of a tomb lid.

"Lynch!" Evangeline readied her flames and doused the hovering corpse in it while Lynch drew his battle axe.

Evangeline moved to a safe spot and launched fireballs at the floating draugr while Lynch feigned to the side to avoid the strike of the draugr's staff. The floating enemy turned to float over and attack Evangeline but Lynch would not let that happen, he roared and slammed his battle axe down into the skull of the floating draugr as hard as he could. The draugr fell to his blade and from its' robes dropped a stone tablet,

"Are you sure that was all?" Evangeline asked as she walked up to Lynch, he nodded and she sighed.

"I'm guessing this is the Dragon Stone?" Lynch picked it up and looked at the stairs next to the wall.

"It matches the description I was given." Evangeline said then began to move towards the stone stairs next to the dragon wall.

Evangeline started to climb the steps but Lynch was hesitant to follow as he looked at the wall,

"Your ancestors called it a Word Wall, it is said that only a Dragonborn can use its knowledge. I'll give you a book about it when we get back." Lynch nodded and followed Evangeline up the stairs then out into the evening sun.

"That took longer than expected." Evangeline turned to look at Lynch.

"We have to get moving, we have a lot of ground to cover in a short amount of time." Lynch began descending to level ground.

"Well, let's hope this stone helps the Farengar." Evangeline followed after Lynch and hopefully she could settle down with in Whiterun with his help.

The Mage.

Chapter 4 out. I have a few more chapters written out because when I do type this story up I type up multiple chapters but only put one out at a time. As always, I would love some reviews but I know a lot of people are on a bandwagon (including myself) that includes a lot of game favorites so, if you read it would be nice to get a review or a pm but if I don't then oh well.