"Just admit it you got us lost you Templar wash out." Taeris growled as they passed the same tree for the third time.
"We're not lost we're just taking the scenic route!" the man defended.
"Translation I am a fool with a man's pride and a child's brain incapable of following a map and to stubborn to give the map to one of the two here who read maps for a living." Selva snarked as she looted another darkspawn.
Alistair sighed and thrust the map at Taeris who took smirking. "Oh yeah let's see you find it, I doubt there is enough water to sail on so good luck pirate!" Alistair snarled clearly unhappy working with actual raiders who had only joined Duncan because he saved them from being arrested for cheating fort drakon's guards out of their coin.
It took the pirate only a few moments to get them back on the proper path and soon enough they found the tower's remains, the group began looking but the twins stopped looking after only a few moments and simply leaned against the crumbling walls. After a time, Alistair seemed to finally clue in that the twins were not in fact searching at all.
"Why aren't you searching!" He snapped at the pair who looked at the trio of humans like they were fools.
"Look how picked over this place is there is no chance the treaties are here, also the seals on the chest would have worn off along time ago. Duncan is just wasting our time sending us to find something that is long gone." Taeris remarked dryly.
Before anyone could move they heard a voice come from the top of the ruins main ramp, a wilds woman who immediately caught Taeris's attention with her walk and the fact that she radiated magic that made his own magic dance and sing in response to it. with every word, she spoke he felt his jaw try and drop more and more, his sister always joked that his soulmate must be very long-winded to say so much before he could even respond.
"What say you hmm, Scavenger or intruder?" She finally asked after finishing her speech.
"Intruder how can I be an intruder when apparently, my soulmate owns these woods, or at the very least I am just a very nosey soulmate routing around in my soulmate's things!" Taeris snarked and watched with a smug grinned as the witch's jaw dropped before she glared at him.
"Careful she looks chasind which means there is likely more around." Alistair warned and Taeris just laughed.
"the more the merrier as that means you guys might get some as Taeris does not share! But anyway, may I have your name my new sister, I am Selva pleasure to meet you!" Taeris just sighed as his sister bounced up and hugged his soulmate who promptly shocked her sending her flying.
"This is most unexpected, know this elf I will not be chained or your servant if you try to do so I will fry you soulmate or not! And for your pleasure I am called Morrigan." Morrigan said and Taeris felt his excitement building.
"Yes ma'am and may I say this looks to be the start of a beautiful partnership I love my woman to be strong and able to stand as my equal, so let us concluded our business in these woods then we might find some hidden spot to get to know each other." Taeris said completely ignoring the protests of his fellows as he approached the woman and bowed low winking to her.
Morrigan watched the large dragon that was her mother fly into the clearing with the three wardens in her claws, when she changed back into a human form Morrigan rushed forward to help her with the burden of her soulmate and the other wardens. She ignored her mother's chuckle at how carefully she moved the injured elf who stirred slightly at being place on a bed.
"Don't worry my dear forest lady I do not die so easily, just a bit of rest and I will prove it by fucking you into the next month." Morrigan flushed as a hand grabbed her ass and squeezed.
The morning that the group left her mother's hut her soulmate pulled her to the side and made sure that she knew that after they reached lothering she was free to go if she so chose.
"Really so eager to git rid of me?" She asked trying not to show any hurt she was feeling, she may not show it or act like it but she was really happy to have met her soulmate.
"NO! not on your life! But I know what it is to be trapped in a relationship that you hate, and I never want to force that on someone else. But I would love to get to know you and become your partner in all things, my sister will tell you that I am not the nicest person out there, hell I am a raider so I would understand if you don't want to be involved with me. Also, we will have to save the world and people as much as many of them deserve to die, so I just need you to know that I will never cage you as the most beautiful flowers are poisonous and best cared for by giving them space to grow on their own." Morrigan was stunned by the gentle passion in the elf who up until this point she thought was not capable of these feelings.
"Very well I will stay and give you a chance but know this I do not share, so if this is to be then you are mine and I am yours understand!?" She growled as she pulled him into a deep kiss that when she pulled away she saw him smiling.
"A woman after my own heart!" came the answer from the now smirking elf who took her hand and led her back to the others, Morrigan smiled at the touch but quickly quelled the smile not wanting to show weakness.