The Demon Born - Chapter 1: Hindsight by nomibubs, literature
Literature
The Demon Born - Chapter 1: Hindsight
Varric swirled the dregs of his drink, contemplating whether it was worth having another.
“Get you a re-fill?” he was asked amiably.
The question had him lifting his head, managing with some difficulty to shift his gaze above the serving lass’s corseted bosom as she wiped down the counter in front of him. He met her friendly smile with one of his own.
“Ah, Pansy, you read my mind,” he said, proffering her his tankard. Her full-lipped smile broadened.
“It’s ‘Pansy’ now, is it?” she asked sweetly, taking his empty and turning to the huge keg behind her, blonde ringlets bouncing all
The Demon Born - Chapter 2: Marie Amell by nomibubs, literature
Literature
The Demon Born - Chapter 2: Marie Amell
The glowing embers made for a strangely beautiful sight in the twilight. Hawke held out her hand, allowing one to land in her open palm, ignoring the way it burned her skin. It was good to feel, even if the sensation wasn’t overly pleasant. It reminded her that she hadn’t lost the ability entirely.
She was sat at the foot of the steep stone steps that would have once led to Kirkwall’s Chantry, now, only a smouldering pile of rubble remained.
She looked up at the destruction briefly, feeling her heart break a little more with the memory of this atrocity thrust upon her again. Despite the keenness of it the sight did little
Altaïr's patience was stretched to the limit. Maria was obviously in labour and refusing to be attended to. He moved across the floor of the room they shared and glared at her for the thousandth time but her smirking face told him she was still not yet ready to back down. It had started just before dawn...
He had felt her weight shift from their bed and when he opened his eyes she was standing bent over one hand clutching the bed the other pressed against her stomach.
He sat up, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, it's just a twinge. Go back to sleep."
He lifted the blankets in a silent invitation to her to get back into bed. He fell asleep aga