Vin snuggled back, loving Beldurs affection and she grinned, wrapping her arms around his neck and shifting her weight a bit so she was straddling his stomach and she giggled softly, moving her hands to put on his shoulders so she could support herself. "Sounds like fun. And it looks like you're healing nicely, hmm?" She said, adding that in when she peeled back a bit of his bandaging and noticed the nice healing.Though things were slow and she hated the slow. She peeked around rolled herself off of Belder before she gave him the wrong impression and hopped to the bathroom that joined the room so Beldur would be able to take care of himself whenever he needed to. She quickly changed herself into something more presentable and comfortable at the same time, pitching a pair of Beldurs robes at him that she had finished mending from all of the tears that he had aquired in it. She helped him get dressed and she didn't answer his silent questions, all of the while trying to rush with a huge smirk on her face. If they hurried quickly they would still have enough time. She grabbed her bag and stuffed a blanket into it as well as a few other things and ignored the curious glances Beldur was giving her. He would find out soon enough. "Ten points to the person who doesn't get caught sneaking out. I don't want anyone noticing where we're leaving, okay? And no cheating, you have to stay in your own form." She gave him a small wink and gave him a small, fleeting kiss before turning around; opening the door with a glance. She looked back at her daggers on the bed and decided against it, she wouldn't need them where she was going. She grinned at him. "Meet me at the woods, don't get caught. Winner wins a kiss," She told him with another wink before she ducked out of the room, not bothering to check if he was following her or perhaps going another way. This would be fun.

beldur raised a brow as vin mounted him and chuckled as she noticed what posistion she was in and got off he watched her help him change kissing her back when ever she kissed him and watched her pack a back with a confused look but decided to go along with it "winners wins a kiss" hmm? he thought to himself, well i suppose ill let her win then but not without giving her a run for her money. and with that thought he went the other way knowing his way around the castle. he went downstairs to the servants quaters knowing he could safely drop from a window without getting hurt. with his wounds they wouldnt cause him too much trouble as they were healing and so he dropped. the night sky was dark covering him in shadow as he made his way through the market place. the guards wouldnt be used to people at night so they wont be watching. he hid in a stall and watched the guards who were guardnig a hole in the wall that had yet to be mended.... he needed to get out.... he picked up a small bug on the floor and snuck around to the side. he was out of site by evryong here by the river. he mutters a small incantation on the bug and put it in public view. he then snuck back to his stall and waited. the silent explosion happened and wave of air hitting the guards catching their attention. no one screamed meaning no one would be hurt. and so they went with caution giving beldur the chance to sneak out of the walls. he then made his way to the forest but at a slow pace. knowing he probably got out of the city quicker he decided to let her win to make her happy and to give him a reason to kiss her. he looked up at the peaceful night and gently rubbed his wounds which had closed over now but could still open if he strained himself in a fight. but luckily that shouldnt happen for along long time now

Vin rounded the corner in the castle, trying to find her way through the maze of hallways that she had yet to figure out. Her head darted when she heard a noise and she restrained from jumping, feeling odd that she wasn't carrying her daggers. She hadn't realized how accustomed she had begun to be to just whip out her daggers to solve a problem. Vin wasn't certain if that was good or not but didn't bother getting into the specifics of it as her lithe body slid into a doorframe; holding her breath as a figure walked by. She watched the person leave and vaguely reconized that it was a castle guard, apparently they had no suspicions that someone would sneak through the castle. She ducked out from the doorframe and scrambled down the hallway, pausing when she saw a window. She paused for a second and listened to any oncoming footsteps and she was content when she heard none. She opened it and peeked out, noticing that she was on the third floor. She just smiled and jumped out, landing on her feet with a small 'thump' as her body absored the shocking impact. She stood and dusted off the knees, keeping to the shadows as she made her way across the now familiar terrain. She hoped Beldur wouldn't get lost but she assumed that he knew the way so she just continued going on, pausing occasionaly when someone walked by. She grinned as she walked by a couple of dazed soldiers and she reconized Beldurs work, carefully trying to step through the crowd to get to the forest. Though she paused when she heard someone point her out and turned to the three guards that where guarding a hole in the wall. She cussed softly to her breath and turned to them trying to cover her face so they wouldn't reconize her features. "You need to help me . . . I thought I heard a man chasing me through town," She faked, trying to sound distressed. She watch their faces contort into pride as they realized that they could save her and the three of them left to inspect around after reassuring words. She just chuckled and ducked through the hole, not bothering to thank the guards that were searching for 'the man that was chasing for her'. She walked a bit further into the woods and saw Beldur standing there, not bothering to ask if he had noticed if she got caught or not. "Looks like you win," She told him, giving him a soft kiss. "Now follow me," She told him with a small grin, running ahead of him, feeling the familair forest path travel under her feet as she sprinted through the forest, holding onto Beldurs hand before she paused when she heard the stream rushing nearby. She walked into the smallest clearing and grinned, taking the bag off of her back and placing the blanket on the ground. She sat on it and patted the spot beside her. "The sunrise is really pretty in the morning, I used to come here all the time actually. found it when I was young. And for what it's worth, you're the first person I've actually brought here," She grinned, knowing that the night was just beggining but she really just wanted to watch the sunrise with him in the morning and she also to just be alone with him. "I dunno, I think you might like it."

beldur watched her come up and sighed "i win? curses" he said accepting the soft kiss and following her to the small clearing. he looked around warily as if half expecting darkspawn almost like it was an automatic responce "hmm i didnt know this was here its very peaceful. im the first you say? well i suppose i best thank you" he sat next to her after gathering some dead wood and build a fire he then dusted his hands off and rested an arm around vins waist pulling her onto his lap. they spoke for a while about ntohing of intrest as they used to do to pass the time. when it came to twilight the sun an hour away from rising he put the fire out and they sat there in the darkness together looking out to the horizon. in the darkness beldur gave vin a soft massage and a kiss on the lips "i like any time with you vin"

in silence they watched the sunrise with vin on his laps and his arms around her waist and the birds began to chirp their morning songs. the sun rising slowly giving the forest a glittering look with the morning due. mornings were always beautiful when a blight had ended but this one with vin made beldur feel that it was perfect. "it is indeed pretty. but i'd prefere to look at you my love"

beldur looks a bit healthier now that his wounds had ehaled over. some would scar but he didnt mind. the only person who would see him topless is vin. thoughts rushed into his head of the time they first kissed. neither of them knew that kiss would lead up to the closeness they now share. beldr rested vins head on his shoulders and rested his head on hers as the sun slowly rose waking all of ferelden "perfect moment to share with a perfect woman"

Vin blushed at his statement, trying to duck her head out of view so he wouldn't notice. She sighed and she found a sudden interest in his hair, much as she always did. She took a few strands between her thumb and index and played with it for a bit, running her fingers lightly along his scalp and just busied herself with him for a bit. The look on Beldurs face was faraway and it made her realize that maybe he was thinking about something. She just grinned at him and wrapped her fingers in his hair and brought her lips to his, running her tongue along his bottom lips for a moment before the kiss. She let go of his hair and let her hands travel to his chest where they found there way to where she knew his tattoo was and she strated tracing the design that was under his clothing by memory. She brought her other hand up and stroked his face for a moment before shiting for a bit so the heat of the newly risen sun was shining on her back.

"And I can same the same thing. Perfect setting, perfect time and perfect person," She told him, pressing herself up against him to provide him with body warmth. Well, that's what she told herself. She loved the way their two bodies fit together, almost like two pieces of a puzzle. She rested her head on his shoulder and entertwined the two together because the cold, morning air was starting to get to her. She felt his heartbeat and she paused for a second, she had never really been close enough to another person to feel their heart beat. It was an odd concept for her but she liked it. Beldur, she hated to admit it after everything she had thought in her life, but she was in love with Beldur. It was no meaningless words like some other relationships she had been in which hadn't exactly counted. It was different, she felt weird fluttering in the pit of her stomach when she was around him and she liked it. She placed her hands in his, glad for the heat that his body was radiating and she sighed happily. She didn't really think there was a place she would rather be right now.

when vin licked beldurs lips before kissing them it brought his attention back to her rather then him thinking about her anyway and he made the kiss last a bit longer gently using his own tounge to brush against hers. one hand rose from her waist and slid up her body and gently rubbed her back whikle the ther hand rubbed her belly. he chuckled when she once more pressed herself up against him "your affectionate this morning. more so than usual. am i missing something?" he still had no expeirence on what to do in a relationship and he didnt really know what to do hereeither so he just settled to kissing her once more and then kissing her cheek and finally her neck. he liked kissing her neck she was always so smooth and soft and it made beldur content when she pressed up against him. this time with her was bliss and he had not known bliss for years.... not since the day before he found that cave where his freind had died. but ht didnt think about that. all he focused on, all he wanted to focus on. was vin, once again taking in every detail of he gently began tracing patterns on her belly like she did to his tatoos, they wernt any dalish patterns nor were they patterns that ahd any real significance. he just just drifintg her fingers along her belly evry so often kissing her and her neck

Vin just laughed at his question, the soft feel of his fingertips distracting her just a bit. "You're one to speak, you're strangely affectionate now too. I bet it was something slipped into our drinks," She joked softly, closing her eyes as his lips touched her neck. The sun was warming her back and Beldur was keeping her front warm against the frisk air and she was happy that she had thought to bring the blanket. She felt content, although nothing was really new there, she always did feel happy around him. She watched his eyes get the fareaway look he so often got when he started to think about other things and she just grinned at him. "What are you thinking about?" She asked, her thumb drifting over his cheekbone. She slipped the hand that had been tracing the designs over his robes into them, feeling for his wounds with light touches, trying to feel if they were healing nicely. And they were, just like the dalish had promised her and everyone else; it still didn't stop her from worrying. She sighed softly and brought herself down to lie down and cuddled beside Beldur. "Do you have anything to do today?" She wondered, not really in the mood for much of anything other than just being with him for the day but she knew that his duties did come first. "Because if you do, we should heaad back soon, people will start wondering where we are and you know what they'll all be thinking," She chuckled and then gave him another kiss, tracing the lines of his face with her fingertip.

"return affection with affection vin" beldur said with a chuckle as vin closed her eyes as he kissed her neck. she looked so happy and that pleased beldur he then was confused a little by her question "what was i thinking about? hmm if i told her what i was thinking of it would probably make her frown" so he decided to do a little lie, not a bad one but one to keep her happy "i was just thinking of you so every part of me is focused on the perfect woman" he watched her settle down and snuggle beldur and he just rested a hand on her as she did so "no, i have nothing planned unless king alistair pulls a surprise out for us. but i dont think he has a reason to so we can do whatever you want today but i suggest we go back to the castle for now and tell the king where we will be all day" he then smiled after the kiss and spoke as vin traced her fingers around his face "its still early in the morning we can go back later. weve watched the sunrse what do you wish to do now?"

he would have been content to just sit there with her but that may bore vin. as his old companins mentioned he is an incredibly boring person who when not fighting or talking is content to jsut sit there and wait. when captured and tortured by teryn logain he just sat in the cell and waited untill the teryn gave up knowing beldur would not speak. only then did he make his escape a few days after. sometimes beldur would be sat there and he would forget to eat and alistair would ask if he had turned into a statue. the qunari he traveld with known as sten would sit against him and they would just stare at each other in silnce. sten then liked beldur from that point on "we can go explore the castle or the city. even visit the alienage if you want to see what changes youve made. that would be intresting to see"

Before the city elves lived in povety and daily beatings but thanks to vin, that all should have changed. beldur hoped sovin was too nice sometimes. forsaking everything she could have asked for, for the well being of the city elves and it wouldnt just be affected ehre either. with the kings demostration all the alienages will be lke that

Vin smiled at Beldurws restlessness, she was certain that he was trying to impress her. She had spent many sunrises with him before and the two of them had just been content to sit there quietly, although a long while back before everything had started it had drove Vin crazy. She remembered not long after being changed into a Grey Warden, when it was just her and Beldur and she had been crushing on him just a little, they had watched the sunrise together. Beldur had sat there in his usualy silence and it drove Vin absoloutely crazy but she had just sat there beside him and soon learnt to enjoy his quiet companionship. She just sighed at him now and smiled before kissing him, trying to shut up further sugestions from him. Her hands went from his face to his chest until they slipped under his shirt and they were laying right on top of where she knew his heart was. She grinned as she felt the soft beating of it and stopped the kiss, looking up at him with amusement in her eyes. Why are you trying to so hard to impress me Beldur? You know I'm just fine with sitting here in silence with you. And besides, you already have me, you have no need to try and impress me," She told him and smiled, a huge smile. And after everything, watching all of the Grey Warden dying one by one, fighting with Darkspawn and things she had never hoped to have seen in her life, after all of the despair she felt for the longest time, she was one hundred percent happy. And it was Beldur that made her feel this happy, just as he made her laugh, comforted her and always made her feel safe. She snuggled closer to him, stealing some of his heat but also giving him her heat at the same time. She sighed and gave him another kiss before pulling the top of his robes off, her fingers tracing over the new bandages that were over new cuts that he had earned not too long ago. She softly peeled one of the bandages off, careful as not to hurt him and looked at the wound. It was healing nicely but she could tell that a lot of them would scare, no one had really escaped that battle unscarred. Because of it she now had a scar of her left side as well as on her right cheek, all from her nose to her cheekbone. She didn't really like them but she supposed he had to live with it. "Are you doing okay?" She asked him softly, her lips going down to kiss his wound softly before she smiled up at him. "Does it hurt as badly as it did before?" She wanted to know, not wanting him to suffer really badly. She hated the fact knowing that it was him that had suffered the badly and not her, she wanted to be able to take the pain away and erase the memories from his mind but unfortunately it was something she wasn't able to do. "Is there anything I can do?" She asked him, shuffling around so she was on top of him, protecting him from the cold, morning air with herself as well as the blankets but at the same time she was careful so she wouldn't put pressure on his wounds.

"i wouldnt want to bore you vin, i saw before you didnt like it when i just sat awake all night not moving and not speaking.. you are much more active than i am" he said with a chuckle and a riase brow as vin began to feel his heart beat and remove the top of his robe. the cold air whipped at him causing him to shiver once and he hugged vin close giving her all the heat he could a small sly grin came over his face "removing my clothes so soon vin?" he chuckled a little and kissed her lips softly. she was so warm he lips soft he enjoyed this moment in particular but he didnt not know why. it was the closeness of the two he thought and the peace around them. rarely had he had such peace and it was vin that gave him for the first time in his life: peace of mind. vin has changed beldur alot since they had met all that time ago. he never smiled then but not when vin is with him he always has a small smile on his lips wheen ever he saw vin. when beldur led down and had vin ontop of him he gently rubbed her back and brushed the new scar she had with a kiss adn then with his fingers "im fine vin. you have done anough to help me. how are you? you also gathered some wounds from the battle and i think they are quite serious"at first he wasnt overly caring about any of the wardens. he kept them safe yes but in a fight if they got hurt he didnt worry nor offer to help, vin was good enough to not get hurt during that time but now he just wants to make sure vin is perfectly happy with him and happy in general

Vin giggled at Beldurs joke. "Oh yes Beldure, I can't help myself. But if it's what you want," She told him with another joking wink before she continued to fix his bandaging, lifting it up and checking the wounds underneath to see if they were healing nicely. And most of them were, something that made her happy. She looked at one and winced when she saw it wasn't exactly healing well, she would have to fix that when they got back to where they were staying at the moment. She smirked at him and gave it a kiss better, still going off of the his previous words. She looked up at him when she felt his hand on her cheeks and she rolled her eyes. It was so like him to care more about her than himself when it was obvious that she was just fine. "Don't worry about it, it's okay. It's a shame though, I won't ever be pretty for you anymore," She mock pouted and then smiled, telling him that she was only kidding with him before looking up, noticing that the sun was now set. She wondered idly if anyone would be looking for them but she really didn't care, this was . . . well . . . this was nice. She brought on her of hands up this his to just hold hands and the other resting softly on his chest. Vin shivered as the cold air blew once more and she somewhat regretted not bringing another blanket, it was really cold. She was supposed to be used to the cold but right now it felt like she was freezing. She rested her hed in the crook between his shoulder and neck and tried to share her height with him. She idly wondered if he was okay considering that she was the warmer one of the two right now and she was pretty cold. "Are you okay Beldur, would you like to leave? Is it too cold?" She wondered, not wanting him to stay that cold.

"you will always be pretty vin" he said with a smile, he genuienly meant it the scars made vin look daring almost and still kept her pretty. when vin held his hand and rested a hand on his chest he gently grasped one hand and his free hand winding around her wasit idle thoughts drifted along his mind but he wasnt focusing on them he held vin close just as the wind got up pulling her away long enough to put the top of his robe on her "if your too cold we can return to the castle besides we will miss out on lunch" it was as cold as winter could be slowly snowflakes began to fall and beldur looked up at them. soon the trees will be covered in now. the land looked tranquil beldur thought as memories of his life with the dalish waved in. happy memories for once but after a while he focused on vin again and gave her small shivering body a loving kiss on the cheek "ill endure the cold if you want to stay or worse comes to worse ill build a fire. what do you think?"

as vin answered he hugged her giving her a light squeeze transfereing all his own heat to her resting his head on hers as she rested on his shoulder. her skin even in the cold was smooth and beldur was extremely tranquil. the peace was calming and tthis moment despite the cold was perfect to him. he never met a woman like vin and never has and never will do

Vin looked at Beldure and grinned, wondering how despite all of his wounds and the fact that he would probably freezing right now, all he really cared for was the fact that she might be cold. She rolled her eyes slightly, making a great dramatic of it even though he really didn't know what she was thinking about. She stood, taking Beldurs robes and blankets off of herself and placed it on him before quickly going scouting for wood. She knew the place so it wasn't exactly hard but she did notice a lot of changes that had happened from when she was little, in fact even when she was older. She was able to remember sitting here only three years ago and the memories seemed slightly foreign to her. She gathered some wood and picked it up, bringing it to where Beldur sat and she quickly made a fire, setting herself back down when she was done. She scrambled under the blankets, making herself comfortable once more rested her head on his bare chest. "So, what are we doing after all of this?" She asked him. The question didn't seem that important but it was, she didn't know what they were going to do, where they were going to stay or even how the bonding Beldur wanted them to have was even going to happen.

"well i suppose after we have sat here for a while we will get some dinner and then go to sleep" beldur drinned having known what vin was on about he watches her build the fire and then snuggle up to him, he wrapped his arms around her pulling his robe on a little more but not closing it seeing as vin has her head on his bare chest. he then gave her question a bit of thought "hmmm i dont know vin.... is this after we have bonded? ive given it some thought and no dalish will marry us so we will have to have a human wedding. and after that. im not sure we could settle down and enjoy our time together or we can go and look for an adventure together. im happy with either it all depends on what you want to do. ill be happy with whatever you choose"

he kissed her forehead after that and looked to the fire the warmth sinking into his body quickly to repalce the heat he had lost. he looked down at his wounds peeling the bandages away for a bit to give them some air before putting them back and begun stroking vins hair gently as they sat there talking. the wind picked up which made beldur cling to vin slightly to keep her warm as the fire died down a little before managing to grow once more when the wind died down. after the wind died beldur shivered a little and was thankful that the fire survived

Vin smirked, eyes twinkling up at Beldur, suddenly seeming a lot more mishevious than she actually was. "Hard one Beldure, settle down and bore ourselves to death, even though the calm would probably be pleasant change; or adventure with the man I love most. I'm not sure, it's a defenit hard one," She told him, with a huge grin on her face. "And you know I don't care if we bond, or marry, or whatever. Just being with you, knowing that we;re actually together is good enough for me. I don't need a marriage to make me happy, although if it's what you want, you know I'd be more than pleased to do it." She smiled down on him, her fingers suddenly tracing the lines of his face and frowned when she felt Beldure shiver up against her. It really wasn't a good idea for him to be out here, she knew that. Common sense told her to leave but she was being selfish, she didn't want to. It was the perfect moment and she didn't want it to go to waste. She blushed, thinking back to a comment that Illa had made one and Vin suddenly didn't seem quite sure of herself. She tried to shake away the blush but it still seemed to remain and she brought herself up to reach Beldur's height and kissed him, the kiss a lot more hesitant than usual. She suddenly had too many thoughts rushing through her mind, most of them involving Beldur. A few unpleasant ones of her father and Ethan popped it but Beldur was the main focuse and all of the thoughts pointed towards the fact that it was Beldur that she wanted, only him. She looked up at him with a hesitant smile on her face, her eyes asking the question that she was too nervous to ask. It wasn't the fact that she would regret it, it was more of an irrational fear that Beldur would say no for some reason. She gave him another small kiss, her thumb lingering on the side of his jaw before she looked at him once more, the question still remaining in her eyes.

beldur watched her blush and smiled to her. he wondered what she was blushing about but he didnt worry about it. he hugged vin a little closer untill she kissed him and her eyes asked a question. he wondered what she could be asking? then a thought came into his mind which embarresed im alittle. she couldnt be meaning that could she? he didnt know so he just nodded knowing that even if it was anything to do with vin would be enjoyable at this moment. he then kisses her back as she kissed him once more and gently took hold of her hand "i love you vin" he whispered into her ear. he knew if he soke it normally only she would hear it but it jsut sounded better whispered as he gently stroked her cheek drifting gentlepatterns as she did to him. his hand dropped to her belly than back to her face before kissing her once more and then giving her neck a kiss "i dont want to leave here ever, jsut stay here with you forever"

he meant that too.. he took his hands away from her just a moment so send a small botl of flame to the fire to make it grow a bit larger. the warmth radiaiting over them both he then wrapped his arms around her gently to just held her everyso often kissing ehr forehead untill she did what ever he agreed to do with her. he was still wondering what it was she was after almost certain that she didnt mean what he thought but was also hoping that she did

"I love you too Beldur," She told him, the feeling of his lips on her forehead was bliss. She closed her eyes in delight and sighed, the sound coming out incredibly breathy. She shifted to be able to lie down, bringing Beldur down with her and continued kissing him, the kissing incredibly soft and sensual. Her hands found themselves resting on his chest once more, like usual, drawing slight patterns across his chest. She could feel her heart beating rapidly in her chest and small gaps kept on coming from her mouth. She took her hands off of his chest for a moment, breaking the kiss, to be able to pull her shirt off. She gasped as the cold air bit at her naked torso and she felt an unreasonably blush sneak onto her face; Beldur has seen her like this before, nothing should be new to him. But it just seemed different to Vin and her blush deepened as she undid the clasp of her bra, tossing it slightly aside so it wouldn't catch on the fire. She placed herself up against Beldur once more, happy for the heat that he provided and continued to kiss him, her fingers tangling in his soft hair.

as beldur watched her undress and then blush at him seeing ehr topless he was certain then "it is what i thought" he smiled warmly to her a mxiture of happiness, contentment and slight surrpise. he did not forsee this coming he worried a little inside as he had never done the act. but he would try his best. he removed his robes and hugged her close kissing ehr next. and the love making began....


some time later when beldur and vin were resting, beldur with his arms wrapped tightly around her his mind abuzz with what just happened. he gently rubbed vins skin ans felt the goosebumps and then went to get his robe to drape on her. he then drapped ehr clothes on her too leavnig him in his underwear. he shivered visibly and then kissed vins neck and cheek "rest well vin. we did not get much sleep last night" he said with a small chuckle before sitting by the fire and muttering an incantation his arms bursting aflame. he then hugged himself and had his back towards the fire watching vin lie down. the heat from the fire warming his back and the magical falmes on his arms warming the rest of him as the sun rose it got warmer. today was cloudy so it would be much warmer today. he dismissed the flames and led next to vin again gently stroking her cheek light enough for her to feel but not hard enough to wake ehr up if she had been sleeping.

thoughts distracted him almost like his old self was "that was pointless. our kind cannot create children so why bother" he knew that voice. it was the demon. beldur thought it dead but it seems he was sloppy and mistaken. "you are easier to tempt now my love" the slurring accent came into his mind. he battered the demon away but it wasnt as easy as last time. "your walls have weakened. ill get in soon enough. i have done twice before. but i will congratulate you. what you did all those weeks ago severely weakend me and took me by surprise. using me to heal your body and then fight an arch demon. clever clever boy. goodbye lover" and the voice faded to nothing. it seemed. different. like what it did to suvive changed it. he hoped to the creators it didnt become a pride demon. he shuddered at the thought and hoped vin didnt see it. he gave her lips a soft kiss. his own lips just barely touching hers and then he led and watched her

Vin smiled, feeling absoloutely wonderful. Anything right now could have happened and she wouldn't have cared or done anything to stop it. A group of darkspawn could've walked into the area right now and Vin probably would'n have evern touched them, she would've just died a happy person. She sighed in content and snuggled more closely into the robes, wondering if she should get dressed or not. She quickly disminished the fighting in her head and smiled as she felt Beldur starting to stroke her cheek. She just lied like that for a few more moments until she felt his lips on hers, something that made her full out grin and kiss back. She broought herself in a sitting position, wrapping the clothing around herself and leaned on Beldur, somewhat cuddling with him. She put her hand in his, just content with holding his hands. "And I didn't realize I was that bad," She fooled around, refering to the slight shudder she had seen. But before he could really sawy annything to protest the statement-or agree, she gave him another kiss, not giving him much of the chance to speak. She shuddered softly with the crisp air, wondering what time it was and what everyone was doing back at the castle, also wondering why she was still cold with the fire aflame right next to her. She sighed, as her hand starting to trace around Beldurs tattoos idly and she looked up at him, trying to memorise his features. Although it was fruitless, she already had. "Hey, how long ago do you think people noticed we were gone?" She joked, at the same time noticing the goosebumps that was on his skin as she shook her head, taking his robes off of herself and draped it over his shoulders, instead wrapping herself up in the blanket with him.

"no no y-" he sentance was then interrupted by her kiss which gave beldur the feeling she was joking. he kissed back softly and then continued with his sentance "you were far from bad vin" he watched her take off the robe revealing her nakedness once more before dressing and wrapping blanket around. he then watched with a grin as she snuggled up to him multiple times. he did his robes up and hugged back giving ehr a both light and hard squeeze. as vin asked when they were going to get found out no sooner had the wardens come running weapons drawn "oh thank the maker. your alive" elend panted holding his sword with his remaning arm. beldur stood and gently helped vin up "we had buisness to deal with. we are grey wardens no longer elend. you are the warden commander" elend dipped his head and nodded in understanding "besides i can still fight. and while yes the blight is gone darkspawn will remain here for many months but they will be nothing but raving beasts.... less so infact" they all nodded and elend apologised

"im sorry beldur. im not used to this. being in charge"beldur nodded. its obvious he still hasnt gotten the hang of smiling at other people yet"you get used to it in time. we are done here, lets go back to the castle" he took vins hand gently and went with them. despite beldur and vin no longer being a grey warden they were escorted as if they were still in high posistion which made beldur raise an eyebrow. and all that was replied to him was "habit. forgive us" to which he nodded and pulled vin close and whispered in her ear "ill never forget last night"

Vin blushed deeply when the Grey Wardens busted through the deep brush and forest and she couldn't keep on wondering how they mad managed to find them. Although Vin just shook it off and continued walking with Beldur, holding his hand and hoping that no one would noticed anything and make a stupid comment; espicially on her blush. She tried to make it go away but she still know with a certanty that it was still lingering on her face. She sighed and squeezed Beldurs hand, a small smile went on her face and her blush deepened when Beldur whispered in her ear. It wasn't only the words, it was his warm breath on her ear that made hernquite awware of what was happening. She could hear a few snickers now and then but she didn't really respond to them, she doubted that anyone really thought that they had done what they really did. She smiled, shaking away all of her worries and followed them into the castly. Everything seemed incredibly calm for once, the blight had ended which left everyone with a strange sense of peace, it was really quite enjoyable. "So how is it being leader?" Vin asked Elend as she dropped Beldurs hand quickly to walk beside Elend for a few moments. She stood on her tip toes, walking awkwardly beside him to mock him of his height, towering over almost everyone there. She heard him snicker and then he placed his arm on her shoulder like a rest, just to mock her lack of height. "Hard to get used to," He told her, before putting some weight on the arm, causing her to get off of her tip toes because of the weight. She just shook her head and went back to Beldur, looking at the people working around the castle. "What do you want to do Beldur?" She asked him, wondering if they had any responsibilities to attend to.

beldur went to one of the new wardens. a female mage that had joined after the blight had ended. elend had been busy recruiting it seems. and he spoke to him as vin went to speak with elend "how did you find us? i had sensed darkspawn on our way here meaning. it would be difficult to find us amongst them" beldur was sure vin didnt sense the darkspawn as the taint wouldnt be as strong and no one in ferelden bar alistair is as sensitive and trained as beldur is. the mage seemed to blush a little as she spoke revealing a small vial of blood "your Phylactery gave us a more definate direction sir. we thought to use it one last time before giving it to you to destroy" the girl handed the vial to him and he looked at it "very clever. i did not see that coming.... speaking of which you look familiar. didnt i see you at the tower during my.... 'time' there?" he said "time" sarcasticly it was well known he viewed it more as imprisonment. the girl nodded. she was younge with long blond hair the was in many braids. she didnt even look 15 "yes we did our harrowing together. if you dont remember the tower had too many apprentices and not enough lyrium to do the single harrowing for each mage so they sent two at a time. im lucky you were a dalish mage and already had experience in the fade. i remember i was so scared to move when we battled our demons. but you begun the fight and helped me get over my fear" he nodded to her. the memries of the tower coming back and even the memories of the time when the abomination uldred had taken over the castle. the battle with the pride demon both in his harrowing and in the tower. and then in the castle. and now one following him. waiting for him to slip. to say he got a little scared was an under statement. he was terrified but he never let an inch of it show "im glad to see you survived the ordeal in the circle tower with uldred"

they spoke at length beldur not seeming at all happy that he met someone he knew. it seems she hadnt taken the ritual yet and that she had fled the tower after it was thought the rite of anullment was going to happen anyway. she knew a great deal about blood amgic, dalsih magic and even tventir magic. but she never practiced them. it was then their passage was blocked by templars "halt. we are here for the apostate. give her to us" the young girl froze up in obvious terror and looked to beldur but he was looking at the templars the leader of the templars was young and by his tone reckless. he hoped elend would be able to deal with it as he stepped forward "this young woman has come to us to join our ranks. i will invoke the rite of conscription infront of you if it will please you"the young templar scowled "she is malificarum. a blood mage she must be brought to the circle to be made tranquil" elend shrugged his one arm uncaringly "blood mage or not she is a grey warden now. you do not have the right" beldur looked at the young girl with a slight look of disgust but it went quickly after staring into her eyes. she was no blood mage. he could sense it. again one of the magics the dalish had known. he could sense demons just as he could sense darkspawn. he would teach this girl the magic but she is human. even as a grey warden that law of the dalish still needed to be held no matter the circumstances. the templars drew their swords "we cant let a blood mage live. and the way i see it we have a good chance. you are all weakened from the blight. we wont kill you but yuou wont stop us" the grey wardens drew their blades and a standoff has started. beldur eyed the girl, then vin, then elend and now the templar. waiting to see who would make the first move "it seems these templars know not the endurance of a grey warden" elend said in the deathly silence

When the templars had shown up Vin panicked for a few moments, they couldn't be here for Beldur, they just couldn't be. But he suspicions were cleared when they asked for a girl and Vin turned the direction that they were pointed it and was shocked at what she found. It was the girl that what talking to Beldur, so young and innocent looking and Vin was wondering what she was even doing with the Grey Wardens in the first place, young girls such as her shouldn't be a Grey Warden and Vin felt a pang of sadness towards the girl, feeling the urge to protect her. Her blood chilled over the argument that they and Beldur seemed to be having and then all of her musccled locked into place, her hand darting to where her the dagger Beldur had gotten her was usually kept, her pair of twin daggers had been lost in the blight. She froze when she realized once more that she forgot to bring her dagger with her and she felt upset with herself, she wouldn't be able to fight back. But that wasn't the worst part in her books, it was the same Templars that had been with Ethan, who was now dead. She shuddered softly, wondering if they would remembered, right now the silence incredibly deafning. When one of the templars glanced at her and smirked, she knew that they hadn't forgotten. She backed up a few steps and that was when chaos erupted.

Most of the grey wardens surged forward and Vin stepped back to stand in front of the girl, herding them slightly to the side so she would be able to see an approachin templer to try and protect the girl. She watched Elend fight, wondering how he managed to do so with such ease, he had adjusted to losein his arm well which made Vin smile, she liked Elend, he was a good kid. Although watching him fight, it shocked her slightly, he was so angry. They all seemed to be holding back though, no one wanted to be killing right now, a thought that slightly comforted her. Although it was soon ended with the Templars being held back by Grey Wardens, all of the Templar weapons on the ground. Vin glared at a few of them as reconignition and anger was collected onto their faces but she just tried to ignore them, bringing the girl with her to stand on both sides of Beldur, Vin grabbing Beldurs hand and giving it a small squeeze as he looked distressed over something. She filed it away in her mind to remember and ask him what was upsetting him, she hated seeing him upset. She sighed as her gaze swept over them once more and she frowned. "What are you here for, leave," She hissed under her breath and frowned as the apparently leader of the group of templars laughed it off. "We're here to collect an apostate," He answered. Elend approached him and made a low, angry noise in the back of his throat. "You will leave us alone, this girl is a Grey Warden now, you have no reason to be here. Leave." He told him in such a way and tone that Vin had never really seen him use before. She squeezed Beldurs hand once more, watching the ordeal play out in front of them.

beldur watched the fight with cold icy eyes not moving an inch. he knew the skill of the wardens would be enough. but his eyes were fixated on something. a book that wasnt like any chantry book he had seen. it was dalish. after the fight and elened had told them to leave beldur walked forward "that book doesnt belong to humans, it is of the dalish." he went to reach for the book but all the templars drew shortswords and lunged up sending beldur backwards so he didnt get stabbed. these templars were trained better than he thought. the grey wardens gathered again but he stopped them "this book is for blood mages. you wanting this book proves you must be a blood mage. hero or not we cannot let you live on principle. brothers get him and the girl she is a known blood mage aswell" they took one step and were flown back by beldur. the went to stagger to their feet but an icy wind came from his hands and blew on them. then ice began to crawll frmo the ground up their bodies freezing them, in place so they would only move their hands and head in a feeble attempt to stop beldur from collecting the book "she is no blood mage. i sense no taint within her nor any presence of demons, she is pure"

his voice sounded half there. he wasnt focusing on the templars his eyes had never left the book and he begun to walk to the castle the grey wardens hurrying infront of him, the girl pulling vin along and went to beldur "thank you sir beldur. thank you they woudnt have listened to me and would have killed me anyway" she sobbed a few tears of happiness and elend came to comfort her putting his arm around her shoulders. beldur didnt respond as he seems completly enthralled by the book. he never took it away once when they got back to the castle he went straight to his room to study it while the grey wardens did their joining ritual. after telling king alistair. the king was furious that these templars defied them and begun to write a very angry worded letter to the chantry and sent a messenger away that very day. all the while beldur was silent, studying. the book in its forigen language

When Vin had gotten back she didn't bother questioning Beldur with the book, she knew howinto he would get and her questions would probably only be an annoyance to him. Instead she took a nice shower, trying to scrub the dirt off of her that she had gotten from being on the ground. She blushed at that thought and soon finished her shower, getting out got ready. She put on a new pair of clothes and went to go watch the joining ritual, something that both Elend and the little girl had requested of her. So out of curiosity of the new Grey Wardens that would replace the many that they had lost in the battle, this watched it. And she did, lucky for the girl, she survived. Although not all of them did, out of the original five, four lived on to be a Grey Warden. They quickly had a small service for the guy and Vin left half way through, not able to deal with all of the death, not so soon after the Blight anyways. She walked around for a bit, wondering what would happen and glad at the same time she didn't run into Illa, knowing that the girl would probably come up with more than a few questions. But Vin had missed her home town and she had a sudden longing to go around and see what had become of it. So she explored for a bit, walking around the time with a small smile on her face, many memories popping up into her mind. But she soon found her feet bringing her one way, to her old house. She had promised herself that she wouldn't visit it when she had arrived here, not in the mood to dea with her drunken, abusive father. But she couldn't help it, she wanted to see what had become of him. It wasn't something that she thought bitterly about, he still was her father so she went to check him out.

When she arived at the house she wanted to go in but instead peeked in a window. Inside she saw her father, suddenly seeming a lot older then he had been more than a year ago. She sighed, her hands going down to her belt where she had once more forgetting her daggers and she hoped it wouldn't become a bad habit. but then again, daggers would probably only scare her father. She went over to the door that the tiny house contained and she knocked on it with a small knock, deep down hoping that perhaps he wouldn't hear it and she would just leave after waiting for the weather. But that, of course, didn't happen. He opened it within a minute and they both stared at eaxh other in awkward silence. "Hi Father," She said, her voice suddenly extremely small and she felt like a kid once more, his look able to turn her into that. "Vin, what are you doing here?" He slurred, his druken state making her flinch, just like it had always been able to do. "I just came to see you," She told him, her voice still small. Her father nodded and his eyes seemed glazed over and she shook it off, not wanting to get into his thoughts. But, something that had shocked her but at the same timd didn't, a fist came out to meet her face. She saw the next one coming and grabbed his hand, knowing that after her training at a Grey Warden her father was no problem for her. "You ashame me by getting with a knife ear?" He asked, venom in his voice. "I want you to leave and never come back, bitch." Her father finished up, jerking his hand away from her grip, almost as if it were poison. She shook her head and left, finding her way back to the castle, refusing herself to be upset over the encounter. Her hand touched her throbbing face, hoping it wouldn't bruise so no questions would be asked, although if it did she would just say she fell. She fought the sadness away as well as the tears, refusing to cry over it, she knew that that was going to happen. Once she got back to the castle she immediatly went into the room that she and Beldur were sharing and saw him still engrossed in his book, even if it was incredibly late at night. She just smiled at him, knowing that he hadn't slept yesterday either because they had been busy doing something else. She stripped her shirt and pants off and then crawled into bed with him, giving him a small kiss. "I'm going to sleep Beldur, have a good night, okay?" She told him, hoping that sleep would come to her.