Kiera Amell thought her life was set before her. A talented Spirit Healer, she assumed that she would spend her life in the Circle of Magi healing the sick and mentoring apprentinces. That is, until a blood mage betrayed her trust and left her to pa...
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Kiera hummed as she mixed the ingredients for the potion one of Vigil's Keep's soldiers had ordered.
"Delilah?" a man's husky voice asked.
Kiera looked over her shoulder to see a group of Grey Wardens, the blue and silver of their uniforms announcing them as such, standing at the tables. She saw Anders and picked up the bowl and went inside. She hoped he hadn't recognized her. Garrett had told her he'd seen him and she was glad that he survived the Tower's events. Delilah hugged a dark-haired man with a bow slung over his chest as Kiera watched through the curtains. But her attention was mostly on Anders. She hadn't seen him since right after her Harrowing, over a year and a half ago. He hadn't changed at all. He still had that charming smile that won her over in the first place. It made her happy to see that he'd escaped the Circle for good. It was odd to see him wearing the Grey Warden uniform and not Mage robes, although he never conformed to the dress code of the Tower. The others moved on while the man Delilah had been speaking with came into the house with her as Kiera finished the potion.
"Kiera," Delilah said. "I'd like you to meet my brother. This is Nathaniel."
"Hello," Kiera greeted. "If you need alone time with your brother, I can leave."
"Oh, no! I wouldn't ask that of you. Not with you so close to your due time."
~~~
Later that day, when Garrett returned home, he was surprised to see Nathaniel and he had to give the same excuse of not making it through Templar training to him. They talked of their fathers, Delilah gave him the news that he was going to be an uncle. Albert and Delilah both asked about the Warden Commander. Nathaniel respected her, despite the fact that she'd killed his and Delilah's father.
"I need to go, but thank you for opening my eyes to Father's crimes." He looked over at Garrett. "It was good to see you again as well."
Garrett nodded his farewell.
~~~
Garrett paced back and forth in the living area. He wanted to be with Kiera, holding her hand. Each scream of childbirth broke him.
Maker, please let her get through this. Please help her through this. he prayed.
He had been on duty when Aidan himself had told him to go home, that Kiera had gone into labor. The midwife hadn't allowed him to be in the room with her. He continued to pace and pray.
"If you keep pacing like that, you're going to wear a groove into the floor," Albert said, trying to put Garrett at ease. Garrett gave a chuckle. "I can tell this is your first."
