Markarth
Skyrim

 

 

Thalmor agent Amaleera was transferred to Skyrim. Shannia was slowly recovering, and not wanting to leave her in Bruma, she took a risk and brought her to Markarth.

 

 

Months passed. 

The events in Bruma seemed increasingly distant, as if they had happened in another lifetime.

Shannia slowly regained her strength, but doubts plagued her. Guilt completely overwhelmed her.

 

Shannia: I don't know what to do next. If you don't help me, I'll die and she would have killed me... And yet, I still love her.

 

Amaleera: Life is never easy. Sometimes it lifts you up, sometimes it pushes you down. There's one thing we can do: learn from it.

 

Shannia: I remember when I was a kid. My mother was a whore and a skooma addict, I never knew my father. I always felt like a burden, I wanted to escape.

 

As soon as I had the chance, I ran away. I vowed that I wouldn't be like my mother. And now look at me... What have I done? People died because of me because I was too cowardly.

 

Amaleera: And now you've been given a new chance. You fought because you believed you could change your destiny.

Shannia: Maybe it would have been better if I had died then. I don't deserve to still be here.

 

Amaleera: Don't think about it, you're still young. Why not enjoy what the world has to offer while it's yours? Don't give up, even if it's very difficult sometimes. There's still hope! Nothing worse than the death of hope. Never get to that point.

 

Shannia: What hope do I have? If she found out I was alive, she would try to kill me again, and I would completely understand.

 

Amaleera: One day you will surely realize what is at stake. In our lives, everything is borrowed from Aetherius, only one thing is truly ours: the dreams we have lived together with the one we love. No one can ever take that away from you!

 

Shannia: What should I do with a dream that was never mine? Just an illusion...

Amaleera: Keep dreaming! What happened will bind you together forever. Aeliana is denial of these memories, but deep down she loves you, despite what happened.

 

Shannia: I don't want to believe this.

 

Amaleera: You have to believe... You always have to believe... O-otherwise...

Shannia: Otherwise? I can hear bitterness in your voice. Will you tell me what happened?

 

Amaleera: Maybe someday. Go now.

 

She'll be coming to Markarth soon. I think you'd like to see her.

 

The Altmer woman was right. Aeliana arrived the next morning.

 

Shannia: This is really her, but I barely recognize her.

 

She has grown from a fragile girl into a confident woman. 

 

Liana… I wish I could hug you tightly... If we met now, you might not even notice. By the Gods, what have I done... 

 

Aeliana was truly different.

 

Shannia experienced on the very first night that the once shy girl had transformed into a fiery, wild Amazon, without inhibitions.

 

 

Sex and hedonism were part of almost every day for Aeliana.

 

She slept with whoever she wanted, there were no limits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shannia knew it was her fault. Even if subconsciously, Aeliana wanted to bury a feeling that she actually dreaded.

 

Shannia: I can't give up when I've come this far. No, I don't want to give up on her.

 

I want to make amends for my sins. From now on, if I wake up anywhere feeling cowardly, I will know that I am doing everything for her, for the two of us. It's a long road and I don't know how it will end, but I have to take care of her.