In the Hands of the Enemy
Hamin groaned soflty as he awoke, realizing he was in danger. Clan Lavellan had been attacked by the mysterious visitors. He hadn’t known who they were, but in his dreams that he had had since being knocked unconscious were always of a great wolf guarding him, or perhaps keeping him prisoner.
He was not bound, he was startled to find, except for a simple collar around his neck. It was a leather cord, wound thrice around his throat, with a familiar jawbone hanging from it.
“Solas…” Hamin rasped, throat dry. No, not Solas. Fen’Harel. The Enemy. Not the Solas he had trusted, had loved…
Hamin scrambled to his feet, trying to ignore the pain in his head. He had to run, to get away… and because he did not know what he would do if Solas appeared before him.
But as he reached the aperture in the tent, his means of escape, the cord tightened around his throat, his hands snapping behind his back as an invisible force dragged him back within the confines of the tent.
Hamin tried again and again but no matter what he did, he could not escape. He curled up on the floor of the tent, attempting to tear the jawbone away from his chest.
“I am sorry for this, Vhenan. But I will not lose you… I am afraid this is necessary, until my plans are complete… but you will be at my side…”