[Dishonored: fae AU] Iron & Gold: 5. (emsider) 1/3*

A/N Nov 2018: Just another quick reminder that this is a WIP in the truest sense of the word. I am by no means an expert on... well, anything. So some bits and pieces are lacking in research, and I may one day (one distant day) go through and edit for accuracy. Only letting you know this because in case you notice stuff like 'huh that's a bit weird' about things I have no idea about, I can assure you that I am probably wrong and one day I'll figure that out (hopefully).
A/N Nov 2018: In case you missed it, this whole project is being posted un-serialized (in full chapters) over on AO3 under the title Iron and Gold. But it takes me longer to write full chapters than the little sections, and I like sharing the bits I am done with. If you want to check out my other work: AO3, FFnet, and a preview for the next section on ko-fi.

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Story Title: Iron & Gold
Chapter Title: 5 (I can't fuckin title stuff to save my life)
Chapter Part: 1/3
Story Part: 15/?
Pairing: Emily/Outsider (emsider)
Word count: 1937
Rating: T
Summary: Ever since she was a child Emily had been cautioned: beware the fae. She’d heard the typical warnings – faerie rings, wishing wells, mysterious lights in the darkness. But they were just cautionary tales... [A Dishonored fae AU]
start here (prelude), previously (4-3), next part (5-2)

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Emily woke to aching limbs, a burn in her chest and throat, and a gnawing hollowness in her stomach that nauseated her the second she tried to move. She barely got her chest over the crest of the log she slept beside before she was sick. If Delilah truly was draining her, she didn’t find it hard to believe. Hands splayed and trembling she let her chin rest on the mossy bark, eyes closed but leaking tears for all her exertion. If she’d had the energy, she might be embarrassed at her retching, but she simply didn’t.

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