Chapter 9

It took a day for Morgana to get to the other kingdom. It was a long and annoying trip. She would have preferred to stay near Camelot, near Merlin, but it was necessary to get what she wanted. Camelot first and Merlin second.

Morgana did her research. She spoke with some of her allies and gathered as much information as she could. The kingdom was never on good terms with Camelot and it was especially bad during Uther's rule. After years of being at each other's thoughts, Arthur apparently wanted to make amends. Morgana was hoping on getting to the king first.

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Arthur had been up to his neck in work. He had lost many good men to the creature in the village and he was almost tempted to go out himself; eventually it was finally killed. Then of course he had to deal with the king, Evrain, coming and Arthur was prepared to do almost anything to please him and keep peace.

Not to mention he was still investigating the guard who murdered his wife screaming something about Morgana. It was a lead that lead to no where, but he had to look at every angle of. Any information concerning Morgana had to be examined as much as possible. The man disappeared into thin air so he talked to anyone who could be useful. He talked to the kids, the wife's sister, and ten other guards. Apparently he was a very loyal man who loved his kids and he loved his job. He seemed to have no reason to do what he did.

Plus Merlin had been acting strange lately. Merlin did what he was asked without complaining or making jokes. He was actually acting like a descent servant. He was almost acting like George, it was very unnerving. He never admit it to Merlin, but he considered Merlin a good and trusted friend. Merlin was always there and always by his side through everything. Something was wrong, but he was sure if he said something to Merlin he would not get an answer.

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Gaius was worried about Merlin. He was defiantly acting strange and Gaius could always tell when Merlin was hiding something. He had no idea what, but better not confront Merlin about it until he knew what was going on. He trusted Merlin and hoped Merlin knew what he was doing.

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The guilt was still killing Merlin and if anything it had gotten worse. Seeing Morgana helped at the moment but as soon as she left the guilt returned. He loved her more then anything and wanted nothing more then to make her happy. He wanted to be together with her no matter what it took.