Alright, so I was going to add Aithusa but after reading over this I'm going to add her next chapter instead.

I know that we need Arthur's thoughts on this whole mess so I"m adding more of his POV. This is for all you Arwen lovers out there.

Enjoy.


Chapter 9

Arthur's POV

Arthur watched his daughter sleep. She looked so much like her Mother that it hurt to look at her, He had offered to take the first watch when she'd tried to use he magic and nearly fallen over...it seemed that the bracelet had 'shorted out' her power. Which was not only annoying but also worrying for all concerned.

Few things made Arthur want to cry, but watching hiss daughter and knowing he'd missed half her life was so disappointing. Having spent a couple days with her he realized how much trouble Gwen had to have gone through to raise her...especially if she was anything like him.

He could see bits of Gwen in her, like the way she wore her hair, pulled back and out of the way...He'd seen Gwen wrestle with her hair to get it out of the way. And Adalia had done the same thing after the fight, It made his heart hurt the way she reminded him of Guinevere.

As his thoughts turned to his wife he sighed, If he had only been here instead of dead Gwen wouldn't be anywhere near Morgana, hid daughter would be comfortable around him, and Merlin wouldn't have been living by a lake for the past fourteen years.

Arthur hoped that Gwen was safe. If Morgana had hurt his wife, Arthur would hunt her to the ends of the earth. and he wouldn't rest until he had plunged Excalibur through her black heart.

His dark thoughts stopped abruptly when Adalia began to thrash and whimper. He turned in time to see her begin to scream, a heartrending pain-filled cry that he had only ever heard once before...when Morgana held Gwen in a tower and showed his wife her worst nightmares.

Arthur, like any father would do, ran to his daughter and held her. She sat up swiftly. "I apologize, I normally place silencing charms around my room." He shook his head, "Your mother used to have nightmares, I used to wake up and just talk to her after one of them."

Adalia sighed, then realized he was still holding her and stood. Well I'm awake now so you might as well get some sleep. she turned and walked over to her horse. He called after her, "who is Kennan?" she froze and turned, "someone I trusted." she said, her voice cold as ice.

He let her be, knowing that if he pushed her she would just clam up tighter.

"Oh, Gwen I wish you were here." he thought to himself, several feelings washed over him, Pain, Loneliness, Love, and then Rage at Morgana.


Gwen's POV

Somewhere deep underground Gwen was sleeping, she woke up suddenly to the words, "I wish you were here Gwen."

She didn't know what had happened, maybe the Vail between life and death had thinned allowing Arthur to visit her from beyond. Then the emotions hit and she gasped. Pain, Loneliness, Love, and then Rage. Not knowing what to think she sighed and lay back down.

"Arthur if you are here, watch over your daughter. She will need you in the coming storm."


Adalia's POV

Not many things shook her, and she never cried, but her father's question had shocked her, pulling up memories she'd tried to forget.

Kennan, pulling her close, saying he loved her, finding him in Trinity's embrace the two locking lips like they were each-others source of air.

Her mother, bleeding heavily when the vase she'd thrown hit her head and shattered. Kennan holding a knife, threatening Beth and Catie! his betrayal sharp and cruel. knowing she wouldn't tell the knights what had really happened.

Adalia truly had loved him, his lies piling up around her. She had never told anyone what he had done, they all thought he'd done something trifling and insulting...But not something as weighty as he had actually done.

She should probably told Arthur the truth, but his mention of Kennan had put her off. She knew she would never be the heroic ruler he had been in all the stories. though most times the stories were exaggerated by Gwaine and the others. But she had always feared ruling.

Hopefully they would reach Aithusa by tomorrow. Adalia was not keen on the idea of spending days with her father, besides the sooner she got rid of the Bracelet the better.


Sorry this took so long to update. my computer deleted the first draft of this chapter just as I was about to update it.

I really hope you like this and Review.

Christina