Chapter 29

Morgana froze, her face still partially hidden behind her hand, she peered through her fingers and sure enough there was her half-brother standing there facing off to Demetrius, she recognised a few of the soldiers with him, Perceval and Gwain, they would not be happy to see her again.

With her free hand she reached out to Kara, but the blonde was focused on the men, still in her protective stance in front of the sorceress

"This is not your business boy king" Demetrius growled again "I am retaking what is already Helios's"

Arthur glanced down, seeing Kara and another figure behind her thought he could not make out who it was, but he did recognise Kara

"I'm afraid not, she…" he gestured to Kara "Is from Camelot and therefore under my protection as is her friend"

Demetrius smiled "You wish to take them both under your protection?" he asked, teasing Arthur, knowing full well that it was Morgana that Arthur was unknowingly protecting

Arthur looked back at the two women, but Morgana still covered her face and Kara blocked her from view

"Leave Camelot or we will have to take action" Arthur threatened, the rest of his guard raised their weapons, all trained on the large man "Make your choice"

Demetrius sneered, looking back at Morgana and Kara

"I cannot return to Helios without them, I never back down when my king gives me an order" Demetrius prepared himself then lunged

The guards instantly opened fire with their crossbows, several piercing his large barrelled chest, but he did not slow, he kept charging towards them, sword raised, Arthur parried him and sliced from behind as others attacked from the front, Demetrius still fought back, slowly dropping to his knees but he was still attacking, not giving up until Perceval plunged his sword into his unprotected neck.

There was a few moments of silence before Arthur turned to face Kara, he sheathed his sword

"I know you" he said, smiling down at the blonde "You are friends with Gwen, she said you went travelling" he extended a hand

"King Arthur" Kara accepted his hand but still stood so she was in front of Morgana "Please listen before you act, there is an explanation and Gwen will back up my story along with your servant Merlin"

Kara suddenly became very nervous, one wrong move or wrong word and they could possibly attack Morgana

"What are you talking about?" Arthur's brows knitted together, he tried to look around the blonde

"She is here to help" Kara blocked his view again "She wants to reconcile with you, mend the bond, she is not the same person as when she left" Kara tried to think of the right words to say, the right way to explain everything, but she could see the clear confusion in Arthur's eyes, but there was also something else, like he was grasping what she was talking about, there was a slight anger in his blue eyes, he knew it was Morgana Kara spoke of

Arthur stepped around Kara so suddenly that the blonde could not stop him, the king took Morgana's hand and removed it from her face, the moment their eyes met he dropped her hand, backing away and drawing his sword, the edge of it going to Morgana's throat

"NO" Kara called out pulling Arthur's arm away and standing between the two of them, instantly the Camelot guards had surrounded them, all weapons pointing at Morgana, but her green eyes were locked with Arthur's

"She means you no harm Arthur" Kara pleaded "She helped me escape from Helios's dungeon, she has saved my life"

Arthur did not look away from Morgana as she still lay on the floor, her lip bleeding and cheek swollen from getting struck by Demetrius

"She pretends, she came back once before and killed my father… our father" he breathing was fast

"I did not kill him"

It was barely a whisper, but everyone heard it

"What?" Arthur said in disbelief

Morgana took a deep breath, Kara could tell she was trying to hide her emotions, anger and betrayal being the main ones

"It was his own fear that finished him in the end" Morgana said, her eyes dropping to the ground

Arthur glared at her, his hand shaking slightly "No Morgana, it was your betrayal that was the final blow"

Morgana lowered her head even more "If you wish to kill me Arthur then just get it over with, I'm done fighting you brother"

"You don't get to call me that" he said through gritted teeth

Silence fell as everyone waited to see what Arthur would do, his sword still pointed at Morgana. Kara's palms grew sweaty, she didn't know Arthur and couldn't read his emotions like she could with Morgana, but she knew that if she said anything in this moment, it would have a negative effect on Arthur.

Arthur straightened suddenly and for a second Kara thought he was actually going to strike her down but instead, he turned his back on Morgana

"Put her in shackles" he looked back over his shoulder "If you truly not wish to fight anymore then you will not mind that we place you in the dungeon for treason"

"Arthur please?" Kara called after him

"Kara" Morgana said

The blonde turned to see Morgana being pulled to her feet, iron shackles being locked around her wrists

"Do not argue with him" she said as she glared at the one putting her in chains "Just pray that he has not grown to be like Uther"

Kara still felt worried, she didn't know what she had expected Arthur to do, but she guessed that it was a good thing that Morgana was going to the dungeon rather than being executed on the spot. Maybe Kara could talk to Gwen and Merlin when they returned to Camelot, maybe in turn they could persuade Arthur to hear Morgana's side of the story, Kara hoped that Arthur would think on this clearly and not go after revenge for the death of his father.

Only time would tell