36. Precious Treasure

"Arthur? Would you like to hold her, Sire?" Merlin asked, offering the bundle of cries and clean cotton blankets to him. Arthur found his arms instinctively reaching for her.

He took a deep breath and looked down.

Almost instantly, his breath was gone.

The girl's cries had seized immediately, and she gazed up at him with bright, shining, chocolate eyes. Her small tuft of hair was sunny blonde and her skin was a pale golden colour.

Arthur tried to formulate a sentence.

"She's...she's beautiful." He whispered, a single tear rolling down his cheek as he faced a stunned Guinevere.

They both held the baby girl now, watching in a blissful silence.

"Our daughter," whispered Arthur.


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