The men looked at Nimueh Arthur was the first to speak "I already told you prophecies are a fine thing, but I won't run my life or that of my children's to fulfil them. As to Merlin he is more than a broodmare to me how dare you"
"Sire you can't avoid your destiny or that of your prodigy, it will come to pass but you need to understand or you will have many conflicts with your omega. I understand your need to keep him safe but you can do that best by working with him"
"Sorry Arthur but I think she's right, remember I have looked after Merlin for many years he is stubborn to the point of stupidity, ask Gwaine" Balinor grinned. "It seems you have two choices work with him or try to control him. The same applies to you Gwaine, I would have thought you would have worked it out for yourself"
"I should have by now I suppose, I came to ask advice and it looks like I got it without asking" Gwaine admitted. "I was hoping you could give me something to control Merlin but I guess not"
"You will never control him Gwaine not even his alpha will do that" Nimueh smiled "I think even Arthur knows that in his heart"
"Well all I can say is why did no one warn me I was getting all this trouble? You could have said something Balinor" Arthur said.
"He is your soul mate you wouldn't have listened, it is nice to know someone will have more trouble than I do with his mother and she has no magic, it took me years to realise that she was leading me by the nose in most things, women are like that beta or omega" Balinor grinned. "Let then win the battles and if you're lucky you will win the wars" Balinor leaned forwards "Your father lost his balance and look how that affected him, if your mother had lived he would have been a different King and father"
Up in the nursery son and mother were talking "Are you happy my son is your alpha good to you?"
"He is mother, but he won't listen to me! I have all this magic and he won't let me help him" Merlin said "I love him so, so why can't he see what I can do?"
Hunith smiled "I think you will find that Nimueh is talking to him, but you need to be clever, let your alpha think he makes the decisions even if you do. Good ideas are always theirs and bad one yours. Then most of the time you can get things to go your way. But you must let him protect you and the children or you will make him less of an man, that's very important to an Alpha."
"And what about the blood guard?"
"Ah well, you have to work even harder you have four alphas to work with, have you spoken to their omegas?" Hunith grinned "Anyway you should be able to wrap Gwaine round your little finger by now, you used to as a child"
"Mother my magic is getting so strong I need to do more with it"
"And you are, I saw the crops as we arrived, you are doing great things, be patient. I am so please to see Robyn looking so well, all your babes look wonderful, is Robyn giving you as much trouble as you did me?" Hunith wisely changed the subject.
"I doubt it" Merlin grinned "I have magic, but the wet nurses find him fun. I am so proud of my little ones. I was worried Robyn would be lazy he'd rather magic things to him that walk for them so he was late walking."
"Just like his father then! Looking around you will have so many babies in the castle soon."
"All the blood guards will be dads soon and Freya is expecting" Merlin admitted "Morgana is as well, I didn't get pregnant this time even though my heat was late" Merlin said disappointedly
"I should think not! Merlin you have enough with these two. You won't get pregnant every heat nor should you, your body would wear out. If you never get pregnant again you still have three children I only ever had two. No my boy you can do more without more children, remember you can't use magic when you carry and that could be dangerous for your family" Hunith warned him. "If you had been pregnant when Morgause attacked what would have happened then?"
Merlin thought on what his mother said and saw she was right, he would no longer get upset if he had no more babies, if they came he would love them if not he had a lovely family and a job to do.
