Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin, his property, his friends or his enemies. If you recognise something, it's probably not mine.
It is my destiny to protect and protect I will. While there is breath in my body I will give whatever I have to keep him safe, keep him alive. He will never know the lengths I go to to achieve my destiny, he will believe he is the mighty knight he has been moulded into. I will never dispel this belief for him, nor for any of his subjects.
But as I look at him now, I wonder if he already knows. His eyes, clouded with pain and despair, are fixed on me with anguished hope. His father's teachings are embedded deep in his soul and if it came to a choice, Uther or me, I know which he would chose. His loyalty is one of his most endearing qualities, one which I wish nothing more but to safeguard. But despite it all, maybe because of it, I will protect him and I will keep him alive to reign over Camelot.
For it is his destiny.