Merlin helped Arthur to get dressed, when he was finished he was dragged closer to the closet where Arthur pulled out a blue tunic, grey-black pants and a grey-black jacket.

"Arthur and this?" Merlin trailed his hand over the soft material as he glanced at Arthur.

"I had this made for you, it is to show that you are my right hand." Arthur blushed slightly when he said it.

Merlin tilted his head slightly as he gave Arthur a beaming smile. He was glad that Arthur wasn't going to hide there relationship.

He pulled Arthur close to him, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "Thank you, love." His voice was soft but the happiness was clear to hear.

Arthur held Merlin for a few more seconds before he pulled away.

"What are you going to do with Loararyn?" Merlin asked as he changed into the clothing.

A groan left Arthur's lips. He would need to make a plan with her but at the same time his hands would be a little bit tight since she is only a guest of Camelot, otherwise, he would have her hanged for high treason.

"I would prefer to keep her out of the castle, so she would become a slave somewhere." Arthur pinched the bridge of his nose.

Merlin was silent for a few moments as he thought of a few people who wouldn't mind having slaves.

"You can always send her to the mines." Merlin pointed out. The people in charge of the mines weren't the nicest of people there is.

Arthur turned to face Merlin, there was a grin on his face. "You have your moments where you can be dark, do you know that?"

Both knew of the mines Uther had started it just as he became king, he said something about keeping enemies close so a lot of assassins and murders would be sent there to work.

The keepers of the mines where cruel people who have no trouble to take a whip to someone if they didn't want to do there part in the mines.

"It would be a fitting punishment for her," Arthur murmured.

He could understand the urge to protected one's country but not to such an extent that he would be willing to climb into another's life and try and ruin it.

Arthur turned back to Merlin.

"Let's do this." He tried to give Merlin a reassuring smile even though he knows that the day would be hard and that there would be a lot of people that would go against them.

Merlin just gave Arthur a smile and a squeeze to his hand.

The walked to the council room felt long but too soon where they back to the room. King George was already there, pacing the room.

He gave a bow to Arthur.

"Have you seen my daughter?" The panic in his voice reminded Arthur that he didn't give the guards the order to tell the king what had happened.

Arthur turned to one of the guards. "Keep everyone out, until we are done." His voice was firm and the guard nodded.

"Sit we have a lot to talk about." Arthur kept his voice neutral.

"Were you aware that your daughter had plans to trap me with a love potion?" Arthur kept his voice low. He wasn't attacking the king but at the same time was it clear that he wasn't planning on waiting for lies.

George looked like he was going to burst a vein. "She did what?" There was anger in his voice.

He thought he had managed to talk her out of it, why on earth had she decided that it would be better to go through with it?

"She put it in Arthur's drink last night." Merlin could feel his magic boiling under his skin just with the thought of it.

George flinched back when some of the magic slip from Merlin, the air was charged with a magical current.

"Listen, I want the truth and I want it now. Is it true about the sorcerer attacking your kingdom?" Arthur's voice was slightly raised.

"Yes, I truly need help. We did not lie about the reason why we are here." George sits forward slightly. He could feel a light sheen of sweat building up behind his neck.

"And what about your daughter?" Arthur asks quietly.

"She would have been queen one day, I have no sons." There was a sad smile on his face. "But what she did was wrong and for that, I leave her punishment in your hands." George bowed his head slightly.

Maybe it would be better if it is was someone else taking over his kingdom, he had ruined it enough.

"She would stand trail this afternoon." Arthur glanced to Merlin.

"We will still aid your kingdom, King George, as a token of goodwill." Merlin's voice was soft.

Somehow they will figure this out and they will defeat whatever is coming to Camelot.

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