Author's Note: I apologize for not updating in a while. School was hectic, then I got writer's block, and then falling into several new fandoms had my muse taking a vacation, which really wasn't helped by the Merlin hiatus. Anyway I finally got some inspiration, so hopefully you'll see a few more drabbles from me. This is the first in an arc. I hope everyone likes it! Thank you to everyone who has been reviewing, alerting, and following this story. Read and review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.
Chapter 48: Numb
His thoughts were a jumbled mess. Only one idea was coherent. The realization that shook the foundations of his world.
He stared at the scene before him. It couldn't be true.
It couldn't be.
If he could convince himself that he wasn't seeing this, he'd gladly have done so. He would live in deep denial for the rest of his life, refusing all evidence of his senses, if it meant he didn't have to watch his life fall apart around him.
He felt disbelief, and something that might have been fear.
Then…nothing. Something had broken inside him.
Everything was numb.