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Chapter 49- Dread

Merlin stared at the damage before him, delaying the moment he would have to turn around and face another kind of damage. There was nothing he could have done this time to shield himself from the fallout.

His secret was out.

Even Arthur could not have missed something so obvious. Merlin just had to accept the facts, and face what he had done, no matter how much he dreaded the outcome.

Steeling himself, he turned around, an explanation, even a plea, ready to be expressed, but his words died on his lips as his eyes met those of his king.