Author's Note: Part 3 is here. I hope everyone is enjoying this arc. I know everyone has done a reveal, but I really felt like I needed to tackle it, especially since who knows when the show will actually bother. Drabble 46 was Arthur, the one after was Merlin, and this drabble is Merlin again. Thank you to everyone who has been reviewing, alerting, and following this story. You're all awesome. Read and review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.
Chapter 48- Agony
Merlin's chest seized in his shock, the breath stolen from him. Staring into the blue eyes of the man who had been his closest friend for years, the man he would gladly die for, all he could feel was a growing sense of pain and horror.
Arthur's eyes were blank, staring at him as if looking into a void.
Merlin had been expecting shock. Even anger. In all honesty, he wouldn't have been at all surprised by Arthur holding a sword to his throat, but this….
This was agonizing.
Arthur's eyes were dead, and he was staring at a stranger.