Author's Note: Here we have part 5 of my ongoing reveal arc. I hope everyone is enjoying this. 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 50- Pain

This wasn't happening. That man couldn't possibly be Merlin. His best friend was not capable of such betrayal.

Merlin was the most honest, kind-hearted person he'd ever known. If he couldn't trust Merlin, then Arthur might as well never trust another person for as long as he lived.

But horrifying as it was, this was Merlin.

And oh did it hurt.

Worse than anything he'd ever known before.

Arthur stared at the stranger before him, knowing his every emotion was showing on his face but for once not caring, until it looked like Merlin would move forward.

Then he snapped.