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Previously...

"Morgana, sir..." Merlin entered. "Everything is ready for us to go."

"Son, are you leaving Camelot again?" Hunith asked.

"Yes, mum, we're going to Essetir, so Agravaine and Morgause can take a look at their kingdom and talk to their people."

"Oh, I'd like to go with you, Merlin." Kevin begged. "Please!"

"Really?" Merlin winked at Morgana. "I could bet you'd like to stay in Camelot with Vivienne!" Merlin said.

"Oh, is Vivienne staying?" Kevin seemed to change his mind.

"Yes. Two long travels won't be good for her." Morgana kissed the baby's cheek, amusing her daughter.

"Then I'll be here and... uh... protect her." He sounded like a lord, making Morgana and Uther smile. The baby tried to reach him and Morgana gave her to Kevin.

"Bye, sweet." Morgana said waving to Vivienne, who pointed to her parents and looked at Hunith with a questioning face.

"They'll be back soon, Vivienne." The woman explained.

Uther waved too and the baby waved to her parents in an uncoordinated way.

"Merlin?" The king called him, making the boy stop looking at the baby with a goofy smile and look at them. "We must go now."

"Sure." Merlin took his bag. "See you soon." He said just before closing the door softly.

Chapter 46

"I'm so excited!" Morgause said with a smile as they began their travel to Essetir. "Aren't you, Agravaine?"

"Oh, well..." The man caressed his dark hair nervously. "I'm kind of anxious, to be sincere."

"I thought you'd like to be king..." She said calmly, clearly enjoying the travel and the piece of conversation.

"I'm going to enjoy it a lot." Agravaine assured.

"He's just worried." Arthur pointed. "To be king is a great responsibility. Of course I'd never expect you to know about it."

"Oh, don't be so cheeky!" Morgana said casually.

"I think that's it." Agravaine said. "I'm worried."

"You don't have to." Merlin assured. "Nobody should worry about destiny. Because it just happens."

Agravaine looked surprised at the lad and nodded. After the conflicts between him and Uther were solved, Agravaine found he quite like talking to Merlin. He was a wise young man. Oh, he was still jealous of Morgause! But Merlin had assured him he had no romantic interest in the woman. And Morgause clearly loves him, Agravaine. Maybe Arthur was right. Maybe he, Agravaine, was a too worried man.

"Moreover, that's why we're going there with you." Uther brought Agravaine's attention back to the conversation. "So we can tell them what had happened."

Agravaine sighed and decided he would give a second chance to destiny. Maybe this time things could be right.

"Look!" Merlin said excited like a little boy after they had rode some moments quietly. "We'll be in Essetir as soon as we cross that bridge!"

Morgana couldn't help looking around and remembering that the last time she had gone to Essetir, it was when that damn sorcerer kidnapped her.

"What's wrong, sister?" Morgause noticed her sister's expression of pain.

"The way to Essetir... It brings me bad memories." Morgana murmured.

"Oh, my dear!" Uther, who was riding at her side, came nearer and rubbed her back softly.

"All the trouble with Cenred, right?" Morgause remembered that her sister had told about the kidnapping. "I assure you, Morgana, now this is mine and Agravaine's kingdom. And I wish you to feel at home when you come here." Uther and Agravaine smiled at the sisters while Arthur rolled his eyes. "Just like when we were little girls!" She smiled.

"Thank you sister." Morgana said calmly. "I hope we're going to meet each other more frequently now that we are practically neighbours!"

"And look how nice!" Merlin pointed. "Avalon is in the half way of both your castles!"

"Merlin, what's the point about Avalon?" Arthur asked in a brusque way.

"Soon you'll know." He answered mysteriously.

As they crossed the bridge, Agravaine stopped and looked at the woods. His own kingdom! When in his life would he seriously picture that? Morgause approached him and touched his shoulder.

"There is so much to see..." She commented.

"I can't wait!" Agravaine sounded so excited.

"Let's go then!" Arthur broke completely the moment, going between the couple. "The castle is near here, that way." He pointed to the road.

After half an hour they could see the castle. Morgana smiled when Morgause and Agravaine looked excitedly at each other and rushed to it.

"I'm glad we arrived." Merlin said dismounting. Morgause and Agravaine were already in front of the stairs to the castle gates, looking at everything with excitement. "I'm hungry!"

"You're always hungry, Merlin." Arthur said in a bored voice.

"Well, the castle surely has servants." Morgana said as Uther held her waist, helping the lady to dismount. "My sister probably will ask someone to prepare something for us."

"Sister look!" Morgause said cheerfully from the top of the stairs, when a guard didn't allow them to enter the castle. "I have my own guards now!"

"And they work quite well!" Merlin laughed.

"Excuse me." Agravaine reached her. "You clearly have no idea of who we are."

"Indeed." The blond guard answered in a bad mood. "The castle won't receive visitors for a while, until our new king come."

"It seems he finally did." Morgause smirked at the guard.

"I don't know if you remember us..." Uther said, Morgana holding his arm in a ladylike way. "We're..."

"My lord!" Both the guards knelt in front of Uther.

"Father... what's going on?" Arthur looked confused.

"The prince doesn't know yet?" The blond guard dared to say. "Your father killed Cenred, my prince." He told Arthur. "So our kingdom is finally free of that tyrant!"

"No... you see, you got it wrong." Uther said in an awkward way and Morgana couldn't help a smile. He was so cute!

"I am the one you're looking for." Agravaine said walking to the confused guards.

"Oh." The other guard, a red haired one, showed not much interest. "And you are?"

"Do not talk like that to our king!" The blond guard slapped the nape of his goofy mate, making the ladies and Merlin amused.

"I'm Lord Agravaine du Bois!" Agravaine answered on his most royal voice. "King of Essetir." He gently took Morgause's hand and walked the lady to his side. "And this beauty is Lady Morgause Le Fay. Our queen." Morgause smiled at that.

"Wait!" The red haired guard said, still caressing his nape. "So our lands are not part of Camelot?"

"Of course not!" The blond and smarter guard answered his mate, rolling his eyes. Arthur kind of knew how the poor man probably felt. Merlin and Morgause decided the men were very funny. "But," He emphasized that word. "That means you're the one who killed Cenred." He said to Agravaine.

"Yes, that's it." Agravaine said.

"Is that true, sir?" The guard looked at Uther, trying to decide if he would believe Agravaine.

"Yes, that's true. Agravaine... uh... King Agravaine killed Cenred in order to protect Lady Morgause." Uther explained and the men looked amazed at their new king. "Well, I'm sure your king will be honoured of telling it himself."

"If you confirm the fact, sire, we welcome all of you to Essetir." The blond guard said.

"Now, if you'd be kind enough to let us enter, we're all so tired of the travel and very hungry." Morgause said gently. Agravaine looked surprised at her and smiled. She'd be a nice queen!

"Of course, my queen!" The guard said. "I'll show you the dependences of the castle!" The smarter guard said, allowing them in. "By the way, my name's Owen."

"Thank you, Owen, it's so gentle of you." Morgause smiled at the man and Agravaine wrapped his arms around her waist, probably feeling jealous, the lady concluded.

Both the ladies looked around the castle. It was still the way Morgana had seen it more than one year ago, dark and dusty. They smirked at each other, certainly thinking the same, it would need some changes and a good cleaning!

"You, boy!" The guard asked a serving boy who was around. "Go to the kitchen and ask for a good meal! Our king has just arrived!" Morgause noticed the man was so helpful. "Oh, boy!" The young boy turned around. "And ask some servants to prepare the king and queen's chambers. And some guest chambers for our visitors from Camelot!" Then Owen turned around to look at Agravaine and Morgause. "I'm so sorry my lord, my lady... things were not ready to receive you."

"We understand." Agravaine said and they followed the man, visiting the castle.

The throne room was nothing like Camelot's. The places were all so dark, with animal skins all over the places. Agravaine was happy to be king, but he started to think the hovel he had shared with Morgause was cosier.

"Owen." Morgause said as they entered the library. Yes, surprisingly to Morgause, Cenred had a library!

"Yes, my queen?" He said politely.

"I'd like you to ask the servants to start a big cleaning in the castle." Agravaine smiled at that. "Oh, and I want the windows unblocked, so the sunlight may enter!"

"As you wish, my lady." Owen excused himself and left.

They walked around. Agravaine observed the books and the shelf with some documents. The desks clearly hadn't received a living soul in a while, Uther noticed.

"You'll need someone to work here with the documents and maps." Uther commented.

"Yes, because Cenred clearly never had entered here or had someone doing this for him." Agravaine agreed.

"Look, Geoffrey is teaching a couple of boys to take care of this kind of thing in Camelot." Uther said. "If you need one of them..."

"Oh, we need!" Morgause went to them, hugging Agravaine. "What, Agravaine? If the lad was trained by Geoffrey I think we can trust him. And we'll need someone who knows what he's doing and in which we may trust, right?"

"Right." Agravaine kissed her quickly. "Thank you, Uther." The man said sincerely. "We should take a look at the laws and adjust things. I want to be a good king for this people."

"Oh, and you'll need a court physician!" Merlin had a goofy smile.

"What?" Arthur was shocked. "Merlin, are you offering yourself for the job?"

"What? No!" Merlin blushed a bit at the confusion. "I mean... they will need one. Not me. Someone else." Morgause noticed the boy was still blushed.

"Good, because I need you to continue your job in Camelot, with me." Arthur said.

"I will, Arthur." Merlin said very serious and sincerely. "Nobody can avoid destiny and my destiny is to be with you."

Morgause smirked mischievously at that, but the lads didn't seem to notice, or to take Merlin's comment in that way.

"Here I am!" Owen was back. "The servants are starting the cleaning right now."

"Good. Thank you, Owen."

Morgause approved it and they continued their visit, including all the installations of the castle, the social part like the great hall and the gardens, but also the kitchen, the laundry and the garden where the servants grew the vegetables used at the kitchen and even some empty chambers. In each place, Morgause told Owen what she wanted to be done to the place, including cleaning, changes of furniture and decoration and she had even asked to prepare one of the towers for magical practices. Agravaine always smiled, glad to see how Morgause was dealing nicely with their new life. Eventually, they arrived at the dining room, which was already cleaned and with the windows unblocked, just like Morgause asked.

"And here is the dining room." Owen said. "The servants will bring the food in one moment."

They sat at the table, Agravaine at the head. Morgause smiled at him and looked around. Much better with sunlight!

"Agravaine, we should talk to the people." She finally said and, despite the man would never admit, he felt a bit insecure. "They would like to meet their new king."

"And their beautiful queen." He smiled back seductively. "Please, Owen, tell the people that their new king will present himself and his queen in front of the balcony at sunset."

"As you wish, my lord." The man bowed politely and was about to leave.

"Owen!" Agravaine called him once again.

"Sir?"

"From now you're not a guard anymore." The man looked at him in shock! Being a guard was the only job he had gotten! "From now you'll be my personal servant." Agravaine declared and the man's smile grew wide. "I saw I can trust you and, had been a guard of the castle, you will have no problem to follow me in hunts and battles if necessary."

"Thank you sir!" Owen couldn't help a smile. "It's a great honour."

"And, please, Owen, bring some women servants, so my queen may chose her personal maid."

The blond man nodded and finally left. Morgause sighed and looked at Agravaine with a smile.

"You know, I think I'll enjoy this more than I firstly thought." She said sincerely.

"You'll make a great queen, sister." Morgana assured her.

So the door was opened and their meal arrived, remembering Merlin that he had a stomach. During the visit, the boy had forgotten about his hunger, as he was distracted seeing new things. The meal was simple, as the servants had few time to prepare it, but even so, it was tasty and the plates were decorated in a beautiful way. They ate quietly and soon Owen was back to show them their chambers, so they finally could have some rest.

"I'm proud of you." Morgause said as she was alone with Agravaine in their royal chambers, with were big and clean, but needed a new decoration urgently, the lady thought. "You'll be a very nice king."

"Not me. Us." He wrapped his arms around her waist, bringing her soft body to him. "I want to do things in the right way, Morgause. I want us to be a good king and queen and make this kingdom a nice place to live." He took her hands and they sat at the bed. "But, I must confess at least to you, I feel unsure."

"Don't." Morgause cupped his cheek in such a loving way that she would never imagine she was able to. "Soon we're going to talk to them and I'm sure they'll like us."

"I don't know." Agravaine sighed. "Merlin's dragon used to call me a traitor!"

Morgause couldn't help a laugh!

"Agravaine, love... It was at that time. Things change... people change... because life is made of choices and changes."

"Oh, that was wise." He looked at her with a smirk. "You know, sometimes when I'm with you I feel like I was in front of a... well... a priestess! A priestess of the old religion, that's it." His hands moved to her waist and brought the lady to his lap. "And it's so damned sexy!" He devoured her mouth, his hands already undressing her.

"Agravaine!" He sucked her breasts in such hungry way!

"Bless me!" He said between sucks and bites.

"Oh!" She sighed. "Agravaine!" She held his hands and gently pulled him away. "Let's see what I can do for my king..." She quickly undressed him and, when the man tried to take her again, she forced him to lie on their new bed.

"A good bed with soft pillows!" Agravaine approved but soon forgot about it as Morgause approached him, sucking softly the tip of his erection and going up with her kissed, to his abdomen, his chest, his neck and finally his lips. "Morgause!" He groaned when the new queen bit his jaw and the lobe of his ear.

"Do not hurry me, Agravaine!" She said in an authoritative voice.

The lady straddled him and Agravaine moaned, helpless. She let just the tip enter and moved her hips in quick circles, teasing the poor man. A couple of times, his hands reached her hips and tried to force her body down, but both the times Morgause held his wrists and removed his hands gently. So, Agravaine tried once again, grabbing her hips in a harder way and Morgause surprised the man when she just slapped both his hands, dismissing him.

"I said to not hurry me, Agravaine." She declared. "I hope I was clearer this time!"

The man was amazed and couldn't answer, since he was groaning in pleasure. Morgause kept teasing him with her movements, sometimes slowing the pace just to quicken them again and make Agravaine more desperate. She held his wrists and leaned in, kissing his neck and biting his lower lip. Agravaine was taken by surprise, but when he started to respond, Morgause smirked and sat again, finally allowing him to enter. Both of them groaned and Morgause pulsed softly around him, adjusting to his size.

"Come on!" Agravaine moved his hips "I need you!"

She smiled and kept moving with him, both moaning and groaning. Agravaine increased his rhythm, glad to listen to Morgause's cries and moans. When he felt the lady was near to come he held her hips and moved her even harder, having his release with hers while watching her breasts moving in a quick pace at their rough movements.

"Oh!" She leaned in and kissed Agravaine. He held her body and caressed her blonde hair. "May the goddess bless you, my king!" She said playfully

They spend some more time with each other on their bed, making plans for the future and wondering about how their people would receive them.

Agravaine and Morgause were in front of the door to the balcony. Behind them, Merlin, Arthur, Morgana and Uther. Morgause smiled and took his hand.

"Morgause..." The man started unsure.

"We're going there and we're doing it now, Agravaine." She said firmly. "Stop acting in such insecure way! You aren't like that when we're by ourselves in our chambers, are you?" She smirked and caressed his cheek, ignoring Merlin's laugh.

His eyes darkened for a moment and Morgause thought he would take her right there. But the man sighed and passed the hand along his dark hair.

"Obviously not." He murmured.

"So there's no reason to be so nervous to present yourself for your people. Remember what the guards had said. You're the one who killed Cenred in order to save a lady. And, doing that, you saved this people from his tyranny." The new queen said. "They see you as a kind and gentle man, very fair and worried about the ones you love." Morgause looked at his lips, at his dark eyes and at his lips again. "And I know that's the truth." She whispered and kissed him, what made Arthur make a disgusted sound.

After some moments, they pulled away and kept looking at each other's eyes, such a hard exchange of glances that Merlin blushed and Arthur cleaned his throat, breaking completely the moment. Morgana couldn't help the idea he was acting just like a spoilt little boy.

"If I may suggest you something..." Morgana started shyly, breaking the awkward moment.

"Please." Agravaine said.

"Well, the people most probably will like you since they feel you like them in the same way." The lady said.

"That was wise." Arthur admitted.

"And you should invite all of them for your coronation and a beautiful feast." Uther said. "I've learned people like to participate. And you're going to like their presence. To be king can be a very lonely occupation sometimes."

Agravaine nodded.

"And tell them you'll leave to Camelot to sign a peace treaty." Merlin said.

"Do you really think I should say it now?" Agravaine asked the boy.

"Yes." Merlin said very seriously. "We must part tomorrow."

"What?" Agravaine gasped. "But... but... the feast! I mean, my coronation!"

"Agravaine..." Morgause rolled her eyes.

"My uncle is right." Arthur said looking a bit shocked at Merlin.

"Coronation is a formality. Since you've killed Cenred, you're already king." Merlin pointed "They'll recognise you as their king as soon as you present yourself." Merlin continued, ignoring Arthur's protests. "And when you're back, probably after a couple of days, you'll have one more reason to celebrate."

The man nodded.

"And now, enough of excuses, let's do it!" Morgause opened the door and they could listen to the crowd excitement. "They can't wait for you, Agravaine..." She said with a smile.

I don't know why, I always thought insecure Agravaine a bit funny. He seems to be like that. Or maybe Morgause is just too confident and it makes everybody around her look a bit insecure.

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