Kink Me! #5
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“I’m afraid, sires, that things are not as they seem,” he started. “At first glance it might appear to be a natural death, but I noticed some peculiar bruising, and that Sir was bleeding from his gums - a sure sign of poisoning.”
“So he was poisoned,” Uther repeated, not so much asking as demanding confirmation. Arthur held his breath, almost hoping for it, because the alternative…
Gaius seemed to hesitate, looking from Prince to King. Arthur knew Gaius hated to lie to his King, but if there was even the slightest chance that magic was involved, it was best Uther be kept out of it. Arthur knew magic was treacherous, but Uther’s fanaticism was just as volatile, and sometimes just as dangerous. Arthur gave him the slightest of nods, and Gaius sighed in understanding.
“Yes, your highness. It was poison that killed him.”
But whether there was magic or not, that still meant they had a killer in their midst. An enemy of Camelot - and that could be any number of people, now that Camelot was bursting with visitors from all corners of Albion. And it wasn’t as if they could go about openly investigating their esteemed guests. Damn.
They all turned when the door opened behind them. Arthur breathed a sigh of relief when Leon and Merlin walked in - though the relief was for Leon alone, of course.
“You wanted to see me, sire?” his second-in-command asked.
Arthur nodded solemnly. “Yes. I’m afraid you’re arrival home has been overshadowed by less than fortuitous circumstances. Sir Robin has been murdered.” He took a gathering breath as Leon stood at attention, waiting for further instruction, and a plan of action fell into place in Arthur’s mind. “I need you to-”
And he and Leon discussed logistics; what to tell the men, what to tell the people, how to go about looking into this matter. Arthur barely noticed when the King stalked out of the room, looking distractedly wrathful, but he couldn’t help but notice the way Merlin edged around the walls of the room, deflecting every attempt by Gaius to draw him into some hushed conversation.
“Gaius,” Arthur finally asked, interrupting older man’s obvious distress. It disturbed him that Merlin was carrying on this irrational behavior with Gaius, who was so much like a father to him. He would have thought was Merlin above that. “Is it possible…?”
Gaius seemed far too weary for his liking. “That magic was involved, yes. Do you notice the way the body seems…”
“Drained,” Leon said, wonderingly, getting his first real look at the body.
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