50 Shades Of Gwaine - Shade 8

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Shade 8: Secret Keeper

Gwaine quickly trotted down the stairs and into the great hall.

"Gwane!" Percival shouted walking across the room to greet him "Your half an hour late, where have you been?"

"I got caught up..." Gwaine answered nervously glancing over at Kaley.

He finished his conversation with Percival before heading across the room and sitting down next to Arthur,

"Gwaine, How are you?" Arthur asked

"Excellent sire! I just wanted to say how brilliant the party is" Gwaine said looking around at the hundreds of people stood talking and laughing, enjoying the delicious food and music that Arthur had arranged.

"Thankyou Gwaine" Arthur said beaming.

From the corner of his eye Gwaine saw Kaley watching him cautiously. She stood entertaining Merlin with small talk. Gwaine couldn't work out if she was shaking from the cold or shaking from fear; either way, he had to talk to her.

"Merlin, could we have a moment"

"Of course Gwaine..." Merlin smiled and went to talk to Joline

Gwaine took Kaley's drink from her hand and placed it on a nearby table

"Don't worry... I'm not going to tell anyone" His voice was stiff "You need to calm down; enjoy yourself. Your secret's safe wi-"

Kaley didn't wait for him to finish before she leapt into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck so tight he found it hard to breath. Her eyes were teary.

"Thank you" She whispered into Gwaine's neck "You have no idea how grateful I am for this"

Percival glanced in their direction; not sure how to feel, seeing his best friend and his niece locked in each others arms.

"It's fine" Gwaine loosened his grip on the girl "Just... Don't make me regret my decision"

Kaley met his stern tone with a cheerful grin "I wont!" she said "And if there's anything you ever need... anything i can ever do for you in return, just ask"

"Thankyou" Gwaine smiled

*****

Joline and her husband giggled in the corner. They had had far too much wine and were all over the place. As Merlin wandered over to them, Timothy excused himself to go to the toilet.

"Are you alright Joline?" Merlin laughed

Joline fell at his feet in hysterics "IAN!" she screamed "Ian was dancing, hahaha-"

"Ok Jo... I think it's time you were off to bed" Merlin led her up the stairs and to room.

*****

As Timothy (Hiddles) stumbled back down the stairway his eyes darted back and forth searching for his wife. Giving up, he lean't against the wall, trying to stop himself from being sick.

From behing the door next to him, there was a loud knock. The whole room fell silent and turned their heads; the doors opened and two figures stood in the shadows.

Hiddles broke the silence with a girlish giggle.Trying to stand up straight he grabbed hold of the blood red curtain that hung behind him, pulling it down over his head; it hung from him like an over sized cloak, masking his face "Haha! Loooook... I AM the Lady Morgana. OOOoooOooOoOh" He slurred.

One of the figures that stood in the doorway seemed unimpressed by Tim's impression; resulting in the drunken man's severed head rolling across the room and stopping at Arthur's feet.

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