You Never Break Your Promises (Merlin Fan Fic)(Book Two)

Chapter 17 - The Legend of the Triple Goddess

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Adela burst into her her chambers, running over to window. She looked down at her hands still trembling in fear. What had she just done?

"ADELA!" Percival shouted coming into the room.

"D..Don't ..hurt.. me," Adela fearfully called out unsure what was happening to her, as she fell to her knees holding her hands up. Percival slowed his run to a walk, before bending down in front of his wife.

"Adela, I could never hurt you," he wrapped his arms around her. "We will figure this out," he could feel her shaking in his arms.

"PERCIVAL! IS SHE IN HERE?" Arthur called, running through the doors. He looked up and could see his daughter trembling, "Dismissed," he spoke to the guards as he closed the chamber doors.

He stood for a moment making sure the guards left before turning to the couple curled up on the floor.

"Adela, what happened," Arthur questioned quietly not wanting to startle her. She continued to shake not being able to find any words, "Adela, I'm not going to harm you,"

"I..I don't..k..know what h..happened," she continued to sob in her husbands arms. "I Panicked,"

Arthur looked down on his daughter with worry, something wasn't right. She wasn't the type to panic over a petty threat from Morgana. "I don't believe this to be true, this came from Morgana, probably to pull us off guard. She's planning something,"

"Do you really think so," Adela looked up him. Arthur nodded back bending down to Adela's level, placing his hand on her knee.

"Your not going to destroy Camelot," Arthur spoke, "Adela, you know that yourself."

Adela sat up wrapping her arms around her father. Arthur lifted her up off of Percival to her feet, allowing the muscular knight to rise from the stone floor. Letting go of her father, she began to calm down. Her father was probably right, it's most likely Morgana trying to get inside of her head. But she knew that it couldn't just be a coincidence.

"Right, I have to get down to the council," Arthur spoke, turning and nodding to Percival. She watched her father leave the room before turning to her tall husband.

"I'm going to find Nixie, I'm going to train with her," Adela spoke. Percival rose an eyebrow. He knew that she was hiding something.

"Do you not want to train with me?" He smiled down on his wife, "are you sure your okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine," she tried to hide the lie, "you have to go on your patrol anyway," pushing Percival towards the door. "I'll be fine, I will be with Nixie,"

"I'll see you later, I love you," Percival replied leaning down to Adela before pressed his lips against hers. Splitting apart Adela followed him out the door walking in the other direction down the corridor.

Percival turned to see his wife beginning to run down the corridor and down the stairs to the training grounds. He thought to himself, it wasn't like her to act in that way.

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Nixie slowly walked out onto the empty training grounds. She picked up a bow and a bunch of arrows, before walking over to the targets. She pushed the arrows into the ground and began picking them up one at a time firing them at targets.

"NIXIE,"

She turned around to see the princess emerging from the castle, shouting over to her. She placed her bow back in the holder before running over to Adela.

"Good morning, m'lady," Nixie said to her,

"Come with me, I want to talk to you in my garden," Adela replied her, leading her to the private gardens.