A Journey Through Time (unedited) -Time Slipping Away Chronicles Volume 1-

Theories

*Eleanor's pov*

I left the throne room where my husband sat, I was in raged. How dare that prick endanger the life of my husband and what's worse the life of my son. I would find the betrayer and make him pay if it was the last thing I did on this earth.

I made my way to the servants chambers found three woman who I trusted and set them off to find the cause of this.

I didn't tell them why they needed to find him but I told them to comb the castle and look everywhere a human can hide, with no exceptions.

While the servants looked for him I went to my chambers. I wanted to know my son was ok. Scratch that I needed to know my son was ok and most of all I needed to see if that Man was stupid enough to attack my son.

When I opened the door to the Kings quarters which was a mansion in its own right I went straight to Eirik's room and when I couldn't find him there I went to mine and Jamie's chambers.

Still nothing.

Panic set in as I search the whole quarters taking a few hours to comb over it once and then servers more to search it again while yelling at the top of my lungs for Eirik to come out.

Still nothing.

I was about to lose it when I noticed Eirik outside in the courtyard carrying blankets. My soul lurched as I wondered if they were clean or dirty. I ran out of our quarters and down the steps, taking far to long to get down them. My feet wouldn't move fast enough. I crossed several halls and rooms and I knew the citizen who weren't sick must thing I'm crazy since they've never seen me more with anything less than the air of indigence as I tried to stay strong in their presence. But now I was running like a maniac, urging my feet forward as I prayed for nothing to happen to my son.

That was the only thought in my head, was my son.

When I reach the doors to the outside courtyard where I had seen Eirik my feet came to a halt. The voice on the other side of the door caused me to tremble, Merlin was talking to my son. A million things raced through my head. Why now? What does he want? The voice in my head pleaded with Merlin not to harm my son. If Jamie's theory was correct then Eirik was in danger by being around Merlin. I wanted to believe otherwise but I wasn't going to bet on my sons life.

I opened the door and saw a fearful look on Eirik's face, the one he gets when he knows that he is in trouble. I nearly growled at my son for disobeying my orders when he knew that I only gave him orders like that when I was trying to protect him. Not that Eirik ever could mind, hes to much like his father and doesn't like to be given orders.

"Eirik, Go upstairs and stay there until your dad or I return, and if I find out that you have left again you will wish that you didn't." Eirik looked at the ground and ran off knowing that I was at the very least a woman of my word.

"Merlin," I said once Eirik was out of ear shot, "What happened? Where did you run off to and What are you doing in the courtyard?" I asked, trying to control how I felt.

"I'm here for you like I said, and I wanted to I need to talk to you." Merlin answered.

"About what? Why didn't you say it before." I asked confused.

"Because Jamie was around." Merlin answered with his head down.

"I'll come back to that one but first tell me what you wanted to say." I cross my arms and stand there wanting an answer and completely sick of the games he was playing.

"I'm here for you." he said

"I'm sorry but it is a little late for that don't you think?" I said in a sad voice remembering what was.

"I didn't come all this way to be turned around now. I'm still here for you and I meant to tell you but Aurthur kept getting in the way those last few days but I found a way for you to go home, to your own time." Merlin said happy.

"I can't"

"What?" he answered sounding like he expected me to jump in his arms happy at the news.

"I can't." I repeat in a small voice.

"Why not?" Merlin says irritated.

"Because I have a family now, my son is here. What time will go back to? The time where I was just out of school, or would all of these years have past and now the people that I thought I knew have grown and I don't know them anymore." I argue.

"Does it matter? You don't belong here."

"Thanks for that. Jackass." I say as I turn to go, but Merlin grabs my arm.

"You cant leave me again. I don't want you to go away from me ever again." He says sweetly and for a second I falter, unsure of what to do for the briefest of moments.

Merlin took advantage of the moment of uncertainty and kissed me, not a short to the point tap of the lips but a long deep kiss. His tongue slipped into my mouth as his arm wrapped around my waist as the other wrapped around my shoulders holding me to him so that even if I tried to get away I couldn't. I wanted to leave my mind screamed at me to leave, but I couldn't move my body was numb and immovable in Merlin's grasp.

It felt wrong but oh so right at the same time.