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<<Put it on my finger. >>
Those words sounded like an order. His voice was so low he was almost whispering.
Merlin couldn't control himself, he shivered.
<<Yes... Sire. >>
Arthur came closer and raised his hand to Merlin's.
He looked at his fingers, still full of blood and mud.
-Still beautiful.-
Merlin gulped suddenly panicked.
-This is too intimate, too intimate.-
He brought the ring on the tip of Arthur's finger.
He slowly put it on, slowly... slowly, too slowly.