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    Merlin Emrys, working for Avalon, a covert magical organisation, gets assigned the mission to kill Arthur Pendragon, heir to the notoriously anti-magic Pendragon empire.

    He falls in love instead.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    When the Witchfinder unmasks Merlin not only as a sorcerer but as an Omega, chaos erupts in Camelot. Dragged to the dungeon, Merlin faces execution, or worse. Arthur makes the impossible choice: bond Merlin to protect him from Uther’s wrath. But protection comes at a cost neither of them is prepared for, marriage, heat, and an unexpected future neither prince nor servant ever thought possible.

     

    in the tags, you’ll see non-con listed, but don’t worry, there is no rape in this story.

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    24 May 2026

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    @25DaysofMerthur Day 17: Temporary
    (11 days late)

    Merlin and Arthur are snowed in, Arthur had places to be, and he isn't careful with his words. And then the power goes out.

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    20 May 2026

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    As an omega in Camelot, serving an alpha King, Merlin had to be careful. Careful about how he acted, careful about how he smelled, careful about who he was alone with.

    As a warlock, destined to protect said alpha King, Merlin had to be careful. Careful about who Arthur was alone with, careful about what others saw, careful about the shadows that constantly surrounded them.

    No matter what role he served, Merlin had to be careful.

    Always, always careful.

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    18 May 2026

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    “Might I ask you what do you think of Arthur?” Uther asks.

    “Arthur? Oh, that’s easy,” Merlin says. “He’s a pompous, arrogant, self-important prick, whose compassion I’m sure will make him the greatest king that this kingdom will ever see.”

    Uther needs a moment to work through all that.

    “Romantically,” he clarifies. “I meant romantically.”

    (Uther learns that Merlin is the son of the last dragonlord. He sends him away with Balinor in exchange for a promise that Kilgharrah will not attack Camelot again, and in doing absolutely shatters Arthur's heart. In a flare of fatherly regret, he does what he feels he must to soothe Arthur's distress, which includes trying to figure out what it is that Arthur likes so much about Merlin in the first place.)

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    15 May 2026