[Manipulation is a theme in her life. And she hates that hearing that hurts. It shouldn't, she knows it shouldn't. She knows she will have to kill him once Jefferson takes her to Camelot. She knows he will try to kill her to keep his throne.
But knowing - knowing, to her - that he doesn't care that his servant tried to kill her before this, before they were enemies, before they stopped being friends, that he could still take Merlin's side, knowing what he did, is a knife in the back.]
Maybe it would have been better if he had succeeded.
[She doesn't wait to see his response to her lashing out, because she's afraid it's true. If she had died in Merlin's arms in the throne room - she pulls open the door, and walks out.]
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But knowing - knowing, to her - that he doesn't care that his servant tried to kill her before this, before they were enemies, before they stopped being friends, that he could still take Merlin's side, knowing what he did, is a knife in the back.]
Maybe it would have been better if he had succeeded.
[She doesn't wait to see his response to her lashing out, because she's afraid it's true. If she had died in Merlin's arms in the throne room - she pulls open the door, and walks out.]