Arthur had been avoiding looking directly at Gwen, but now he focused on her, suddenly wondering just how much Merlin had said to her.

"Did he now?" Despite how much he wanted to ask what he'd told her, he bit back the question; Merlin's notoriously loose tongue wasn't the point, and he didn't want to let himself wander into a different subject over it.

"Well, regardless of what he told you. There is one particular thing you most certainly have a right to know."

He paused, but forced himself to continue before he could overthink it any more than he already had.

"When I was taken from Camelot, it was on the day of our wedding."