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DROWNING was a truly sucky way to die But Isabel was beginning to resign herself to it, as she drifted into oxygen-deprived euphoria
Good gods, she&039;d had theprocess She just wished she&039;d lived long enough to actually explain it
Please, Lady, allow me my memories
And the rinning, Arthur frowning and, best of all, Arthur winking
No, wait, Arthur loving her like she had never felt loved before The way he touched her, see her The way he beca down into hers as he was inside her,the ultimate love
Thank you, Lady
Would you care more to recall?
Oh, Lady, I want it all
She found thebrain
The way he had professed his love to her, over and over, in sometiotten to know more of the people at Camelot, she decided She&039;d bet just about all of theood and kind as Jah The way he had laughed at her duh he probably hadn&039;t understood half, at least
The way he&039;d accepted her stubbornness, even when any other iven up on her
Oh, man, she&039;d loved him to the end She hoped beyond hope that he&039;d known
He knew Isabel, he knew; he knew your love for hiave up your life to save the son, and that then your mission in Camelot was done
Oh, well then, that was just peachy
She didn&039;t knoas going to happen next She only hoped, badly, that she got to keep hernext
And then soainst her SUV She thought she felt hands grabbing her, and then an arly familiar And that arm pulled her up, up, up, out of the water
The next thing she knew, she was coughing and choking and spitting out water
"Ma&039;am? Ma&039;am?"
She opened her eyes
"Ma&039;a to be all right"
She was staring up into deep green eyes, eyes she had first spotted in a forest long ago and very far away His hair was dripping, his clothing soaked
Her hand raised to touch his face "Arthur?" she whispered
He sat back "Yes, how did you know that?"
"That rescue was beyond excellent, Father She looks okay to me"
Isabel turned her head "And he is Mordred, right?"
Mordred laughed "I&039;m sorry to say, yes How did she know, Father?"
"I have no clue, son"
"You never did, you big oaf"
Arthur just stared at her Then he brushed her wet hair back from her cheeks
"Oh, my lands, Father She is the woman you dream of constantly Your description of herit matches exactly"
"There isn&039;t a chance your name is Isabel, is there?" Arthur asked
"As a ods Welco, Isabel"
"I&039;lad to be here" she said "By the here is here?"
"Grand Lake, in Oklahoma, ma&039;am"
"Isabel My name is Isabel"
Arthur checked her neck and then lifted her into his aret you to the hospital"
"What&039;s wrong with Mordred&039;s ar
"He was foolish enough to step betweenlast weekend"
"Of course Did you catch the idiot hunting with a bow and arrow?"
"Our friend James did," Mordred said "Practically beat theseason"
"Of course"
"This is really uncanny My father even dreamed one time that he&039;d have to perform CPR on you"
"Mordred?" Arthur said "Can it"
"Thank you But I really don&039;t want to go to the hospital," Isabel said "Thanks to you, I feel much better now"
"I&039;m pretty sure Mary won&039;t allow you to walk away Or Ja to offer you a chauffeur-driven ambulance ride to County General"
"Of course Where are Gwen and Lance?"
He stopped "How could you know these names, Isabel?"
Good question "I had this drea Gwen is likely at her shop"
"Let uess A florist shop?"
"My God This is beco beyond weird"
"And Lance?"
"And Lance is probably operating on a patient as we speak Orthopedic surgeon"
Isabel chuckled "Of course He was always really good with sharp objects"
"Let&039;s go, King Arthur," Mary called "The wo Arthur?"
Arthur rolled his eyes "A very stupid nao when I was named chief of the fire department They think it&039;s funny I find it a little irritating But just try to stop the you, I have no idea when I lost control of rinned "I&039;ve always felt that the sign of a good leader is when the people ork for hi hie You said so close to that to e in a really cool way, though, don&039;t you think, Father? It&039;s like fate"
"This is going to sound like a bad pick-up line, Isabel, but I&039;ardless"