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Melisane Alternate Ending

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Melisande gave her such a wide smile that another wave of gratification spread through Morgana's chest. She straightened her shoulders and glanced at Merlin. He was looking at her with admiration and she hastily turned back to Melisande before he saw how pleased Morgana was by his appreciative gaze.

"I'm sorry to have intruded, my lady." The young woman lifted the green silk of her mended skirt and executed a proper curtsey.

"That's all right, Melisande." Morgana gave her a cool nod. "I apologize our lesson today will be postponed. Tomorrow, I promise, I'll make you work twice as hard."

A smile lit the young woman's round face. "I look forward to it, my lady."

Although the corners of her mouth twitched in response, Morgana carefully schooled …show more content…

Morgana moved toward one of the withering rose bushes. She held out a hand and whispered a spell. The leaves spread wider and greener and the wilted flowers opened again to display vibrant red blooms.

"They're beautiful." Merlin's eyes moved over the rows of bushes and stalks in square plots. "Did you do all this?" His gesture encompassed the entire tiny garden.

"Yes." The spark of pride that always warmed her when she surveyed her flower garden was redoubled at the admiration in his gaze.

He looked around again at the stiffening plants. Then he crouched down, laid one hand on a patch of bare earth, and spoke a spell similar to the one she had used.

Her eyes widened as every rose bush burst into blooms of all colours – more colours than they had displayed at the height of summer – and every other flower awakened as if each had reached its peak season. The cornflowers were bluer than the pale sky above and the lavender's scents competed with lilacs in all shades from white to dark purple.

She looked at him in awe and then narrowed her gaze. "Is this why you could always find flowers to pick no matter what time of year it

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