Lion Head Mesa Thlípsi

it was only the breathlessness which stopped her. tamar turned around and allowed the guard to close the last few feet between them.

"he has forbidden you, so i am second?" but her voice was not angry. "it was the pharaoh who put you at the queen's door? why would he do this if he does not trust you?"

she did not know why she did not trust his words. "if you continue to look at me we will be separated. the queen does not want her maids with her king. she will not want her guard with me either."

tamar did not yet turn away.