Lion Head Mesa lebanon

"are you a courtesan or a taskmaster?" pharaoh murmured, amused despite the gravity of the words. "taming is for soldiers and coarse men. you are here of your own accord. so shall she be."
to rejoice in service. to understand a natural hierarchy of fellahin and royalty.
"do you know what the role of a concubine is?" he asked her, for it differed from her own service. he watched kasmut closely.