Lion Head Mesa Sessho-seki

@Qiao stepped closer. ramesses shot a shaking look toward the hemet, but bowed beneath her power. whatever she needed would be given. he was stricken again to look at satsu. "what do you believe it was?"
what poison?
did not the wives in the harem do such to one another? had not his own birth been engendered by such a death? children and she-wolves died in these places, bidding endlessly to place the son of their family's lineage upon the throne.
but there was no harem here. she had been free. unfettered. 
who had sought to kill her?
"i want to know of any deceit among the fellahin," he growled after a moment, stepping back.