Lion Head Mesa ninth

hardly any of it captured her attention, until the name nazli fell from his lips. although her figured remained tired, her gaze shifted into something more alert.

he had spoken to the high priest.

of the change of Ma'at.

some part of her tinged with fear, internal and clawing. if word reached her father? she soothed some of her own fears. he knew these things already. it was not a secret between them what she wished for.

the only secret was how she went about it in the aftermath of the rift between them.

still she could not find herself in the right mind to speak directly of that matter.

you have quieted my rooms, in having nazli elsewhere. she did not speak with fondness or gratefulness. some part of her deeply missed the lilac girl's face.

but senmut's was not a hard one to look upon in her absence.