Lion Head Mesa thirteenth

senmut was dizzied and wearied. he sat upright but dared not look even toward her sacred shadow.

"your grandfather seti suffered a great madness before death. now its shadow visits his son." surely she had heard the cursing in the hallways, the way that great pharaoh had become erratic. the way he kept the prince charles close to him once more.

senmut sought confidence. "seti struck at his son. and it was his son who replaced him."