Lion Head Mesa all's well that ends

qiao followed on sayf's heels, their errand coming to a close. overhead the sunlight shifted as a long cloud pulled across akashingo.

she paused, for steps rung in the hall. makono, made pharaoh while ramesses' body still burned with the heat of his final passion.

qiao had underestimated many things, but none caught her tail so ruefully as makono.

great pharaoh. qiao bowed her head as she had done for ramesses hundreds of times, stepping from the path to allow the newly anointed her egress.