Lion Head Mesa twenty-first

and it was too the teeth of sobek she showed in a momentary flash. a physical flare of her disgusted anger with the whole situation.

her father had told her plenty of things that had turned out to be correct, but she had wished to never believe that pharaoh was truly alone. yet she felt it now in the widening of nazli's sides and how it acted like a bridging between them further.

it would have been easier to kill again, it was not the answer. it could not always be the answer.

toula shall be queen— she looked for protests and hoped she would find none. either way she had more words on her tongue. and perhaps she might impart a gentle touch to them when i cannot. happy family, hm?

had her father felt this way? no, treva's children had seemed truly loved. then again they had not come straight from the loins of a fellahin while he was married. only after her mother had died.

her anger would find no moment to hush when she carried on this way.