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The princeguard listened, soaking the information into his mind and mulling it over. 

When Rashepses was Pharaoh, he would make Siatum Jodai. The guard would serve as he was needed. He did not have lofty plans for himself. The gods had placed him at the dark prince’s side and that was where he was intended to remain. 

Yet a question burned in the deep valleys of his mind. 

Rashepses… what if the queen of Akashingo is foolish? He worded this carefully. Siatum would never suggest that the riverland prince was anything short of a blessing to the lands he walked. What if she chooses another for her husband? 

The red-tipped guard looked to his brother with concern creasing at the center of his eyes. 

Siatum would not serve a woman. And he would not serve her man, if it was not Rashepses.