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would we two not be bound, then, as one? she asked, smiling—but understood, to a degree, that between them she would be the greater power. 
a Pharaonic pair. or—…consort? my husband would not be Pharaoh with me? and then, blinkingly, she wondered if he meant Ashikaga with her. Toula pondered that, and as he spoke of consulting Ma’at, she nodded. 
will you do this with me? I… trust you. need you. know you will understand. so many things she had not the words for! but she closed her eyes and moved to press her own head against his. 
Toula would not let vanity blind her, nor her lack of desire still her tongue when coming to a higher throne that perhaps, like it or not, she was meant for. Senmut would not lie to her, not even when she might lie to herself.