Lion Head Mesa seventy-eighth

Cameo!

she walks among the caravan until the familiar sight of the palace dawns across her vision, and then she slows, receiving the kiss from senmut and returning it distractedly; not thinking, only feeling, and what a feeling.
it has not been so long, and so little has changed of akashingo; yet it feels like returning to a half-remembered place, and nazli takes a breath.
when she seeks comfort from senmut, she instead witnesses him being whisked away by zaahira (zaahira! it has been too long!).
she is then led by fellahin to the visitors quarters, and quietly begins to organize some of her things. it will not be a long stay.