Lion Head Mesa from one place of sands to another

“There is a future here for you, my friend. When you are ready,” Rashepses promised. He saw Akhen’s grief, the way he stiffened beside him. Nothing could replace a great love, but there were ways to numb it for a time. His eyes found the road ahead again.

“My Toula,” smile dimpling as he envisioned his wife. “She is unlike any woman ever before held. She has the beauty of a goddess, and the mind of one too.” A pause, he glanced inwards for the company of his man. “I did not expect to fall in love with her, Ahken.”

His guard would know that the proud riverprince from Ta-senet would have settled for nothing less than the title of Pharaoh were it not for something so profound as– love.

“We are going to change the world. But we need alliances to do so. Your alliance.”