Lion Head Mesa A visit

“Your sons shall be brave warriors,” the king leveled a look into Mesen-ka’s sunstroked eyes, “and all our enemies will cower before them.” But their’s was a fierceness that must be honed. 

“Akashingo has provided. Twice the desert kingdom has liberated Zharille. It is time for the lake woman to pay her debts.” Or Akashingo would settle them for her. The king gripped Ka firmly by the shoulders, expecting a verbal acknowledgment of the task to be carried out. Mesen-ka was a new husband and new father. But his fealty to the king was old and as deathless as the stars.

At long last Semer-wati would be the one to  tell his kingsguard of Akashingo’s favor. He grinned, pointed head rising high over the thick column of feathering mane. “The Gods have blessed Pharaoh with a full womb.”