Two Eyes Cenote ninety-eighth

his turn to smile, to think of nazli. solemnness followed then, a quietude of heart which left him pensive. "i was taught always that priests and priestesses did not marry. i love her and it makes me uneasy to consider being a husband, if only for the imbalance that love demands."

his love for nazli had not yet interfered with his duties, yet senmut knew that to lose himself entire in her might never bring him back to the gods.

"there is an oasis along the serpent river. i would like to take her there. already we might have gone, were it not for the danger."