Two Eyes Cenote sixtieth

@Nazli had been here for days, weeks, even, and senmut had not been to see her. 

on one hand, it was true that preparations for the wedding consumed his days by design, driving out all thoughts before they had a chance to be painful.

it was quite another that senmut avoided her chambers, indeed, any of the queen's court at this time, for rashepses was free now to walk where he chose.

but as the sun began to fall, the priest coiffed himself, touched his eyes with ash, and went to find the returned sesh, bringing with him a simple gift of a single stark-white hawk's feather.