Redsand Canyon eagle

did she mean to?

she wondered how she had stumbled here. crown prince, sōzokujin. nothing she had done (from dethroning a brother to bloody sacrifices) had been an accident.

she had broken hearts.

she had created bonds.

this was not the first time someone had spoken of treason to her. this was not the first time somebody had suggested things which might bring down everything she loved and worked for. but when she prayed in the darkest hours of night, when she surrounded herself with those she bonded to, it was Ma'at that guided her hand.

she steadied herself.

it was Ma'at who guided her hand now, the Apis Bull who lent her its strength.

dico ad coniungere nostram futuram.

her voice emphasized around them.

she could bind herself to the roman in the ways her father could not.