Lion Head Mesa bull

trust me.

to be pharaoh was to be alone.

yet still she filled the shoes of high prince — and would she be here fully without senmut? he who had helped her lead such a grand sacrifice before her father?

nazli will be sent into her full training as fellahin. wounded. her heart a boa constrictor in her own chest.

perhaps i was foolish to...

care. treasure. tend. nurture.

love.

the lilac was sent away in the end anyway. no amount of treasuring had saved her from being separated from the crown prince's side.

not yet, at least.