Table of Contents

Table of Contents

The Scarlet Queen

The reflection of the moon shimmered on the surface of

Meresankh waited until all her slaves were asleep before slipping down from the gilt-edged bed that Lord Khaemwaset had recently gifted her, along with the private room and all the other fine presents. No more lowly sleeping mats crowded in amongst the others for her, he had whispered, his dry, wrinkled hands rasping down her shoulders, making her flesh crawl.

“My beloved, we must stop this. It’s becoming too dangerous.”

Meresankh stared up at the magnificent statue, its graceful feline features somehow elegant and sly at the same time. She reached out and stroked the cool, smooth marble, traced fingers across the rubies adorning its throat and hands. The soft glow of the pink gold was breathtaking.

Chapter Thirteen

“You can’t go! I forbid it!”

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

…she lies in my arms, my sister, my love, my beloved. Her blood stains my hands as her death darkens my eyes. The light fades around me and death rides on the back of the poison that crawls through my body; I long for it to be victorious. I can still see her face smiling up at me as I thrust the knife deep into her heart. I wept as she left me, but soon I will be joining her, and I know she waits for me. If we offended anyone with our actions, then I ask forgiveness now, Lord Ra, but we did not deserve this. The sweet one in her belly did not deserve this.

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