Chapter 12
The sun beats down ruthlessly from the sky above us, but even the harshest of Ra's warmth can't melt the cold grief that's drenched my body. But I know that I can't do anything to show it. Not today. Not until I'm alone in my room with only Nahresi and Cleo for company.
Everyone's eyes are on me. Not just because I'm my father's daughter, but because I'm the future Pharaoh, the one who will lead the empire and do all of the things I must. I already hate it, but I know it can't be changed. This day should be about me and my family, but it isn't. It's about the people almost more than us.
"Iset?"
I turn around, surprised to find Ani standing behind me with her sacred jackal next to her. She's wearing a fitted traditional white dress that she wears just as well as her mortuary
