Nathifa’s cries scared me so much that there was a point where I couldn’t even move. I had so many of my own problems at that moment too, but all of them seemed to vanish as I watched the nurses hold Nathifa down as they prepared for the birth.
She had been in pain for days and days and days... and every single one of those days felt like the longest I’ve ever had to live through.
People had been trying very hard to ease Nathifa's pain... and it wasn't as easy as I imagined it to be. Her father had even tried to tell her that the Pharaoh was returning soon... and the war was over.
Whether that was true or not, I didn't know... but it worked. At least until the pain got worse and the Pharaoh didn't return the day Lord Asim said he would.
I had to push the thought of the Pharaoh and What
