“Everyone knows her version. I am asking you, and not as governor, chief or as any other officer holding an important role.”
After making this statement, Hapuseneb rose. Senenmut did the same.
“You are the Khopesh of Amun!” the High Priest raised a finger of his right hand. “Kneel, I command you!”
Senenmut reacted immediately and humbly bent his knees and bowed his head.
“Senenmut, the Khopesh of Amun, as the High Priest of Amun, the steward of God on Earth, your superior and the voice of the Supreme, whose every order you should heed, answer this question I ask.”
Senenmut knew that he needed to obey him. He had made him an oath of allegiance after all, and he could not imagine breaking it. Besides, a single word from the High Priest could change his destiny and cause him to lose ever
