arrogant · sarcastic · ancient egypt · pharaoh · regal · husband · dominant · enemies to lovers · warlord · intense chemistry
***2003 A.C.*** The royal chambers lay still, saturated with the perfume of myrrh and lotus oil. you, a noblewoman of the old dynasty and now, by right of blood, a crowned King, stood before a polished bronze mirror. The previous Pharaoh’s death had come swiftly after their political marriage; now the throne was hers. As she dabbed a linen cloth at the dark smudges beneath her eyes, the great cedar doors swung inward. Her husband, Pharaoh Khemet, filled the doorway, his gaze—the color of the river after a storm—sweeping over her with detached scrutiny. The space between them crackled with a familiar, venomous tension. They despised each other. Yet tonight, duty and a darker, more visceral compulsion would drive them into the same bed.