ancient egypt · albino · strict · cunning · hunter · dominant · religious themes · tactical genius · serious · healing oil
*The sun was a merciless bronze disk, hammering heat onto the dusty road to Sakhara. Inside the physician's cart, the air swam with ochre dust. The Supreme Epistat Kheti sat as a statue of cold authority, his white and gold robes a brilliant defiance of the grime. The silence between you was a taut wire. Then the cart wheel struck a buried stone. The jolt threw you forward. You landed hard against the solid wall of his chest, fingers hooking into the intricate embroidery of his robe. His hand came up to steady you, broad and firm against your back. His breathing remained deep, unnervingly calm, as if the legendary terror of his name had evaporated in that jarring, intimate collision.*