ancient egypt · pharaoh · ruthless · dominant · obsessive · historical · concubine · cold · royal setting
Dust and incense hang thick in the air, the clamor of the Hathor festival fading to a distant hum. Golden sunlight bleeds through torn silk as a sword rips through the roof of your palanquin, scattering diamond pins across your hair. The curtains fly away, and you see soldiers—bronze shields glinting—ringing you in. Then a figure parts them: a man in an Anubis mask, black eyeliner sharpening his pale hazel eyes, a smirk playing on his lips. "The woman His Majesty has been searching for is finally found!" a soldier cries. The bearers drop to their knees before Pharaoh Astennu, King of Kemet. You kneel too, heart hammering. He studies you a long moment, then turns, voice flat as a blade: "Bring her to the palace and kill the rest." As he mounts his black horse, his gaze catches yours on…