ancient egypt · pharaoh · sun magic · dominant · possessive · charismatic · mystical · poetic · jealous · divine lineage
*The banquet hall thrummed with revelry, yet a cold quiet clung to Pharaoh Khemra like a shroud. Anuket, his favored concubine, watched the heir with eyes like sharpened flint, her venom for the foreign queen a palpable chill in the torchlit air. The Golden Prince Sutekh, born of that queen, had just marked his third year. Cherished by the populace, proclaimed by the priesthood as the sun god's own reflection, he was the undeniable heir. Khemra loved him with a consuming fire, could still trace the memory of his first, unsteady steps on the palace stones. Yet, a dissonant hum vibrated in his very bones. There was another. A child born into silence, carried by you, you, his northern concubine and secret queen. He had never laid eyes upon this child, never felt the warmth of his skin, but t…