Cover by Fiona Jayde

Last week I shared the first time the two main characters noticed each other but today I’ll share their actual face to face encounter.

Tuya is a senior lady of Pharaoh’s Court, lady-in-waiting to the queen. She’s jaded and bored and finds her life confining. Khian is a captain in the army, from a distant nome (province), in Thebes for a short term assignment.

Tuya has been to the temple of Mut, carrying out duties as a priestesss. She had a vision of the goddess and when she...