Chapter One
Evelyn Carnahan always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. She knew her calling from the day she was born. She absolutely loved ancient Egypt and knew everything there was possible to know. As a librarian, she managed to self-teach herself to read and write hieroglyphics fluently and then even went a step further as to get a master's degree in Egyptology from Oxford. Her whole life she dreamed of becoming a Bembridge scholar in England. They were a well-respected elite group of scholars that held high prestige in the ancient Egyptian world. She had been counting down the days till membership submission for as long as she could remember. It was literally her life goal.
So when the day finally came for submission she couldn't contain herself. "I can't believe this day is finally here, my life's dream is about to come true. There is nowhere to go but up from here!" Evelyn exclaimed as filled out the forms
A few months passed by, with Evelyn every morning racing out to the mailbox searching for the letter to her future, until finally the response letter came in the mail. Evelyn was so excited that she looked like a little kid on Christmas morning. She was jumping up and down squealing with delight, the desire to open that letter was so palpable. She was so sure that she had been accepted that when she read the rejection letter, she at first didn't see or understand the decision and then was absolutely crushed when she figured it out. She couldn't believe that she had gotten rejected for something as minuscule as "not enough experience in the field". She had met all of the other requirements with flying colors (she was very highly knowledgeable, was very professional and even had a master's degree in field) but it still wasn't enough, they wanted more.
Evelyn in that moment decided that she would do anything in her power to get them to change their minds.
'I'll be damned if they reject me again, if they want more experience in the field then that is what they'll get". Said Evelyn determinedly as her brother Jonathan comforted her.
They were very close, after their parents died in a tragic car accident, all they had left was each other. So Jonathan, like any brother, would without question do anything to make his younger sister happy. So when Evelyn asked him to accompany her to Egypt to get the field experience she needed, he jumped at the opportunity.
"Of course I will go with you! You didn't even need to ask!" Said Jonathan
So the next morning they boarded the next possible plane to Egypt anxiously awaiting the adventure before them.