Prologue

Egypt 1200 B.C.

Chione, the princess of Egypt, was talking to her father, angered by her step-mother who put a cobra in her room, "Father, I know it was Keket. My guard that was with me found this," she held up a sapphire scarab necklace that belonged to Keket.

"I will talk to her," the pharaoh told his only daughter.

"She will lie to you like she always does," Chione said when her father walked away.

Entering her now cobra free room she went to the balcony and sighed. Chione saw her two oldest brothers wrestling and smiled.

Chione was the only daughter of the pharaoh and was also known as the most beautiful woman in Egypt. Her mother, Callista, was the daughter of a Greek ruler who fell in love with Tau II the Pharaoh of all Egypt. They soon married and had several children. Five sons and finally the last was a lovely daughter. Chione's mother gave birth to her on a royal boat, returning for a nearby kingdom. Before her mother died she said to her daughter, "My beautiful mythical daughter of the Nile."

Knowing that Chione needed a mother Tau married Keket making her his queen. Pharaoh Tau II was true to his name and was like a lion.

Later that night Chione entered the dining hall with her oldest brother Usi. Keket glared at her. She glared at her soon to be ex-betrothed, Nebibi.

The problem was that Keket loved sex and cheated on Tau with many men in the kingdom. Chione knew Nebibi had sex with her step-mother.

Breaking it off would mean death to the man for sleeping with the queen. Chione felt bad but this wasn't a woman he would never see again but this was her step-mother a woman that would forever be in their lives.

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Chione lay in her bed trying to sleep but she wasn't feeling well when her maid servant came to check on her princess," My lady are you alright?"

"I'm not feeling well, Masika," Chione coughed up some blood, "Get my father."

Masika ran to the Pharaoh room where he heard him yelling at his wife, "BY THE TIME I'M DONE WITH YOU NO MAN WILL EVER TOUCH YOU AGAIN."

Masika didn't care she pounded on the door, "My Pharaoh come quickly your daughter is deathly ill."

Hearing this Tau left his room and ran to his daughter's room, "Masika, get her brother." He yelled at his daughter's maid servant.

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Chione was near death ready to meet the god of the dead when her father entered, "My lovely Mystical daughter of the Nile."

Chione cried out for justice as her father took her hand. She knew who put the poison in her wine. Keket killed her.

"I love you, father. Stay strong for me. Usi," she turned to the oldest brother when her five brothers entered her room, "You'll be a great ruler someday. I love you all," she took a shaky breath when her soul gave a great cry as her world faded into the dark.

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Artemis was sleeping when a load cry knocked her out of bed; it was the loudest cry she ever heard. She dressed quickly and headed to where the scream came from.

She stayed hidden and watched. The girl's father held his only daughter who was close to death. Five brothers held back their tears as their father who held Chione's limp body laid her back down on the bed.

Artemis saw the girl's servant in the corner crying. The pharaoh went and asked went what happened. Masika told them everything she could recall between sobs. The pharaoh surprised the servant and gave her a hug.

Everybody left thinking the princess dead, "More likely a pampered princess," Artemis looked at the beautiful woman, "Then she saw the sai next to her bed, "Maybe not so much. Listen to me closely. My name is Artemis. You can have your revenge but after that you work for me. Are you willing to do that?"

"Yes."

A/N: If you are wondering the names I used are Egyptian. I doubled checked them with a website. I will tell you this Chione means "Mythical Daughter of the Nile.