Chapter 8
Marriage was the norm for Egyptians, but where does a princess find a husband of equal rank since marriage to a foreign prince was definitely not allowed. Brother-sister and marriages provided some solution to this problem. The Ancient Egyptian believed Brother-Sister marriage as a way of increasing the amount of royal blood in the next heir. And moreover kiriri was the first child of Pharaoh Ramesses, which means the one who would marry her will become Pharaoh, and the mother of Pharaoh will become regent, and she'd perform the entire ceremonial and political requirement, carry out all the duties of king on behalf of her son. Reve knows what was cooking in Eurydice's mind, but she was just a servant… what could she do?
And lately it was Reve who had been subjected with the job of keeping an eye on her own friend, princess kiriri. And the one who had given the job was Eurydice.
Wasn't it her responsibility that she'd to tell Queen about the happenings of full moon night? But no, Reve stepped back and allowed her mind to battle with her job. Kiriri was her friend, her royal lady, how can Reve betray her princess? And the feeling of loyalty was the only thing which was holding her . She would tell princess about Eurydice's conduct but this was not the correct time.
"You should talk to Ranefer..." Reve said with a trembling voice. From Reve's words stemmed a dull hope which lifted the princess from that state.
"I think you are right… I should meet him…" said an uncertain kiriri.
And saying it her insides started preparing for the meet, though she knew that Ranefer won't help her, but still every single try counted a lot at this time. She got into her new clothes and prepared her mind to face him.
With sounds of swords she was welcomed in that part of palace, where usually female servants avoided stepping in. Yet she was brave enough to go by her own there alone. No, she could not let Mishareve accompany her, as she knows how cruel Ranefer had been with Reve.
From the insides she could hear little laughter's, which meant he was not alone. First she thought of leaving, but then this was the only way she could help herself. She had to face him now!
She opened that door. A bright light blinded her for seconds, but then the next thing she saw just sucked out the left life from her weak body.
There were 4 men sitting in a circle, out of which one was Ranefer having a brass cup in his hand and other was the same guy she'd met on that full moon night. Two more men were there and from their dressing one could guess that they were royal companions. But her eyes were glued on his face, not of Ranefer but on that man's.
"Oh…here comes my wife…Oh pardon…" Ranefer spoke out bluntly. "My ...to be wife" he corrected.
