MidnightBallad: I did not really want to write in the Epilogue, but I wanted to thank the following people...
AuroranWings for being one of the first people to review Your Heart & Mine, and also reading the entire thing with positive comments all the way.
T-Bone for also reviewing from the start and putting up with my cliffy obsession (and that goes for a lot of other people, too)
SladesDaughter for enjoying the songs I stuck in the story, and for entertaining me with her stories whilst I wrote Your Heart & Mine.
Sylvia Viridian A BIG thanks for the information she gave me on Mahaado and Marik, and anyone else I missed out on.
Shadow-fox313 for reading chapters 1-14 all at once. Even I couldn't do that! Also for simply enjoying the story.
And last of all RobinIV for stickin with the story from somewhere in the middle.
And to the rest of the reviewers for your positive words!
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Epilogue:
The sun set once again after another hot day in Egypt. The horizon rippled with invisible waves and the Nile swept along calmly in hues of blue-greens.
Along the banks of the Nile, the Pharaoh Atemu stood over a very small, quickly made tomb. The door had been shut for the final time, dug deep below the ground. On the door were carved the words:
A thousand words,
One thousand embraces,
They'll cradle you,
Making all of the pain you feel seem far away...
They'll hold you forever.
Atemu stared down at the tomb as the Priestess Isis passed him; his eyes shining with tears. He jumped slightly when the Priest Mahaado suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him a warm smile.
'Are you going to stay, my Pharaoh?' He asked, looking down at the tomb door also. 'Would you prefer to be left alone?'
Atemu did not answer his questions. Instead, he turned to his friend and said, 'Thank you, Mahaado. Thank you for not being part of this.'
Mahaado smiled. 'You're welcome, my Pharaoh. I am sorry that I could do nothing to help.'
Atemu gazed over his shoulder. His five other priests were standing around near their horses, talking on low voices. 'You could do nothing, my friend.' He clapped a hand on Mahaado's shoulder. 'We should go...leave Akunriou to rest in peace.'
Mahaado said, 'The servants will bury the tomb so that no one comes across it. She shall not be disturbed, that I promise you.'
Atemu nodded, holding back the tears. With a last look at the door, Atemu followed Mahaado away from his love's tomb.
And the last words he saw on the door were the ones that would stay in his mind until the day he died...
Here lies the body of Akunriou the Evergiver.
Know what she tried to do:
Save Egypt from a terrible fate that is now free.
Died in the arms of the Pharaoh Atemu.
Forever loved, forever free.
This shall always be known as the time...
-o-
Of your Heart
And Mine.
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And I hope you will read Your Journey & Mine when I post it.
Yours in writing,
- Gemma (MidnightBallad)
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