Part 10- The Ride

Kloee stride through the court gracefully while looking for the pharaoh, everyone looked at this new stranger with admiring eyes. Seeing all this respect, all Kloee can do is smile back. Finally she found the pharaoh sitting at the end of the court, with two servant girls fanning him, as he see Kloee approaching, he greeted her warmly and sat her down to a seat next to him. " How was your first night here?" he asked " It was very pleasant, except a little hot, but what do I expect in Egypt". " I see…here, have some bread", he pushed a plate of dry crusted bread toward her.
" Errm, no thanks, I'm not that hungry…" Kloee replied squeamishly. " What do you usually eat at your place?" the pharaoh asked, biting off a piece of olive, " um… I really like junk food, especially cookies-I mean…, she stopped herself, knowing that they did not have those kind of food 3,000 years ago.
" Cookies? What are those? And you like to eat junk? Surely that would not taste good…" Kloee laughed, the pharaoh was confused now, for once it's not her. " No, it's nothing" she brushed it off quickly.
A moment of silence passed between them, the tension was so quiet that Kloee can hear the sound of yelling outside the court, it belonged to one of the priests. " Did…something happened?" She asked. " Ah, it's probably Seto preparing our horses" he replied, standing up, the pharaoh's stature was so magnificent, the golden jewelry shone brightly against the gleam of the yellow sun, he looks so gorgeous with his serious yet gentle at the same time eyes. "Horses?" Then she remembered Amaiya said something about taking a ride, this must be it. " Come one, lets go" he offered her his hand, which she took while blushing like crazy. Together they walked to the stable, chatting quietly on the way there. The priest Seto was waiting outside the stable with two grand white stallions buckled near him, his face was expressionless as ever.
" I'm not really an expert at riding horses…" Kloee said quietly, " not to worry, you'll do fine", he gave her an encouraging smile and hopped onto one of the stallions, " come on! I'll wait for you at the gate", with a click of his tongue, the horse moved and trotted toward the exit. In a brisk moment he was gone " Here" Seto handed her the straps to the stallion, his tone was cavalier and his glare icy cold. Kloee couldn't help but feel a bit nervous around him, after all, he was the one that knocked her out. Which she still didn't get a chance to ask about, also their brief encounter at the dinner, his stare had made her really uneasy that night. Thank god Kloee learned how to ride a horse when she was little, otherwise there would some difficulties…with a little help from Seto Kloee managed to get on. " Thank you…" she whispered, with a slight nudge on the side, the animal run toward the gate.
The pharaoh was already waiting for her outside, waving at her when he saw her coming, Kloee then hurried her horse to join him reluctantly. With that they rode together silently around the palace , there were a few time where Kloee tried to make conversation but the responses were only a few yes or no. The temperature outside the palace suddenly change from arid to unusually hot, feeling some what faint, Kloee slowed her stallion down a little. Seeing this, the pharaoh steady his horse also and asked if anything is wrong, " n-no it's nothing, I'm just a little dizzy from the heat, that's all…." she assured him. Suddenly out of no where, a snake slithered across the sand, making Kloee's horse rather startle and alarm, with that the beast comes to an uncontrollable frenzy and threw Kloee backward, she landed on the sand quite hard and hit her arm against the rigid sand floor. Immediately soon after Kloee cried in pain, though she did not yell or shriek like normal girls do when they have been hurt. Only small tears ran down her still staggered face. The pharaoh, who watching the incident, was surprised by Kloee's calm reaction, and rushed to her side instantly. There he quickly observe her injured arm, and said, " it's not that serious, just a bruise and slight cuts here and there, come, let's go back to the palace so we can get that arm of yours bandaged".
The pharaoh helped Kloee get up but failed, she tried to stand but her legs gave in and yelling in pain and frustration, Kloee sat back down on the sand. " It would seem to me like you've got a sprained ankle here…no matter, I said I'll get you back to the palace and I will." With that he picked Kloee up, bridal style and carried her all the way back to the palace.
What's this numbness, that's inside of me, I can't quite figure it out….Kloee thought silently, looking up at the pharaoh's determined face. A feeling, a warmness is spreading over me, how come I only felt that way when he is around….
Ok end of chapter I will try to update soon but you gotta do your part and R&R!:D