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Princess of the Nile
Chapter 15: Confusion
Ardeth jerked awake as he heard his tent being opened, instantly he picked up the scimitar beside him and turned to the tent opening. Only relaxing a fraction when he saw that it was Haji who had entered the tent.
"What's wrong?" he asked
"I'm sorry I woke you." Haji started "It's Emira."
Any sleep that had been left in Ardeth was suddenly gone, and he pulled himself from the bed, pulling his robes on as he did
"What's wrong?" he asked
"She had…" Haji paused, wondering how to explain it "a vision or a memory in her sleep. She saw Chione kill someone." Ardeth frowned, visions were taken seriously, ones of past events were rare – normally only occurring with people who had been reincarnated – he himself had scatterings of memories from his previous life.
"She's upset." Haji whispered as they left Ardeth's tent, the camp was silent, only the night watch moving around, and the two nodded to some of the men as they passed them "I felt it was best to get you – find out what she saw before she forgot." Ardeth nodded, and pulled back the flap of the tent, pausing as Haji grasped his arm.
"I'll get Dakarai," he said before hurrying away. Ardeth watched him go for a moment before he entered the tent
Emira sat with her knees drawn up to her chin, and her arms wrapped around them, her eyes flickered to the tent entrance as Ardeth entered, but she made no further move to acknowledge them.
"Emira?" Ardeth questioned, sitting down beside her "What happened?"
"I saw her." She whispered hollowly "I watched her kill someone. A servant. They were in her room, and she killed him, and then went to sleep."
"Who did you see, Emira?" Ardeth asked quietly
"Chione." She said instantly "I watched her do it." Her eyes flew wide, and she sobbed into her hands "I killed him!" she whispered
"Killed who?" Ardeth asked, generally confused now
"The servant," Emira said through her tears "I killed him!"
"Emira," Ardeth whispered, glancing to Haji, who shrugged his confusion "You're not making any sense. You killed a servant?"
"Yes." She whispered back "No. I don't know." She gave a half sob "Chione killed him. But, I did it as well. I watched everything that happened through her eyes. I was her, Ardeth!"
Okay, extremely short chapter. But the next will be longer, I promise!