Nefera took a cab to get home, as she did most of the time. The way home had never felt longer though as she kept replaying what Jackson had just implied to her. At first, it made her chuckle, she could only think that her ex was jealous of his alter-ego and that he had made up this story so that Nefera would break up with Holt.

But, the more she thought about it, the more she realized that lying and making things up was not really in Jake's nature (except for when it came to Holt, of course…). She, for a fact, was one to do so, if she liked someone she wouldn't stop herself from using all the tricks she had in hand before she had them, just like her current boyfriend.

Holt resembled her in many ways. Her lover was a charmer, that was for sure, and she would be lying if she said that she wasn't already under his spell when she was still with Jackson. As much as she loved him, she couldn't deny that everything Jake had implied might have been true, Holt was the kind to put up plans so he could get a girl.

No. He couldn't. He couldn't do this to me.

The princess started crying when she remembered her first intuition when Holt had come to her, nearly six months ago, to tell her Jake had cheated on her. She had doubted Holt, she thought he sounded as if he'd repeated, she could sense he was lying.

Fuck, I've been so stupid…

She was still crying when she got off the cab and made her way to her palace. Once she was in, she noticed that the whole staff was running around and it surprised her so much that she stopped crying. She carefully got through the mummies' traffic when she spotted one carrying her father's stuff.

"Father?!", she yelled. "Over here!" He sounded like he was smiling. When she had traced the voice to the kitchen, she went in and as she got in, she noticed her father wasn't the only one in there, he was with a woman.

"Father, what in the name of Gods is all the running out there?", she asked as she turned around to stare at the palace employees carrying multiple objects here and there. When she turned back she caught the woman's eyes. The hazel ones she had inherited from… "Mother?"

That Monday evening, Cleo went home early since she had chosen to ditch her last class and she was already taken aback by the sight she had as she got in the entrance. Her father's employees were moving furniture around and it wasn't likely for them to do so.

Starving, she made her way to the kitchen when she noticed her big sister's silhouette inside. "Neffie, I didn't know you'd be here." Her sister didn't reply and when Cleo went past her, she could see that the eldest princess was stuck in awe. Cleo turned around and spotted her father leaning against the counter next to… Her mother?

It didn't take long for Cleo to react and run into her mother's arms. She had truly missed her all those years, but if one must have been thrilled of their mother being here, it'd be Nefera. Although Cleo had expected her sister to join them in the family reunion hug, Nefera never moved.

Their mother made a few steps towards her eldest daughter but she walked those steps back. Nefera was in shock, she couldn't believe it.

The whole DeNile family was gathered around the royal dining table. Dedyet and Ramses were sharing smiles and laughs as if it was a common meal at the palace. If Cleo was finding her parents sweet, Nefera couldn't help but look at them with contempt. She was looking at them but wasn't listening to what they were saying until she heard her mother say "I can't wait to spend more time with my girls." Nefera raised an eyebrow and spoke for the first time of the evening. "Where were you for the past ten years?"

There was a cold silence suddenly and Nefera repressed a shiver, for all she knew, her dreams and nightmares always started like that, her mother was back and she would either try to kill them in the end or just betray them. "I was lost. Your father found me a few months ago, he'd been looking for me for many years." Said the Queen as she put a hand upon her husband's. "You realize that if I could have I would've joined you earlier."

Nefera decided she wouldn't talk for the remainder of the diner, and so she pushed her plate further in front of her and crossed her arms against her chest. The rest of her family watched her do so and sighed at the same time. The eldest princess was lost in her thought, still thinking about the whole Holt/Jackson situation when she heard her father calling her.

"Yes?" Ramses frowned. "Your mother was talking to you." The princess sighed and raised an eyebrow to Dedyet, who was frowning too, but quickly changed to smiling. "I was asking you, girls, if you were okay to introduce your boyfriends to us. Over dinner, tomorrow night."

Cleo nodded to her mother and then they were all looking at Nefera again as she gulped. "Sure. I'll ask him if tomorrow night is okay with him." She pushed her chair back and stood, putting her napkin down on the table. "Now, if you might excuse me. I'm tired and I must wake up early for work tomorrow."

Cleo watched as her sister left the dinner without another word, she glanced at her watch and winced, it wasn't even 9 PM.

Jackson and Deuce were on the phone as they were playing video games at the same time. They had talked about girls, mostly "whom Deuce would have flirted with if he was single" and Jake had told Deuce about what had happened the last morning.

"Dude, it's not funny… You should've told me." Deuce couldn't stop laughing, though. "I'm sorry, mate. It's just, I'm picturing her screaming at the sight of you and it's…" He burst out laughing again. Jackson clicked his tongue. "Why haven't you told me she was shagging Holt?"

Gorgon was still laughing when he replied. "I don't know, I had just learned about it when I learned that you and Nefera had dated. I must have thought that the second information was way more important than the first one." Jake chuckled. "I blame you for what happened yesterday." He could hear his best friend tense on the other side of the line. "No, you should blame that wanker. If I were in his place, I would never have allowed you to be naked with my girlfriend, even more, if said girlfriend's your ex."

Jake nodded before he received a text. The dark-haired boy looked down at the message and after he read it, he said his friend 'good night' and hung up with him. He stood up from his bed and put a sweater on before he ran out of his bedroom, down the stairs, and got out of his house.

He was welcomed outside by the wind of October and none other than an Egyptian princess standing across the street.