Chapter 14: An unexpected message
It was evening when Ramses walked through the palace halls, on his way to his room to end the day. A servant walked towards him.
"Sire, there is a letter for you that has arrived today."
"A letter?"
Ramses grabbed the letter out of the servant's hand and opened it, astound by what he was reading.
His old mother, who was sitting nearby, suddenly spoke up. "What does it say?" She asked, her voice incredibly croaky.
But Ramses couldn't answer. He was flabbergasted. "Mother, please excuse me to my room."
"I won't. Now tell me what that letter says!"
"...I don't want to tell you."
"Argh! That rude behavior of yours will have consequences!" She yelled.
Ramses' younger brother entered the halls, a smirk on his face.
"You should let our poor mother alone, Ramses. She already has physical problems caused by the curse of Seth himself, and needs her eldest son to care for her instead of speaking in such a disrespectful way! Aren't I right, Mother?"
"Yes, my son, thank you," the old woman said. "You are my favorite child, you know that? Ramses, Neferia and Tut are all incredibly ungrateful and selfish. I just wish Seth would finally visit once again and teach them the lesson they deserve to be taught."
"I love making you happy because I know that you're the woman I owe my life to," Ramses' brother told her, continuing to suck up to his mother.
"Oh, I just wish you would become pharaoh instead of your older brother. You deserve it so much more than Ramses does!" The queen said, not caring at all that her oldest son stood nearby.
Ramses just rolled his eyes and quickly took his chance to walk to his quarters. Finally he could take a better look at that letter! It was from a very special someone.
My dear Ramses,
You have been gone for a few days, but it's already feeling like a month to me. I miss you so incredibly much. Your smile, your eyes, your lips… And your kind words, of course. My brother is horribly angry because of you and your father. He keeps cursing about some kind of plan, I don't know what it is, and he is unbelievably mean to the innocent servants. There has been so much potential in the kingdom, but now it seems hopeless. I don't know what to do. My only expedient was contacting you. But yet, I don't know if you will ever even get this message or if you have long forgotten me already. Please, if you are reading this and I still mean something to you, then answer. I don't want to lose you…
In love, Dedyet