Karila knew the second she stepped onto the first step of the stairs and her gaze flicked down to the man waiting for her downstairs, smiling with the kindest look she could ever see in her life on anyone, and that was him. Her wedding day was an endless ambiguity, it was by far one of the happiest days of her life, just as it filled that princess's chest with anguish when she remembered her parents who had died prematurely.It bothered him immensely that they hadn't been able to see her wed. And that was one of the guilts she carried with her every day for going against their advice and their impositions, even if she had been aware that if she was going to marry who they wanted, she would never have married the man she loved years later. afternoon. That's why the feelings were so ambiguous, she knew it would be unhappy if she got married too soon, but she also couldn't stop blaming herself for not giving her parents that happiness of seeing her getting married before th

Lauren's POV Occasionally I would rest my cup of tea on my lap and lose my eyes on the structure tops of the roof of that courtyard, looking at the pattern of shadows reflected on the walls, it is extensive and vague, there were only the two of us there, which was decisive for feel your presence beside me. For a moment I thought going upstairs was appropriate, but she didn't seem to be in the mood to go upstairs and isolate herself in her room, so I didn't either, remaining in calm silence for minutes at her side, still avoiding looking away. for your sure face uncovered. — Don't you feel sleepy? – His husky voice breaking the silence startled me. She moved to replace the cup on the small table between the chairs and I noticed she pulled the handkerchief back over her face, I made sure of that before looking back at her, the gaze wasn't on me, it was above, in the sky. "No... Am I being inconvenient?" – I asked trying to understand that she wanted me to lea

Unguarded, Normani and Akil stood near the tent, watching the movement of historians in and out near the excavations. They knew Karila was inside with Ursel, Lauren, Rudolph and other unknown historians of the current Czech expedition.Hadd participated in the escort from behind the tent, close to the corvettes, talking to other security guards about any point of distrust, everything seemed calm and nothing arose from suspicion so that they remained in a posture of tension, even if not for a second they thought of relaxing and trust the environment.— This pursuit is not veiled, he does everything in her face, it even gets stupid. – Akil commented, looking through his Shemagh at the movement of historians in the wide distance, they were at the side of the tent, under a canopy that gave them more comfortable shade. His comment was skeptical because he was a man of war, he knew that a lot didn't work on display.“Al Sisi fears nothing, he has good support from the people in Egypt, man

POV NarratorAgainst Lauren's plans the next morning to be able to read the translations of the princess's biography, Ursel summoned her to a meeting that would begin to determine what her days in El Kab would be like. They would spend a month away from Cairo on an expedition, at some point that heartened her deeply because she knew she would be safely away from whatever madness was happening here in the Capitol.But her anxiety took another turn when Ursel simply said that Karila Aistarabaw I would go to Saudi Arabia that week and then I would meet them in El Kab when they traveled because I wanted to follow those expeditions closely during all the period they would stay there. The princess would leave Cairo for an entire month and focus on helping historians.It was the first time that that would happen, the woman had never stayed away from her hometown for so long, but it seemed not only an intimate desire of hers to follow something she wanted so much, but also a defense strate

For the rest of the night Karila kept her distance from Lauren and barely glanced at her, which made her posture more defensive than usual. But for Lauren, enough had been said and her glimpse of something wrong going on gave her a more positive than negative feeling, so her dinner was anything but disappointing. She ate well and when she walked into her room that night, she was unusually quiet. Which was the complete opposite of the agitated princess in the next room, who, getting rid of the security guards, and even dismissing Normani's presence, dealt with news that made her move from one side of the room to the other.Music on* Be Like You - Whethan & BroodsHis body stopped just long enough in place when he stepped onto the terrace and glanced over his shoulder, noticing the curtains on Lauren's doors millimeters open. Her mental projection made her take the An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, seriously. The deeply glowing gaze completed his frowning expression as he watche