All Chapters of Queen of the Eternal Nile: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

We returned to the inn before sunset but this time, Kharef didn't simply rent a room, no, he booked the entire third floor, every room, every corridor and every stairway leading to it. No servants were allowed upstairs unless Ramose personally permitted them, and the innkeeper was given enough silver to understand that no one was to come near the floor.I didn't ask why because after everything that had happened in the market, I understood that there were too many enemies around us. Too many people who wanted Kharef dead and too many secrets that could not be spoken where another pair of ears might hear.Kasim and Rasyid followed us upstairs.Once the door to the largest room closed behind us, Ramose checked the windows and the hallway before finally nodding."We're alon

Kharef's hand remained around mine.For a moment, neither of us said anything and I was still trying to understand what had just happened.He had confessed that he loved me, not because of the prophecy or because the gods had brought me here but because I was me, Maritza.And somehow, that thought made my heart feel so full that I didn't know what to do with it.I looked down at our joined hands then back at him.I still couldn't believe it. Perhaps Kharef noticed the disbelief written all over my face because he slowly lifted his other hand and his large palm gently cupped my cheek.My breath caught as he tilted my face upward, making sure I looked directly at him."Why do you look so surprised?" His voice was quiet, but there was seriousness in his expression. "Don't you believe me?"I stared into his golden eyes.Then, despite the strange fluttering inside my chest, I smiled."I..." I let out a long sigh. "I guess I'm not exactly a special woman in my world."His eyebrows rose lik

The door to the room swung open again.I turned toward it, startled, and saw Kasim, Ramose, and Rasyid rushing inside as though someone were chasing them and the atmosphere in the room changed instantly.Kharef stood from his seat. "What is going on?" His voice remained calm, almost unnaturally so, but I could see the tension that appeared in his eyes.Ramose didn't waste any time. "Aldrich is here, my Pharaoh."The name meant nothing to me but it clearly meant something to Kharef because his expression hardened immediately."Aldrich?"I looked between them. "Who is Aldrich?"No one answered at first and that alone was enough to make my stomach tighten. I didn't need to know who the man was to understand that his arrival was bad news.Kharef turned toward me."Get your things, Maritza."I immediately moved toward my belongings without saying anything more. His voice wasn't harsh, but there was an urgency beneath it that I had rarely heard from him.I quickly gathered my clothes and

When I take a look around clearly, I realized I was inside some kind of multipurpose building.It was large enough to accommodate a considerable number of people, but at the moment, the place was filled with injured men and women. I slowly looked around and counted more than seven people who appeared to have been hurt in the explosion.Some were sitting against the walls while others were lying on blankets while people moved between them, checking their wounds and bringing water.Apparently, the explosion had been explained as an accident.They said a horse carrying goods had collided with a pile of firewood, causing the wood to catch fire. The flames had then spread through the surrounding area, creating the chaos that had injured so many people.An accident… That was what everyone was being told but I didn't believe it because something about the explanation didn't feel right.The explosion had been too sudden, the panic too intense, and the people searching afterward were far too f

An iron-barred carriage was waiting for us up ahead, it looked less like a carriage and more like a cage.My stomach twisted the moment I saw it."No..."The two men didn't even slow down. They roughly shoved me inside, and I cried out as pain shot through my injured body. I stumbled against the iron bars and barely managed to keep myself upright.The door slammed shut behind me and I stood there, breathing heavily, staring through the bars.It felt as though I had been captured for some terrible crime but I hadn't done anything, I hadn't hurt anyone or stolen anything.My only crime seemed to be having the wrong color of eyes.Around me, people simply stared, some looked confused and some looked frightened but no one stepped forward, no one asked if I was all right and no one tried to help. Perhaps they were thinking the same thing I would have thought in their position.‘Thank goodness it wasn't me.’I couldn't even blame them because people were afraid and fear could make good peop