All Chapters of Queen of the Eternal Nile: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The exhaustion wouldn't leave me.Every morning, I woke up feeling as though I hadn't slept at all.It wasn't the kind of tiredness that disappeared after another hour in bed. It settled deep inside my bones, making even the simplest tasks feel heavier than they should.I ate properly and drank plenty of water, even every evening, I brewed fresh ginger tea from herbs growing behind the temple.Still… Nothing changed.Standing alone inside the small healer's room, I examined myself once again."As impossible as this feels..." I muttered, "...there has to be an explanation."I pressed two fingers against my wrist, counting silently."My pulse is normal."After a full minute, I lowered my hand and walked toward the polished bronze mirror hanging on the wall and the reflection staring back at me looked almost unchanged.My complexion wasn't pale, there was no fever and no dark circles beneath my eyes.I pulled down my lower eyelid. "No sign of jaundice."Then I gently felt the glands bene

“Ugh…”My body felt impossibly heavy.It was as though I wanted to open my eyes, but something invisible kept pulling me deeper into sleep.I could still hear voices, it was faint and distant like echoes drifting through water."...Lady Maritza..."Someone was calling me and I wanted to answer, I really did but my lips refused to move because everything around me faded until even the voices disappeared.……When I finally became aware again, I was standing barefoot on endless white sand.I blinked several times. "...Where am I?"

No…"My Pharaoh?" My voice disappeared into the endless white desert. "Kharef!"Nothing answered me again.The place that had felt warm only moments ago was changing. The golden glow that had bathed the endless dunes slowly dimmed, as though someone had covered the sun with a veil. A bitter wind swept across the empty landscape, making me wrap my arms around myself."It's getting colder..."I turned in every direction, hoping to see him again. Just a moment ago, he had been standing right in front of me and I could still remember the warmth of his hand holding mine, the way his golden eyes had looked at me and the promise in his voice."Wait for me."Had it all been another dream inside a dream?"No..." I whispered, shaking my head. "It was real."I closed my eyes, trying to remember every detail of his face before it faded from my memory.The strange thing was… Instead of feeling frightened, I felt safe whenever he was near, even though I barely knew him and even though he belonged t

"...Maritza."Someone was calling my name and the voice echoed gently through an endless white desert, deep and familiar somehow.I slowly opened my eyes and found myself standing beneath a sky unlike any I had ever seen. The golden temple behind us shimmered in the distance before gradually dissolving into the light, as if it had never existed at all.I frowned. "What... happened?"A dull ache throbbed behind my temples, and I instinctively pressed a hand against my forehead."My head..."Everything felt... blurred.It was as though I had been chasing something important, only for it to slip away the moment I reached for it. Memories scattered through my mind like grains of sand carried away by the wind.I remembered walking… I remembered hearing someone's voice… And then… Nothing.I looked up and found Kharef standing quietly before me. For some reason, simply seeing him eased the strange uneasiness inside my chest."I feel..." I murmured, "...so warm."Our eyes met."Were you here

A week passed quietly.The mysterious illness that had nearly claimed my life never returned. Day by day, my strength slowly came back until I finally felt like myself again.I could wake before sunrise without feeling dizzy, help the temple healers prepare medicines, and spend hours studying beneath High Priest Anen's patient guidance without my body threatening to collapse.To everyone else, it had simply been a strange illness that had finally passed.Only Pharaoh Kharef, High Priest Anen, and a handful of the Pharaoh's most trusted men knew the truth.The strange ivory candle disappeared from my chamber, and no one ever mentioned it again.Neither Pharaoh Kharef nor High Pries