The Forgotten God
The words spewed like bile, and his heart jumped to his throat after he spoke, but he couldn't take them back, only hope she was ignorant enough to see some base explanation in the threat.
"Zuberi," Mandisa intoned sadly "Zuberi, Zuberi..."
Once, twice, thrice.
His look and reaction had was more than a thousand proofs and she turned away with a melancholy ache in her heart.
"By the time the birds roost in three days, all the evil of Duat will fall upon us."
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Am-Heh kept a nightly vigil by Ishaq's body, embalmed to the best of ability and placed in a cold, empty room, lit by seven small candles.
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