FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE CURSED PRINCE
Chapter Fourteen
Smenkare had come to Thebes to find Mentari. Long ago, he'd met her in the village outside Amarna and initiated her in the ways of sex. She'd been frightened of him, not because of his appetites, but because she and her family worshipped the old gods. Bast was the goddess of their village, though they pretended to worship the Aten as all Egyptians did. The truth was that his father had alienated the people of his kingdom and they reviled him.
This night, he entered Thebes under the cover of night, dressed as one who lives in the desert. Egyptians respected these wandering souls and believed they were gods in disguise.
He found Mentari near Amun's temple holding a dagger and food offerings.
