Blurb:
A curse sends Astrid on a journey to ancient lands. She meets
deceit and betrayal searching for true love and to break the curse. The search
begins in
Excerpt:
Astrid frowned. Why hadn't Dad mentioned the problem? She
edged toward the stand where a necklace and crown were displayed on a black
velvet cloth. Where had she seen these pieces before? The necklace resembled a
wide collar. Semi-circles of a pale gold metal were inlaid with lapis. From the
last row, carnelians dangled. The headband of the same metal had flowers of
inlaid lapis with carnelian centers.
"Are these the items you and Dad argued about?"
Clive nodded. "He wanted to put them in the
vault."
"Why have you displayed them?"
"One, I can't open the vault and two, they're too
attractive to hide."
Astrid brushed a finger over one of the dangles. Sadness
washed over her. As though under a spell, she lifted the necklace. Waves of
dizziness rocked her.
* * * *
Seshat stood at the entrance to her workroom built against
the wall of the villa. She stared into the garden. Though chaos ruled the Two
Lands, in this house at a distance from
She heard her younger sister giggle and watched her run
toward the workroom. "What have you done now?"
"Spied on Father," Tiy said.
Seshat shook her head. Tiy hovered between childhood and
womanhood. She delighted in mischief. Seshat left the doorway and reached for
the tallies of the recent harvest.
"Don't you want to know what I heard and what I
saw?" Tiy's warm brown eyes sparkled with mischief.
"Tell me."
"We have guests. From
Seshat sighed. If she were chosen, Nefru, daughter of their
father's dead first wife, would be furious. Though Seshat's mother had been a
princess of a past dynasty, Nefru denied the claim. Seshat sighed. Anyone
seeking Sehetep's support would choose the oldest daughter. Since no sons had
been born to the house, Nefru's spouse would claim the nome when Sehetep left
this world.
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I love time travels, and this one of 8 travels is going to be interesting!
ReplyDeleteWow - wouldn't want to be her - that's pretty complicated.
ReplyDeleteWow Astrid has a real problem. I enjoyed the blurb and excerpt. I love time travels! Good luck! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really cool story!
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