8 - Quest Of The Goddess: Forgotten Gods by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Forgotten Gods#8
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

For some reason, going to Ma'at's chambers was more nerve wracking than visiting Horus, or having Amun turn up in my bedchamber unannounced. Perhaps because she was scarier than both of them combined. I'd never considered that about her before, which seemed silly, given that she fed the hearts of sinners to a demon if they failed her test to enter the afterlife.

"Your Eminence, come this way," one of her priestesses said as I entered the room.

I smiled at her, though I was certain the gesture didn't reach my eyes.

She led me through the main chambers, and through a set of ornate doors. The trickle of water reached my ears as we walked among a series of pools, each one with beautiful decorations and sweet perfumes lifting up from them. Why hadn't I thought of having a room like this built? It was beautiful, and calming.

While none of the pools were deep enough to have been a bath, there were small seats by them for people to sit on while they dangled their feet into the cool water. It almost made meeting Ma'at worth it.

"Hathor is here, Your Eminence," the priestess said as she drew back one of the gauzy curtains to reveal Ma'at sitting by a pool and reading from a couple of scrolls.

"Thank you, Edrice," she said. "Can you make sure we're not disturbed?"

The priestess dipped her head. "Of course."

"Please, take a seat." Ma'at indicated to one of the empty benches. I threw a longing look at the pools, but curbed my desire to dip my feet in.

Instead, I sat down, focusing on the conversation that was to come. No doubt it would be at least a little uncomfortable, given that Ma'at would want to know about my progress with the other gods. And that was lacklustre at best.

"Would you like some fruit and wine?" she asked.

I shook my head. No part of me intended to be here long. If I took refreshments, that would only extend the time in her company, and I wasn't willing to do that. I didn't dislike her, per-say, but we also weren't friends, and I didn't intend on changing that. Allies was good enough for me.

"How are things going?" she asked. Right to the chase.

Good. I could appreciate her wanting to keep this as short as possible.

"Badly, overall," I admitted. "Khonsu is here already, and willing to join the cause, but the others are proving a little trickier." That was a nice way of putting Horus being hateful and Amun randomly turning up. "Though I have a lead on where Atum is." Finally.

"That's good. We need him on side almost more than the others," she admitted.

"Oh?" Could I get away with not turning Horus?

"You know who he is..." she started.

"Yes. The creator of all, including himself." At least, that was what he'd claimed to the humans, and they'd believed him. I was sceptical about some of it, but there was no doubt Atum was older, and more powerful, than most of the rest of us.

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