A Matter of Degrees by Alex Marcoux

Author:Alex Marcoux [Marcoux, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594934124
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2014-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

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At first it was so faint that Lukeman didn’t know what it was. Then he recognized his sister’s distress. With more urgency he searched the palace until he found Dalila, sitting against the hard chamber wall. She was sobbing.

“What is wrong?” Lukeman asked.

Dalila’s tear-filled eyes met Lukeman’s, and his heart ached sensing his sister’s sorrow. Then he heard the yelling, and he understood. His mother and father were arguing again, but it was different this time. Lukeman approached the curtain that separated the chambers. He peeked through a tiny crevice.

His father, Oba, paced back and forth, and his mother knelt on the ground near him. Oba seemed enormous compared to his mother’s cowering body.

“You are a disgrace to this family,” Oba screamed.

“Please…the children,” she stood up calmly, blood trickling from her lip.

“You don’t want them to know their mother is tainted? You didn’t think I would find out? I’m Oba, the vizier, the pharaohs closest advisor. Of all the souls in Egypt…you will pay dearly for this act of weakness.” Abruptly, he slapped her face with the back of his hand.

“No!” Lukeman screamed, rushing to his mother’s side. He placed his body in front of Eshe stopping another blow.

Oba loomed over the boy, and with an unwavering stare he said, “Wish your mother good-bye, Lukeman.”

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