Death in Luxor by Graham Warren

Author:Graham Warren
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Graham Warren
Published: 2014-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

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Ramses Returns

They did not have to wait long before Ramses returned to the roof. He took his seat and sipped at his freshly poured red wine just as Bast said that he would. All eyes were on him as he raised his free hand, gesturing for Thoth to hand him the papyrus. On reading what Thoth had written, Ramses smiled, saying as he handed it back, “Quite correct, Thoth, I have trained you well.”

Understanding Kate’s reluctance to resume speaking, Rose asked her how she thought a warlock could possibly become a pharaoh.

“I think that you are all correct,” said Kate, thinking it best if she started with a positive statement, rather than say that none of them could see the wood for the trees. Kate then considered that there were no trees around the temples and tombs and therefore no wood, so how could they be expected to see the wood for the trees, which brought a smile to her face. This rather ridiculous thought had the effect of relaxing her which in turn allowed her to say what she wanted to say. “I honestly believe that you are all correct in the assumption that there is nobody directly linked to Merenptah who has ‘seen’, as you said last week. Since I arrived in Luxor I am aware that Pharaoh Nak … sorry … I shouldn’t say your name.”

“I am here with my dad, so naturally it would be expected to hear my name spoken out loud. You can speak freely,” said Nakhtifi in a rare show of confidence.

“And anyway,” added Ramses, “my elite guard are downstairs. Nothing will get past them.”

Kate was far from convinced that nobody would be able to get past Ramses’ elite guard. She continued anyway. “Since I arrived in Luxor, I am now aware that you, Pharaoh Nakhtifi, and your wife, Henutmehyt, are my most directly related ancient family. Cairo has become aware that Ropet and Sanuba are his, so we have ‘seen’, as you put it. It is also clear that Alex is an important part of all of this, and you, Bast, were particularly sorry that he had failed to see.” Kate gave Alex an ‘I’m sorry’ look. “Where I think that you have all got it wrong, is that your focus has been entirely on us. You have been only looking at, and protecting, Alex, Cairo and myself.” Kate paused for a second or two to give Ramses the time to blow up.

“Interesting,” he said, as he motioned, glass in hand, for her to continue.

“For the warlock to be able to achieve his aims he needed all of you to focus on protecting us, and in turn, for all of us to then focus on the ancient battle between Ramses’ sons – Merenptah and Nakhtifi – and that is exactly what has happened. We have all done exactly what the warlock wanted us to do. Otherwise, how could this Napoleon build a new tomb without any of you knowing of its

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