Heart of the Lotus by Mary R. Woldering

Author:Mary R. Woldering [Woldering, Mary R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781985240704
Published: 2018-09-08T23:00:00+00:00

The lone sentry walking the wall around Buhen was too easy to bring down. Prince Maatkare thrilled at the sight of Deka leaping at the man as if she had been made of shadow, then wrenching his neck. The man sagged to the ground dead, having never seen or even sensed his killer.

“What fool Overseer of the Guard sends a single man to walk the perimeter wall,” the prince whispered under his breath. Bending to Deka, who had triumphantly straddled the corpse, he whispered into her hair: “Good work. Clean kill.”

“Watch for more…” her husky voice betrayed her briefly subdued need for blood. In one fluid motion, she raised and plunged her dagger into the man’s still chest. Dark blood pooled at the wound. She bent quickly for her taste, beckoning to the prince to share. Come my love. We have taken an animal. Its blood is a gift to bring us life, her thoughts permeated his soul.

Maatkare Raemkai knelt on one knee, tasted the cooling blood, and then kissed her briefly. He clasped her to him as they knelt, his desire rising. Only the knowledge that other men would be nearby and waiting for this one’s report brought him back to reality.

“Nefira,” he cautioned, desperate to engulf her with his mouth. “Pull him over here under this brush, so he won’t be found right away,” the prince moved to his haunches then began to tug at the lifeless man.

Deka looked up from her feast at the guard’s chest as if puzzled, but complied, a possessive lion-like growl issuing from her thoughts that said: Mine. My kill. I offer it to you, my mate. No one else but us will eat.

Red-gold flame glimmered in her very human eyes as they stood and advanced to the gate.

“Wait. We need a plan. It’s not well guarded, but never the less…” he pulled her to him just as two more men appeared in a circuit of the outer wall. “See? Thought so. Walkers.”

She paused, quickly deciding on her next move.

“Then, you attack me. Look like you are raping me, but we will struggle without sounds. When they come to stop you, we cut their throats.”

Very predictably, the men saw the charade the two put on and were about to call out.

“Nin een sehsehr…” Maatkare’s deep voice growled followed by a sudden flash of light in the guard’s faces. Their cries of alarm remained unvoiced.

“Wha…?” Deka lifted her head, dazzled. The blood of their victims spurted out in an arc to the ground. Maatkare had knifed them both the moment the light flashed.

“Your plan would have exposed us, Nefira.” Maatkare dipped his forefinger into the wound of one of the guards they had just dropped, then put it into Deka’s mouth. “I called down ball-energy to startle them.” But he knew in an instant:

She’s not listening, not paying attention.

“Nefira. Take little now, feast later.” He pulled out his finger – she had been sucking hard on it, almost chewing. “We need to push on inside the gate and gain our prize,” he whispered.

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