The Ka by Mary Deal

Author:Mary Deal [Deal, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2017-09-13T23:00:00+00:00

Many people strode about, a few richly clad. Most were poor and near naked, and bowed low as they passed.

Wispy memories faded in and out. All the buildings seemed ancient, yet familiar. Stone and marble structures of grand prominence towered nearby. She felt eager to see her family and wanted to rush, and then realized she was halfway around the world from home.

The smells and noises, animal calls, voices and language rang familiar. The more she concentrated on perceiving details, the more they faded. When she relaxed, they came in with clarity and again, she felt herself being drawn into something for which she had no understanding or rationale. Strangely, she was filled with a sense of returning home after a pathetically long absence.

Chione had not felt her feet trodding the inlaid stone path as they moved along. Instead, she floated, like in a dream, and Aaron was with her. That made it his dream too. A rush of elation as well as frustration engulfed her as she lost track of the vision. She wanted to be home. The moment the visuals faded, she realized she was having a lucid dream, consciousness and rationale intermingling. She struggled to stay calm and not disrupt the flow of events. “This is Akhetaten—our home!” her mind screamed.

“We have important matters to attend,” his deep voice said.

When she tried to focus on the lips through which that wonderful voice flowed, the image of his face faded in and out. Vertigo overtook her. She felt drunk. “More,” she said. Then someone nudged her shoulder.

“Chione,” the voice said softly. It was not that same low voice but another that also rang true in her heart.

“Home,” she said aloud.

“Chione,” the whispering voice demanded. “Chione!”

She opened her eyes and saw Aaron in the dimmed light of the Pillared Hall. “Akhetaten,” she said.

“Chione,” he said quietly. “You're making too much noise. Someone will come to find out what's going on.”

“I-I spoke?”

“Sh-h,” he said again. “Sound echoes off these stone walls.”

She glanced around, suddenly cognizant of where they sat. Aaron's wonderful face and reassuring smile were the only things that kept her from crying out for Akhetaten. “I-I guess I was dreaming.”

He studied her. “You're disoriented,” he said. He seemed so attentive.

“Were you dreaming too? Was I in your dream?”

“Yes, you were, and no, I wasn't dreaming.”

“Was I sleeping?”

“Can you usually sit up unsupported while you sleep?”

“I'm sure I dreamed you and I were at Akhetaten, in Tell el-Amarna,” she said, excited. “The city wasn't in ruins. What I saw of it was….” She was lost for words. “You were with me, Aaron. We were headed toward a great palace.”

Aaron's mouth hung agape as she related details that he corroborated. “I never dreamed tapping into other planes of existence could be so real.”

“It gets better.”

“This is an example of what you've experienced all along?”

She cast her gaze downward and swallowed hard. “And more. I don't have to try to receive information. It's suddenly being heaped on me.”

“When did all this begin?”

“When we reached the site on day one.

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