Page 21 of Sett and his King
"Nothing." I shook my head. "Nothing."
I walked forward. I needed to gain some ground in order to orient myself.
"Here. Let's try this." He pointed at a hotel and I raised an eyebrow.
What exactly was he suggesting? What could we possibly do at a hotel that would help?
I was afraid to ask. What if I liked his answer?
Drew passed the reception and went straight for the elevators that took us all the way to the top floor. The roof terrace.
"Aah," I sighed and he turned with a questioning gaze but I didn't enlighten him or entertain him. I simply stepped out and walked to the edge.
The pyramids of Khufu and Khafre rose ahead in the west.
"Is that where we're going?" he asked, following my gaze.
"No. We're going south." I pointed toward Neferirkare's pyramid.
It wasn't visible from here. It was too far away and the pyramid too small, but it was there. I knew it.
"Should we take the house closer?"
It took me a second to understand what he meant before I shook my head and pushed myself off the railings back into the building.
"We'll take a…a…what's it called?" I clicked my fingers trying to recall the word I was looking for.
"Taxi?"
"That's it!" I fist pumped the air and Drew laughed.
I liked the sound. It did something to me, to my insides, I hadn't felt in a long time. It gave me a hunger I hadn't allowed to overtake my body in millennia.
"Right-oh. Let's go," Drew said and dragged me back into the elevators down to the lobby and out into the streets.
It wasn't long before we were on the move. We sat next to each other in the backseat, shoulder to shoulder as the driver raced through the roads.
The bustle and hustle of the city was replaced by eerie quiet, the only distinct sound that of the wheels on the road and the engine of the car at max speed.
Buildings, residences and markets gave way to the vast Sahara desert, the unconquerable beast.
Now I was truly home.
I leaned back on the seat, pushed my head against the rest and closed my eyes.
I’d missed this. I’d missed the sand. I’d missed its magic coursing through each grain. I’d missed it all and I hadn't even known it until now.
"Are you okay?" Drew asked.
I opened my eyes to find him staring at me. His gaze was dark and beautiful and it only added to this alchemy of the magical signatures all around me.
I nodded. "I am."
And for the first time in forever I meant it. And felt it.
"It's…it's good to be back," I said and smiled at him.
It didn't matter that they'd taken our history from us. That they'd made us even less than a footnote. I was here now and I could kill Horus and reclaim everything we'd lost.
