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So the beautiful warrior with the blue-black hair will never come back to her again. Menes is here, near, and at the same time he is gone. There is an old man on the throne.
Overcome with disgust, Alais walked over to him, leaned over the throne, and hugged him lightly.
“I have come to take what I promised,” she whispered. “From now on you and all your descendants serve me!”
Pharaoh said nothing against her. He had no intention of bargaining from the start.
“Does this mean you’ll never leave me again?” He said, almost triumphantly.
“Yes it does,” he nodded, “but perhaps you won’t be happy about it.”
The beginning of the reign
She was wrong. Menes had many problems that only a god could solve.
“I have long been planning to build you a temple in the middle of the desert, but I cannot find the place where we first met,” Pharaoh said. “The temple must stand there, and the pilgrims must come to it in droves with gifts and petitions.”
Such pomp was not part of Alaïs plans. Why would she want a temple in the middle of the wilderness and crowds of worshippers?