MOM!!
Neilara squeezed his hand, making Sett behave.
Zainah, who had understood some of the implications, also sweated buckets.
She took a deep breath and finally met the Pharaoh's eyes.
Zainah had a pitiful look to her, one that would make even women dote on her, but to the Pharaoh, that was nothing.
Zainah knew this was a test.
It was also a punishment.
Other princesses would already know what cities they wanted, in fact, they would look after those cities even before they were officially handed the territory.
But she was not like that.
Zainah didn't know what city was vacant and ready for her to take command, either. After all, Zainah was not the politically savvy type who was fresh on the empire's news. Sett had taken care of everything for her, and in fact, he had even chosen a city for her yesterday.
He must have told about the chosen city to his mother.
