Rise of the Fallen Princess (Ahmanet - The Mummy)

Chapter 17 - Our Choice

The night continued and midnight was already long past midnight in the French capital. Beneath its streets, in the depths, the catacombs were also plunged into marble silence. Within the sanctuary which had been given the name "den of the misunderstood", the various monsters had returned to their occupations, most of them not needing sleep and occupying their time as they could.

At the back of the sanctuary, in the room that was given to them as a bedroom, Mathias and Ahmanet indulged in this new love that now united them, not wasting a second in savoring these moments of true tenderness. It didn't matter if they had been doing this for hours now, they didn't care about the time passing, nothing was more important than the present moment. Huddled together, hugging each other delicately but also with loving strength, the couple continued to gently make love. Leaning over Ahmanet, Mathias sensually caressed her thigh while kissing her passionately, first on the lips then on the neck. Ahmanet moaned with pleasure when Mathias, carried away by his desire and his love for her, delicately caressed one of her breasts while continuing to kiss her lovingly on the neck.

_"Well well, setepai..." Ahmanet chuckled softly with naughty pleasure. "I didn't know you had that kind of talent."

_"I could say the same thing about you." Mathias replied between each smooch, also teasing her with love. "Maybe we were both waiting to express them with the right person?"

She smiled, liking his way of seeing things and she wanted to believe it too, it was destiny that had brought them together. They continued to make love like this for a good part of the night, then tired, Mathias, panting but happy, came to lie down again next to Ahmanet. The couple, lying side by side on this mattress, looked into each other's eyes in a loving but very expressive silence, the young man even gently brushing a lock of hair from his princess's forehead in order to better see her eyes, which many would call monstrous but he found hypnotizing and magnificent. But Ahmanet could see, despite this moment of pleasure and love shared together, that doubt was in Mathias's eyes. With her cold, soft hand, she caressed his cheek.

_"Tell me what weighs on your mind, my love." she whispered, concerned.

_"It's just that... I still have to realize everything that's happening to me." admitted Mathias, thoughtfully. "A week ago, I was just a man lost in his lonely life and searching for true purpose. I thought I would never find love and you came into my life, for my great happiness."

The couple smiled at each other, shared a short and tender kiss then Ahmanet came to lean over Mathias.

_"I know you very well now, my beloved, and don't forget that I can read you like an open book." Ahmanet whispered. "There is something else."

_"Exact." admitted Mathias, knowing that he couldn't hide anything from her. "I also wanted to ask you a question: is this true? Did you intend to stab me with Set's dagger to invok him to this world?"

The young man asked this question out of curiosity and not as a reproach or a judgment. Ahmanet for her part didn't even seem surprised by this question, as if she expected it sooner or later and she didn't try to deny her intentions beforehand.

_"Yes, I admit it." she said. "Understand me my love: I had such hatred for humans, after everything they put me through. I wanted their destruction, to obtain what was rightfully mine: to reign as queen. I was going to make my setepai a living god, my immortal king. Together, we would bring the world to its knees and exterminate the vermin that swarmed there."

_"But, when I was at the temple, you had multiple opportunities to invoke Set." added Mathias, trying to understand. "I was alone, lost and I had no way to escape you. Why did you spare me?"

Ahmanet didn't respond right away, smiling then coming to snuggle up against Mathias, their bodies touching and hugging. She gently rested her head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat and enjoying his human warmth on her.