Fire And Desire

Prologue

Italics ~Ancient Egyptian

Thebes, Egypt. 1270 B.C. (Idek)

Thebes. City Of the living. Crown jewel of Pharaoh Seti the 1st. Home of Imhotep. Pharaoh's high priest. Keeper of the dead. Birth place of Anck-Su-Namun. Pharaoh's mistress. No other man was allowed to touch her. But she had her eye on Imhotep. But Imhotep has a secret lover. The Crowned Princess and eldest daughter of Seti the 1st Desire. The fire to his flames. The most beautiful woman in the land.

His deepest desire.

One day Imhotep and Desire met in their secret place. Anck-Su-Namun caught them and went to the pharaoh immediately. Anck-Su-Namun thought going to the pharaoh would destroy their relationship but it only made it stronger. The pharaoh saw how much his daughter loved Imhotep and how much Imhotep loved his daughter. Seti the 1st gave them his blessing but this only fueled Anck-Su-Namun's anger and hatred for Desire.

Anck-Su-Namun plotted to kill the pharaoh and his eldest daughter.

Anck-Su-Namun then sent for Seti the 1st and his daughter to meet them in her chambers. That night the pharaoh met her first. "What is this about Anck-Su-Namun?"asked Seti. "This." said Anck-Su-Namun as she lifted a golden dagger and plunged it into him. Desire walked in on her father's murder."Father!" Cried Desire. "You're next my princess!"said Anck-Su-Namun her voice laced with venom. Anck-Su-Namun plunged the dagger into Desire as she cried out in agony. From his chambers Imhotep heard his lover scream. He rushed to the place where he heard his lover scream. Anck-Su-Namun's room.

Imhotep ran into Anck-Su-Namun's room. He saw the pharaoh dead on the ground and Desire on the ground in pain and agony. "What have you done?" Imhotep roared at Anck-Su-Namun as she walked towards him seductively with a wide smirk on her lips. "I did it so we can be together my love" she said. Imhotep groweled in anger and took the dagger from Anck-Su-Namun and plunged it into her. "My mind, body, heart, spirit, and soul has only ever belonged to one woman and that woman is my Desire" he stated. Anck-Su-Namun fell limp to the ground as Imhotep took the dagger out of her.

The Medji run in the see the three corpses on the ground and Imhotep holding a bloody dagger. Nefertiri, the pharaoh's youngest daughter, runs in after hearing her sister's cry." I, Nefertiri, as the new pharaoh sentence you, Imhotep, to the Hom-Dai for high treason and murder!" Nefertiri roared. "Send him to Hamunaptra!" She ordered. The Medji drag Imhotep away. Nefertiri looks at her beloved father and sister with a sad smile. "Your souls will be at peace in the after life my family. Rest well." she whispered. Tears rolled down her cheeks as the Medji took her family to Hamunaptra for their mummification.