Pharaoh's Queen

chapter 12

"WHAT?!" christine stood up enraged. She couldn't believe what she had just heard! Was that really a law!? why had they kept this from her?!

mahad and the pharaoh flinched at the loud tone of her voice. the anger was clear in her tone, but they could feel it coming off of her in waves. 

"what do you mean...cut out?" the pharaoh asked worriedly. Did they mean....?

"just as I said. Christine, you would have never even met the baby. you would have been banished or...if Aknadin had his way killed." Mahad explained. He looked at her with a saddened expression. one that enraged her more. 

Christine took in a shaky breath as her eyes darted back and forth between the pharaoh and Mahad. Realization hit her.

"he was...he was trying to get rid of it...but...." Christine slowly fell back down onto the couch looking horrified.

"no...oh gods no" Christine said as she brought her hands up covering her face sitting there trying to come to terms with what Mahad was telling them. Guilt filled her as she groaned a little.

"why would anyone not want to get rid of a law like that. who even made that law?" the pharaoh asked sounding horrified.

"your ancestors" Mahad and Christine dead panned. Christine looked up at him and gave him a 'do you really need to ask that?' Look.

"that cant be true. it just cant!" Christine said shaking her head not wanting to believe it as memories of the past began flooding back. however, deep down she knew Mahad wouldn't lie to her, not about something as big as this.

the pharaoh, feeling as if he had walked into that one, sat back quietly.

Now he understood the arguments. He had been trying to protect her, but instead it had pushed her away.

The pharaoh inwardly groaned. "And the interactions with Mana had not helped the situation at all either" he says with a sigh.

"oh gods I feel like such an idiot" Christine muttered having completely missed what he had said.

Mahad looked at her questioningly. He had a feeling that he knew what she was going on about, however, he did not say anything.

"i think now would be a good time for you to leave mahad" Christine said feeling as thought she was going to be sick. She needed to talk to the pharaoh...alone.

"are you alright?" the pharaoh asked worriedly as he moved to get up. 

"no. oh gods...what have I done" christine whispered as she darted to the bathroom down the hallway.

Mahad watched her disappear down the hallway with a look of worry but took Christine's advice and disappeared. 

the pharaoh looked confused at what just happened and worried about Christine's reaction. What on earth happened? What was wrong with her?

yugi appeared next to the pharaoh. "and I thought my life was complicated" he said half serious half joking as an attempt to lighten the mood in the room.

christine came back out from the bath room looking pale, but her eyes were down casted. There was guilt etched in every thing about her. 

"are you alright? What's wrong?" the pharaoh asked going over to her helping her over to the couch. He got even more worried. why did she look as though she had just been sentenced to death?...or worse.

"I...I didn't know" Christine said quietly.

"from what Mahad said you weren't supposed to" the pharaoh replied with a slight nod. "I suppose, I should have been more careful about how I handled things" he added thoughtfully.