THE QUEEN!? The thought screamed and ravished inside his mind.
"Don't look so surprised," Aton chuckled, his steps steady as he walked. Talking as if he already knew the answer to this question even before coming here. "Who else in this Palace who is greedy enough to perhaps accept an offer made by the Emperor of Persia?" he hinted.
Azar hated the way he talked in riddles all the time but, this has always been the Pharaoh's way of talking. He never gives you the answer easily, he has got to make you twist and turn a full round around your axis, till you find your answer yourself.
At least it's better than him keeping me completely in the dark. Azar sighed. I guess he has to tell me something if he excepts me to stop the next attack.
