: : Summary : : Story about the other ancient lovers....
�Now that you have met, hopefully you two will get along, because both of you will be spending a lot of time together,� said Seti with both of them under each arm.
� Yes father,� said Nefertiri not being able to contain her happiness.
�Yes your highness,� said Tefen
�Now, I must go speak with Imhotep, the high priest, you will soon meet him Tefen,� said Seti with a big grin on his face.
All Tefen could do was smile
As Seti walked out, Nefertiri began to walk towards Tefen.
�Oh Tefen, I thought I would never see you again� said an overjoyed Nefertiri as she threw herself on Tefen.
Happy to see his love again, yet angry for the way she left him, he removed her arms from his shoulders.
�What is wrong Tefen, are you not happy to see me?� asked she
�You ask me what is wrong? How can you ask me such a question PRINCESS,� said a stern Tefen
�Tefen, I was going to give this all up for you, just for you, but one of father�s Med-jai found me and made me come back to the palace,� said Nefertiri
� You know how I waited for you, how worried I have been, how I have not slept thinking of your whereabouts. No of course you do not, your highness. You could not comprehend. I have heard you like to play with people�s feelings, and I�m sure you had a laugh with mine.� Replied a hurt Tefen.
�No, no it is not like that, I never meant��
�You never meant for me to fall for you like an idiot and then leave me worriedly with no word.
�Tefen please believe me, I love you, I never meant to hurt you.� She said reaching for his hand.
�But you did, and now I will try to cut you out of my heart. From now on, you are princess Nefertirti, and I am your bodyguard.
�But you are not, I love you,� she said with tears in her eyes.
�Now princess, I know it is time for your lessons, we should be on our way or you will be late.� He said trying to ignore what she had just said.
Tefen gestured for her, and Nefertiri began to walk because she knew that he would not change his mind. Nefertiri walked with Tefen following. She would occasionally turn her head slightly to observe him following. As they walked, he began to think of how much he loved her, bur that thought was soon replaced with another thought of the impossibility of their love.
Once in her study room, Nefertiti noticed a women she had never seen before. She looked 2 years Nefertiri�s senior.
�Hello, You must be the princess Nefertiri,� said the women with a sly voice.
�Yes, and you are?� said she, eyeing the women carefully.
�I am Anck-su-namun, your sai teacher and your father�s intendent.�
The lesson soon began. During the lesson, Nefertiri tried to hurt Anck-su-namun, but it being her first time, she failed. Tefen watched amused as he saw the young princess trying so very hard and fail, that ability of hers to put all her strength caused him to love her more. The first lesson was quickly over. Nefertiri arranged her things and walked towards the door, Tefen had seen that she had gotten hurt. He wanted to touch her so badly, but did not let himself do so because he would not be able to contain himself. Once they reached her room, Tefen stayed at the door, while Nefertiri closed the door and began to cry. She cried for her failure in the lesson and mostly for feeling she had lost the love of her life. Outside Tefen could hear her cries. He wanted so badly to break the door and take her in his arms, but reality came into place.
The next day before the sun had crept back, Tefen sat at her door waiting. He heard he door being opened and directed his face towards it. Nefertiri called upon one of the servants to bring her breakfast. She invited Tefen, and he reluctantly accepted. Once breakfast arrived, Nefertiri began preparing a dish for Tefen and another for herself. The servant watched with the familiarity with which Nefertiri used in gathering the food and also her treatment towards him. Tefen at that moment felt uncomfortable with the servant�s presence and the way Nefertiri was treating him in front of her. She was treating him the way she did in his home where he did not know she was a princess. Nefertiri noticed the servants� watchful eyes on her and sent her away. Tefen continued standing and Nefertiri gestured for him to accompany her. This time his answer was a firm no. She sat, and told him that if he did not eat, she would not also. He finally accepted at seeing the seriousness in her tone.
The days quickly passed in the same fashion, until one day after her daily lesson with Anch-su-namun there occurred an intense interaction between the two. Tefen watched the way Anck-su-namun had set Nefertiri a trap and with the way that Nefertiri had easily fallen into it. On that particular day Seti had decided to visit. He had missed the way Anck-su-namun had cunningly caused the fight, and having missed that he soon placed blame on Nefertiri for her attacks. After having been scolded by her father, Nefertiri ran out of the room trying to hold her tears back. Tefen quickly followed her. In her room, he found her sobbing away at the unfairness of her father�s treatment.
Without thinking and just wanting to comfort her, Tefen threw his arms around her and both were quickly seduced into kisses that sparked the love that had been kept away, but it was now once again ignited like never before. Before anything else happened, that both would regret, Tefen backed away.
�We shouldn�t. I am your bodyguard. I can�t touch you,� said Tefen holding her away from him.
�But no one will know if we do not tell,� said she getting closer to him.
�No, it will not be proper. I AM YOUR BODYGUARD!� he said raising his voice.
She just stood in front of him. No expression on her face, no feeling, but she never looked more beautiful to him. He could not contain himself the temptation any longer. He had to kiss her. He rushed up to her and grabbed her neck and kissed her with such a ferocity that burned both their lips. Without parting, they moved to the bed, and tripped over the ledge. He looked into her eyes and asked, �do you wish to stop?� she looked into his eyes and pulled him in for more.