The Eye of Ra by Dakota Chase

The Eye of Ra by Dakota Chase

Author:Dakota Chase [Chase, Dakota]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult
ISBN: 978-1-63533-370-1
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-05-16T04:00:00+00:00


Chapter Twelve

I WAS saved from trying to feed myself to the hippos by our arrival at Giza.

The riverbank here was nothing like the bustling beach at Memphis. There were very few people washing or fishing; I suppose not many folks wanted to live in the shadow of three tombstones, no matter how great the pharaohs, whose bodies lay buried there, had been. It would be like living next to a graveyard… a little too creepy for my tastes, anyway. Plus, Memphis was where the pharaoh lived, and that’s where all the activity was centered. I supposed it would be like comparing New York City or Washington, DC, with any small town in the US. If you wanted peace and quiet, you moved to the suburbs. If you wanted glamour and excitement, you got an apartment in the city.

The pyramids were much closer, of course, and just as I’d suspected, they were enormous. Rising above the desert dunes and small town set back from the river, they were gleaming brilliant white in the sun. The very tip of the largest one, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, glittered gold as the light caught it. I had to admit—even if it was just to myself—that it was pretty cool to see them for real and not just as a picture in a book.

We could see the Sphinx from the river too. With the head of a man and the body of a lion, it reminded me of a gigantic chess piece sitting there. I could almost imagine a colossal hand reaching down from the sky and moving it across a board only the gods could see.

Chess! Jeez. Was I turning into a geek, or what? It was as if being sent back in time was sucking the coolness right out of me. If I wasn’t careful, I’d be quoting Shakespeare and crap before I knew it.

I risked a glance at Grant, even though I really didn’t want to talk to him at the moment. I was still too embarrassed by him overhearing me mumble in my sleep about kissing him to chance drawing him into a conversation.

It’d been a really good dream too, at least, what I could remember of it. We were at the lake near my hometown, and were floating on a wide raft, just him and me. It was hot, and we were in our swimsuits. He looked really good in his, I remember. We were just lying there, and I looked over at him, and then suddenly, we were kissing.

You know how it is in dreams… things never happen in them like they do in real life. I knew we’d probably never be at the lake together, or lying on a raft, and certainly not sucking face. Still, it was a really good kiss and a really good dream, and I was a little pissed at Grant for ruining it for me by busting my chops about it.

He was too busy staring at the pyramids to notice me, though. His green eyes were as wide as saucers, and his mouth was hanging open.



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