Neferet screamed as arrows pierced Asar's back, one after another.
He turned to her, blood staining his lips. "Forgive me," he whispered.
As he fell, the temple's torches flickered - an omen.
Hathor, the goddess of love, had turned away.
Neferet stood before the High Priest, her hands bound.
"Asar's soul is lost," Ra-Hotep declared. "And you, Priestess, must atone for his sins."
She accepted her fate.
Her only regret? That she never told him she forgave him.