Behind Her Eyes

In the lands and times of Ancient Egypt, the king’s seer has had a vision that the king and his line would fall. His kingdom would feel the weight of this as well with famine and death. Never having been wrong before, the king believes, Darwish, his seer and friend. Even when he tells him the atrocity against his own people that must be done to save his lands and his family. The king trust him wholeheartedly, that was his first mistake. Darwish believes he has saved his secret by coaxing the king into this, until the one he sought to remove from his lands, and this world, comes back. What will he do now knowing that his fate is tied to the one who got away. Zahara was born with eyes that would stop anyone. She is just a young child, barely able to walk straight when the decree is enacted all in the name to save the kingdom. She is whisked away and raised as someone other than she is. Then, she must returned to her first home as she has been called to marry the prince. A burden and honor she never thought to be hers. Hesitant as she is only just realizing that her eyes are not just for seeing things that are happening now, but also the past and the future. How can she marry into the royal family with such a secret, will they accept her? Will she find the true reason that she has been given this gift? Or will she finally meet the end that she was saved from so many years ago?