Realisation

~A battle unseen rages all around us. You don't have to see it to believe it. The darkness is seductive, but there is no greater pleasure than life from the place of light.~ Author.

But the Angels never left her side. Not during the day nor the night. And it infuriated Akhenaten, it made him uneasy.

Akhenaten laid on his bed in his private chamber, one hand behind his head.

He stared blankly at the ceiling, thoughts of her filled his mind.

'Don't harden your heart Akhenaten....'

'I won't leave because I believe there's good in you.'

He heard her soft voice clearly as it echoed in his mind.

He sat up, his eyes lowered.

He remembered how her eyes had held such sincerity in them when she'd said those words to him.

He buried his face in his palm.

She could have left, gone, free from him forever, but she'd chosen to stay.

'Why?'

'Why would she?'

He sat at the edge of his bed his head bowed.