Cambyses's Preparations (Part-5)

As Cambyses approached the front door, she spotted everyone she had wanted to meet was bunched up altogether in a group at the very front steps of the manor.

There was Nanazin, her three daughters, the twins, Ophenia and lastly Gelene, all dressed in a way she had never met them before.

Their faces had none of the usual makeup, and their usually immaculate hair now appeared disheveled, and adding the fact they were without their usual expensive jewelry on them, these women whom Cambyses had come to know for some time actually appeared a bit distant from a distance.

But it was only normal given the urgency of the situation, and so all the women could be seen only wearing a heavy cloak over their presumably light sleepwear, while their feet still had the soft leather indoor shoes designed specifically to walk over the soft carpets, instead of the appropriate ones for outdoor travel.