“ She comes closer to me. She is beautiful, in the way lightning striking across a storm-swept sky is beautiful: dangerous and distant. Kate Rooper
“ I want to go home.”“Impossible. You’re here now.”“But why?”“Jane Ezrael,” Anubis says, “you’re dead. Kate Rooper
“ And whose heart do you want me to steal?” The words escape me in a whisper.A small smile pricks Aten’s lips. “King Tutankhamen. Leah Rooper
“ If I wasn't discovering something, if I wasn't studying, well then, what was I doing? I know I wouldn’t be happy unless I made a difference. So what was the happiness of a moment worth against the hap… Leah Rooper
“ I could have killed you,” I snarl.“You think you can become a god. You always meddle and change and create. No, that is not the way. What is shall always be. What is known shall always stand.”“Then yo… Kate Rooper
“ He stares blankly, then leaves the room like a ghost—never truly here. I gaze at the doorway. I do not know if he means for me to follow him. It’s a choice then.And I realize that this is no choice at… Kate Rooper
“ Ahhh." Anubis narrows his eyes at me. “I’ve given you inspiration. Now you’re thinking about bringing the lightbulb to ancient Egypt. It would be a hit––all those dark tombs.”You. I was thinking about… Kate Rooper
“ Experiment: Live and love as much as I can, before my particles fall away to wander in stardust. Leah Rooper
“ From beneath the folds of his robes, he reveals a small steel dagger. “You have tempted fate so many times already and still yield to it. Time for history to rewrite itself. Time for Tutankhamen to ha… Kate Rooper
“ His lips are soft and crushing at the same time. I’m not sure what to do—is there an algorithm for kissing? Kate Rooper
“ I bet if I were pharaoh, I’d have had my tomb planned and designed by the time I was ten. I've always wanted to be five steps ahead of where I am. And my mind does it right now: I picture the king on… Leah Rooper
“ Do you really think that Tutankhamen would have taken a chance on some pale girl with pretty eyes had you not been the priestess of Anubis?”“You did.” The words fall out of me.“What?”I look up at him.… Leah Rooper
“ Well, it’s probably a good thing Anubis didn’t kiss me. I would have died all over again. Kate Rooper
“ I know precisely what honor is, Heracles. Honor is the artifice kings sell the peasants’ sons so that they may fight and die without pay. Honor is what drives a peaceful man to bloody vengeance. Honor… Jonathan Maas
“ I’ve heard the name before: Anubis. An Egyptian name. The name of a god.The god of the dead. Kate Rooper
