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  'Loosen the harness; and give the horses a rest;' she suggested。
  
  Nefer hesitated; then shook his head。 It was against his training: in a detached and unsupported position such as this; he must have the vehicle ready for any sudden alarm or excursion。 He jumped down and went to fill the bucket from the waterskin to water the horses。 Mintaka came to help him。 They worked side by side in silence。
  
  Now that the moment they had both longed for had arrived; they were shy and tongue…tied。 Suddenly they turned to each other simultaneously; and spoke in unison。
  
  Nefer said; 'I wanted to tell you…'
  
  Mintaka said; 'I think that we should…'
  
  They stopped and laughed shyly; standing close together in the shade。 Mintaka blushed and looked down at her feet; and Nefer stroked the head of his stallion。
  
  'What were you going to say?'
  
  'It was nothing。 Nothing important。' She shook her head and he saw that she was blushing。 He so loved to watch the colour bloom in her cheeks。 She was still not looking at him; and her voice was so soft as to be barely audible as she asked in her turn; 'What were you going to say?'
  
  'When I think that you will be gone in just a few more days' time; I feel as though my right arm has been cut off; and I want to die。'
  
  'Oh; Nefer。' She looked up at him and her eyes were huge and liquid with the turmoil and rapture of first love。 'I love you。 I do truly love you。'
  
  In the same instant they both lunged for each other; and their teeth came together with a click。 His lower lip was caught between them and a drop of blood oozed from the nick; so their kiss was salt flavoured。 Their embrace was unpractised and unrehearsed; clumsy and frenzied。 It evoked wild and uncontrolled feelings in both of them。 They clung together; moaning with the strength of these new sensations。 Even though her body was flattened against his; he tried to pull her closer still; while she clung harder as though to weld their separate flesh into one entity; like potter's clay。 She reached up and twisted her fingers into his thick dusty curls and said; 'Oh! Oh!' but her voice was blurred。
  
  'I don't want to lose you。' He broke the kiss。 'I never want to lose you。'
  
  'I don't want to leave you ever…ever!' she gasped; and they kissed again; if possible even more furiously than before。 From here onwards they were in unexplored realms of mind and body。 They rode together on a chariot that was out of their control drawn by the runaway horses of love and desire。
  
  Still clinging together they sank down on the soft white sand of the wadi bottom; and clawed at each others bodies as though they were enemies。 Their eyes were wild and unseeing; their breathing ragged and broken。 The linen of her skirt tore like papyrus parchment in his hands; and he reached through the opening。 She moaned as though in mortal agony but her thighs fell apart and she went limp and pliable。 Neither had any inkling of where this was leading。 All Nefer wanted was to feel his bare skin against her smoothness。 It was a deep need on which his very life seemed to depend。 He ripped away his own apron and they pressed their bodies together; both absorbed in the ecstatic sensation of her warm young flesh against his hardness。 Then without any conscious thought he began to move against her; rocking rhythmically; and she rode his movements as thought she were flying in a chariot over rough ground。
  
  Then abruptly she felt something hard pressing imperiously at the very portals of her womanhood; and she experienced the almost undeniable urge to meet thrust with thrust; to help him break through; to wele him into her soft; secret places。
  
  Then reality rushed back upon her。 She kicked out wildly; arching her back and struggling with renewed strength like a gazelle in the jaws of a hunting cheetah。 She tore her mouth from his and screamed; 'No; Nefer! You promised! By Horus' wounded eye; you promised!'
  
  He sprang away from her; recoiling as though from a slash with a chariot whip。 He stared at her with wide and terrified eyes。 His voice was hoarse and panting; as though he had run far and fast。 'Mintaka; my love; my darling。 I don't know what happened to me。 It was a madness。 I did not intend it。' He made a despairing gesture。 'I would rather die than break my oath; and bring dishonour upon you。'
  
  Her breathing was so laboured that she could not answer him at once。 She averted her eyes from his naked body; and he went on piteously; 'Please don't hate me。 I did not know what was happening。'
  
  'I don't hate you; Nefer。 I could never hate you。' His distress was too much to bear; she wanted to throw herself back into his arms and to fort him。 But she knew how dangerous that would be。 She used the wheel of the chariot to pull herself to her feet。 'I am as much at fault as you are。 I should never have let that happen。' Her legs trembled under her; and she tried to push her hair back off her face with both hands。
  
  He stood up guiltily; took one step towards her but when she recoiled he stopped at once。 'I have torn your skirt;' he said。 'I did not mean to。'
  
  She looked down; and saw how blatantly she was exposed…she was almost as naked as he was。 Hastily she pulled the ripped ends together and stepped further from him。 'You must dress yourself;' she whispered; and despite herself she looked down at him。 He was so lovely; and she felt desire rise again。 She forced herself to look away。 He stooped quickly; gathered up the discarded chiton and fastened it around his waist。
  
  They stood in guilty; awkward silence。 Desperately Mintaka searched for words to distract them both from this terrible moment。 Her own body came to her aid。 She became aware of a real and pressing fullness in her bladder。 'I must go!'
  
  'No;' he pleaded。 'I did not mean it。 Forgive me。 It won't happen again。 Stay with me。 Don't leave me。'
  
  She smiled shakily; 'No。 You don't understand。 I will be gone for a short while only。' She made an unmistakable gesture with the hands holding her torn skirt together。 'I won't be long。'
  
  His relief was almost pathetic。 'Oh; I understand。 I will make the chariot ready。' He turned to the horses; and she left him and picked her way deeper into the grove of thorn trees。
  
  *  *  *
  
  The lion watched her e through the trees towards where he lay。 He flattened his ears against his skull; and pressed his body closer to the stony earth。
  
  He was an old beast; past his prime。 There were grey hairs in the dark; shaggy bush of his mane。 His back had once had a bluish sheen; but now it was lightly frosted with age。 His teeth were worn and stained; and one of the long fangs was broken off close to the gum。 Although he could still pull down a full…grown bullock and kill it with a single blow of one of his huge paws; his claws were worn and blunted so that it was difficult for him to cling to more agile prey。 The previous night he had missed an oryx; and his hunger was a dull; insistent pain in his gut。
  
  He watched the human creature with yellow eyes; and his upper lip lifted in a silent snarl。 As a cub his dam had taught him to feed on the dead flesh that they scavenged from the battlefields。 He did not have the natural repugnance that most other carnivorous animals feel for the taste of human flesh。 Over the years he had killed and feasted upon this meat whenever the opportunity presented itself。 He saw this creature e towards him through the low scrub as natural prey。
  
  Mintaka stopped fifty paces short of where he lay; and looked around her。 The instinct of the lion during the stalk was to avoid the direct gaze of its prey。 He kept his head low to the ground and hooded his eyes to slits。 This was not the moment for the attack; and his tail was held stiff and low。
  
  Mintaka stepped behind the trunk of one of the trees; crouched down and voided her bladder。 The lion's snout creased into deep wrinkles as he picked up the sharp scent of her urine。 It quickened his interest。 Mintaka stood again and let her torn skirt drop back around

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