Scrib!fic - YGO - The Nomads (Ch1)
Title and Link: The Nomads
Author: Scribbler
Fandom: YGO
Rating: T
Chapter: 1 - A Very Good Place to Start
Summary: Egypt is in turmoil. The old Pharaoh is dead, prophets predict dark days ahead, and war with neighbouring countries threatens. Prince Atem awaits his coronation, uncertain and grieving. His court is behind him, but treachery seems poised to end his reign early. Then, against all odds, a chance encounter with a nomad girl forever changes the path of his future - and the future of all Egypt.
Excerpt:
The boy was no threat. He’d been badly wounded. When she pulled aside the reeds she could see the jagged slash along his thigh, and the dirt encrusted along the edge of the wound. His face was sweaty and drawn with pain and fear.
Her first response was the call her father, but the boy grabbed her wrist.
“Please don’t,” he begged. “They’ll kill me.”
“Who will?”
“The men of your village.”
“Why would they do that?”
“They’ll think I’m a spy.”