The chapter starts in ancient Egypt, where a forbidden romance has developed between the son of the high priest and Valora, who is one of the queen?s female bodyguards, which ends in violence and death...but not before a ritual is performed that binds their souls together for all eternity. The ritual involves crystal shards from a powerful and mysterious orb. An orb that our two lovers will spend many lifetimes trying to keep out of the hands of people who would use it for evil in upcoming chapters of the story