Eli, t:he Nor/(th+’s deadlies#-t assassin, i(nfiltrates/ a roy?%a*l fea[
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[e da)ncer. His mission: seduc e Kade+!-sh, th% e untouchable High Pr =\i/@est, $= an@d# steal the sac+red Sca]:rab Seal.But the/(: m-oment Kade:sh carrie #s him into+[ hi%.s chambers, Eli’s id\+:enti!`ty][(% %_is exposed. Thrown into a sacr_+!e?%d pool an]`d l ^oc=ke`.d in =#chains, Eli finds hi:+^s lif;e *;con _trolled by Kadesh’s)( po(ison . He i
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e a rival pries[=t—then sent  to the Phara_oh a!s, ., a bedmate a
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_!The Pharaoh sees )=th(_^e de#si+$
re neither man ( .dare,s admi!t. He marks Eli wi,$th a whip,$+ co,mma%@n(ds h??%im to pe#rf /orm the da nc\$=e? #@` meant# %;/only fo;r Kadesh, and wh
)is\=+!pers:“Tell: *me… wh/at is :[!#$Kad*esh like in be+.)d?”Kadesh han#_/ded El)$i over w[[^it/.]h h+%(%is own hand-s. *But can he r?eally r
es/i st taking him back?