What Would You Ask the Goddess? Snippet from HEIRESS OF THE NILE

The snippet from near the beginning of the novel. Pebatma, whose noble family has fallen on hard times, has grown sad and distressed and a kindly priestess has invited her to sit and rest:

Feeling as if she’d lost control of the situation, Pebatma allowed herself to be drawn through a narrow door she’d never noticed before and walked into a cool, green garden. A fountain played lazily in the center and the overflow ran in a burbling stream until it disappeared from sight. The smell of the blue l...