Chapter 12 Summary

Amelia realizes she is not entirely immune to the feelings she has been having about Emerson. After all, being in love is a state she never expected to enter. But with the gunshot and Emerson's drop to the floor, absolutely everything has flown from her head except Emerson's well-being. Her relief, when he tells her he was only hit by a piece of flying rock, is staggering. Testing Lucas, Emerson places a shirt on the end of a walking stick and holds it outside the tomb. Another shot rings out. Emerson and Amelia are trapped. They put the time to good use comparing their ideas and suspicions without the sarcastic and caustic behavior that has typified their relationship so far. Emerson has known for quite some time that Lucas had lied about when he arrived at Amarna. He actually arrived prior to the...