Growing up as the youngest, not only in her family, but in her entire village, Kara had always felt lonely. Even when Cairo and Ramses left their manly duties to play with her, while comforting, it never filled the void because they didn’t quite understand her. Neither did she understand why she was the only one without wrinkles or gray hair. The loneliness had plagued her through her entire life, but it had unknowingly made her stronger.

For it was that loneliness that gave ...