She cradled him against her, not knowing how she could bear to give up her first, her dearest, son.īut Caesarion stepped back, rubbing his hand on his dusky face to wipe away the tears. He looked up, tears ran down his face and he embraced her, pressing his wet cheek on her shoulder. We will always be a part of one another…always.” “My darling, you know that nothing ever can truly separate us. Blinking back her own tears, Cleopatra tenderly took his face in her hands and pressed her lips to his forehead as she had done since he was a small boy. Her heart constricted and for a moment she couldn’t speak. I’ve seen enough to know if I leave here, I’ll never see you again.” The boy looked shaken and tears sprung into his eyes. You can’t block out your gifts that completely.” If you and the twins die, the trust dies too.” She stared at him, frustrated at his unwillingness to hear her words. “It’s too much! We may have their blood but we’re still mortal!” Do you still not understand what it is to be Pharaoh? It is your blood Caesarion––the living blood of the Gods.” The scribes in the temple could not on a thousand scrolls contain the information which lives in one cell of your body. That secret knowledge lives in your heart. “You turn away from your gifts, but you cannot deny divine blood flows through your veins. Yes, the mighty Caesar’s blood flows in your veins, but it’s nothing compared to the lineage I have given you!”Ĭaesarion stared angrily at the floor, but Cleopatra reached for his shoulders, which still felt so childish in her hands, and forced him to look her squarely in the face. Learn from his mistakes! Do you think you can do anything to save me here in Alexandria? You cannot! But you can live Caesarion and you can protect your brother and sister and see that they live. “I warned your father of his impending death the night before his murder,” she reminded him, “and he wouldn’t listen.

This was indeed the son of the impossibly stubborn Caesar. “The greatest general who ever lived! Would he have run away and left you in the hands of your enemies?”Ĭleopatra felt her own irritation rising. “Yes, I’m Julius Caesar’s son!” cried Caesarion, his face glowing.

Don’t you understand this puts you in greater peril from Octavian than anyone on this earth?”

“Antony has abandoned us, yet again, and leaves us to be conquered by Rome! Antony will not save you, Mother. “Antony’s legions!” He spat the words out.

Cleopatra's Secret by Lydia Storm