Cleopatra Confesses

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Berenike frightens me more than ever. I avoid her when I can and force a smile when I cannot, but I am never at ease. Sometimes I arrange a stealthy meeting with Charmion, but each time requires us to find a new and secret place, and I am reluctant to put her at risk. I wonder if I will always live in fear. I am growing thin. Sleep does not come easily, though Irisi and Monifa have moved their beds to block my door. There are no limits to what Berenike will do. She is nineteen years old. Where ...does she find the strength of will for such things?
Then, only months after doing away with the unfortunate Seleucus, Berenike chooses a new husband, Archelaus, son of the king of Pontus in Asia Minor. She arranges another brilliant celebration, and her supporters rejoice, apparently forgetting all about the ill fate of Seleucus. Archelaus is rough and shaggy looking, laughs at his own jokes like a braying donkey, and spends his days out hunting, but he is not boorish like Saltfish Monger. His first official act as king is to banish Bubu.
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