Juba and Selene’s marriage is rocky from the beginning whatever tender feelings she had for him disappeared as soon as she found out that he participated in the war that led to her parents’ suicides. Getting Octavian to name her Queen of Egypt and give her back her birthright is the only thing on her mind. He has pronounced them king and queen of Mauretania, but Selene doesn’t plan to sit quietly by her husband’s side. Selene is just 14 years old when Emperor Octavian marries her off to Juba, deposed Prince of Numidia and her former tutor. Song of the Nile is the second book in Stephanie Dray’s trilogy about Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, and it picks up right where Lily of the Nile leaves off. “Oh, my poor Selene, you actually thought you could save him.” Juba reached for my chin, cupping it tenderly. So he sent you here, to Mauretania, to the other side of the world.”ĭistraught, I brought my hands to my face and Juba’s hard expression crumbled, as if he regretted saying these things to me. A daughter of Antony was too dangerous to keep in Rome, a daughter of Cleopatra too dangerous in the East. A dangerous girl to have in the East where your parents still have allies and friends. You were a dangerous girl to have in Rome where Isis worshippers invoked you as their champion.
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