Anubis Nights by Gary Jonas Read Free Book Online

you’re wearing boxer briefs. You’ll want to take those off now. They didn’t have underwear in ancient Egypt.”
    “But this kilt can easily ride up, and I’ll be flashing everyone if I go commando.”
    Sharon shook her head. “Egyptians didn’t have hang-ups about sex or genitalia. In fact, many workers didn’t bother to wear clothing when they were out in the fields. Lose the underwear.”
    “Hell,” Brand said. “I’d love to go to ancient Egypt. I could walk around with my dick out all day long. It would wave to the ladies.”
    “Good thing you’re going to the old west, then,” I said. I pulled off my underwear and carried it back to the men’s room. As I walked back to Rayna, who had finished her call, I kept adjusting the kilt, trying to keep it from exposing me too much.
    Rayna laughed. “Your balls are showing.”
    “Yeah, thanks for that.” I twisted on the kilt, and the damn thing came right off.
    “Dude!” Brand said, covering his eyes. “I don’t need to see that.”
    Chronos watched all of this from where he sat. He closed his eyes, shook his head, and pointed to the men’s room. “Go on in there, and I’ll show you how to wrap the kilt.”
     
    KELLY CHAN
     
    Sharon came into the locker room. “I understand you’re having some difficulties.”
    “I didn’t sign up to be a Vegas showgirl,” I said. “These straps don’t allow for any modesty.”
    “Nudity wasn’t a big deal back then. Women walked around bare chested or with one breast exposed in many cases.”
    “I’d rather not do that.”
    “Because you have small breasts?”
    “No. I’m just more modest than that.”
    “You’ll need to blend in.”
    “I’m clearly not Egyptian, so I’m not going to blend in. Can’t I just wear ancient Chinese clothing?”
    “You will be wearing an amulet. That amulet will cast a spell to make you look Egyptian.”
    “What about Jonathan?”
    “The amulet won’t work on him, so he’ll be a foreigner.”
    “If the magic is in the amulet, it should work to make others see him differently.”
    Sharon sighed. “You may be right, but it’s a moot point because I didn’t prepare an amulet for him.”
    “I guess he can pretend to be Jewish, though he doesn’t look the part. They had Jewish people in Egypt, right? I mean, the Bible talks about it in Genesis and Exodus.”
    “I’ve never been to ancient Egypt myself. At that time I was in the Underworld, ferrying souls from an alternate dimension. However, in my studies, I’ve found no historical evidence to show anything definitive about Jewish people in Egypt until the time of Ptolemy. I’m sure there were some, of course, but the Egyptians don’t mention them.”
    I let Sharon help wrap the material around me. It left my right breast exposed.
    “You said we were going to have me covered.”
    “No, I said you needed to blend in.”
    I shook my head. “Unreal.”
    “We’re running out of time. Let’s get back out there. We need to send you through before the doorway closes. Will you be able to duplicate the dress as I’ve shown you?”
    “Yes.”
    “Excellent. Let’s go.”
    I shook my head again but followed her out onto the main floor.
     
    JONATHAN SHADE
     
    Chronos tried to teach me to wrap the kilt. When he did it, the kilt would stay on. When I wrapped it, I would be exposed as I walked.
    “This is not a big deal,” Chronos said.
    “Don’t say it’s not a big deal when you’re talking about my junk. In fact, I don’t want you talking about my junk. Understand?”
    “I was not referring to your . . . junk, though you have a very nice penis.”
    “Come on, man. You’re as old as time, so you should know better than to say things like that.”
    “Through much of history, men have been bisexual.”
    “Whatever gets you through the night, but I’m for women only.”
    “Charon didn’t mention you were so small-minded.”
    I laughed. “Are you hitting on me?”
    “If we had time, I would