For your reading pleasure, here is the final update of His Reincarnated Princess. Enjoy! :)

Though Evie didn't want Imhotep's immortality to be taken away, she couldn't think of a different solution so she hurried and did as he had told her. She flipped the golden cover of the Book of Amun-ra open and started turning to the right page.

Suddenly Johan lunged forwards in an attempt to get past Imhotep and get to her. Alarmed, Evie jumped back and Rick and Ardeth hurriedly moved her behind them protectively. In an instant, Imhotep darted before the Priest and forcefully shoved him causing Johan to fly backwards across the room and hit the far wall. With a determined stride, Imhotep began to cross the room to go and confront the Priest.

"Hurry Evie while they both are busy." Rick urged her.

Evie hurriedly began flipping through the pages again. She had just reached the correct page and was scanning it, looking for the incantation, when Jonathon's nervous voice made her pause.

"Uhh...what is happening with that?" Jonathon was looking toward the Seth statue with an alarmed expression.

Evie directed her attention towards the statue and saw the face of Seth wearing an absolutely livid expression.

"He isn't too happy now is he?" Rick commented wryly.

Abruptly the statue began to shake and the ground beneath them rumbled. All the while the two Priests across the room were locked in an immortal fight, using their powers against the other. Now having found the incantation, Evie started reading it aloud with a loud voice.

Across the room the two Priests instantly halted. Johan seemed stricken and shocked while a flicker of recognition and sorrow crossed Imhotep's face. Though neither Imhotep nor Evie wished for this to have to happen, Evie continued to read the chant knowing it was needed. There was no stopping it now.

A loud popping sound caused Evie to jump and she paused for a brief moment to see where it had come from. The smoke writhing portal that had shown the god Seth's face had snapped shut and disappeared.

Johan had noticed this as well and realized that Seth had abandoned him. He turned away from Imhotep and began to flee towards the temple doorway. Imhotep however was fast on the Priest of Seth's heels and having caught up to the Priest, Imhotep held him in place with an unbreakable grip. After saying the last words of the incantation, Evie looked up and across the room at the two Priests.

There came the sound of a whip and the neighing of horses. They all looked toward the doorway of the temple to see a blue misty portal to the underworld open. Out of it emerged the same chariot of horses and driver from the underworld that had appeared three years ago. The chariot raced forwards and passed over the two Priests, taking their misty immortal forms with it. It then turned and went back through the portal without leaving a trace of it behind.

Seeming to realize that his doom was imminent, Johan brandished the ceremonial knife and swung it at Imhotep. Evie felt like her heart had leapt into her throat due to her fear for Imhotep's life. However to Evie's relief, Imhotep dodged the lethal attack and in a swift move twisted the knife out of Johan's grasp. Before Johan had time to truly register what had just happened, Imhotep plunged the blood stained dagger into Johan's chest.

Johan gasped in shock and pain at the blade piercing his chest. Imhotep released Johan and took a step back as Johan collapsed to the stone floor. None of them moved as Johan lay there, experiencing his last moments before his eyes closed and he took his last breath.

Complete silence filled the chamber and Imhotep looked up and over at Evie. Their eyes met and a sense of relief and warmth flooded through her. Imhotep had been able to keep his promise to her. He had saved her from being bound to Seth. And even now from across the room, Evie could sense his deep love for her.

"Now it's only down to one." Rick remarked, raising the scimitar to a battle ready position, his gaze locked on Imhotep.

There was the metallic sound of a sword being drawn as Ardeth withdrew a second somewhat shorter scimitar from his robes.

Evie realized that they were preparing themselves to attack Imhotep, planning for his death, and it stirred fear within her. For Imhotep no longer had his powers nor a weapon to defend himself. And she didn't have a weapon to help defend him either. This is what she had feared would happen and her mind raced on how to prevent it for she couldn't bear for Imhotep to be killed.

With the Book of Amun-ra still in her hands, Evie stepped out in front of Rick and Ardeth, putting herself in between them and Imhotep. Facing them, she squared her shoulders.

"You can't kill him." Evie stated, resolutely.

"What do you mean we can't kill him? His immortality is gone so he can be killed." Rick replied, giving her a quizzical look.

"Let me rephrase that. I won't let you kill him." Evie declared.

"And why not?" Rick asked skeptically.

Evie halfway turned to cast her gaze back at Imhotep and their gazes locked again. In that moment as she looked upon him, she knew.

"Because I love him." Evie said, her tone now soft.

When her declaration was met with silence, Evie looked back at Rick, Ardeth and Jonathon who wore expressions of utter astonishment. Jonathon even stared at her, his mouth gaping open in shock.

"Evie you can't be serious." Jonathon remarked incredulously.

Evie turned her gaze back to Imhotep and gave him a soft smile as she replied to Jonathon. "Actually I'm completely serious."

With a slow stride, Imhotep began to walk towards her. Though he didn't understand their words, he still could decipher the situation. His princess was trying to keep the others from attacking him. She was trying to help save him.

Imhotep stopped next to Evie and offered her his hand. Without a moment's hesitation Evie took it and allowed him to pull her close to him.

"What did you tell them?" Imhotep asked her, his eyes searching hers.

"That I won't let them kill you because…" Evie paused, holding his gaze. "I love you Imhotep."

Instantly he wore a wide grin and his face lit up in happiness upon hearing her declaration of love for him. He briefly closed his eyes, savoring this moment that he had endured so much for and waited so long for. His princess reciprocated his love!

"As Nefertiri I hadn't realized that I loved you until after it was too late. And now I've fallen in love with you again. I'm sorry you've had to wait so long." Evie told him, her voice soft.

Imhotep gave her a genuine smile as he looked upon her beautiful face. "It no longer matters, now that we can be together."

Unaware of the words that they spoke but fully aware of the way they were looking at each other, Rick shook his head. "He's the bad guy, Evie."

Evie directed her attention over to Rick, seeing that he, Ardeth and Jonathon were not ready to accept any of this. Which was understandable because they had no reason to view him as anything other than the enemy, but that would have to change.

Ardeth nodded in agreement with Rick's words. "As a Med-Jai I'm sworn to keep him in his grave."

Evie glanced at each of them in turn. "I know it's going to be difficult to think of him as anything other than the enemy. All of our previous encounters with him were not good ones but it was all due to a huge misunderstanding. He is not the enemy. Everything he has done, it was all because of his love for me."

Evie looked to Ardeth. "I imagine that it was Ramses, Seti's son who succeeded the throne after the death of Seti, who gave the Med-Jai the task of keeping Imhotep in his grave…was it not?"

Ardeth gave a curt nod.

"As a reincarnated Nefertiri, a Princess of Egypt, would you acknowledge me removing this task? Requesting that the Med-Jai no longer seek to keep Imhotep out of this world?" Evie proposed, wanting to find a good resolution to this dilemma.

Silence momentarily fell as Ardeth internally debated this.

"If that is what you wish. Princess." He gave her a respectful nod indicating that even though he wasn't entirely at ease with the decision, he would do as she asked.

"Thank you Ardeth." Evie said as she gave him a polite nod in return.

Ardeth lowered his sword and returned it to its sheath at his side.

"You don't want us to kill him but can we trust that he won't try to kill us?" Rick questioned, eyeing Imhotep a bit warily though he did lower his sword.

Evie turned to Imhotep. "Will you promise me that you won't ever harm them?"

"As long as they do not try to harm me, I will not harm them. I give you my word Nefertiri." Imhotep agreed.

"Good because you will all need to find a way to get along." She replied.

Though Imhotep didn't look thrilled with the idea, he gave an acknowledging nod. "For your sake I will try to do so."

Evie turned her gaze back onto Rick, Ardeth and Jonathon. "He has given me his word that he will not try to hurt you as long as you don't try to hurt him."

Rick gave Imhotep another wary look but shrugged and put away the sword.

"This is going to take some getting used to…my baby sister with the mummy." Jonathon pipped up, glancing between Evie and Imhotep. "I guess this means that you are going to let him bind you to him?"

Rick shook his head in disagreement. "Evie had said that she had to be bound to an immortal. He is not immortal anymore."

"Unless…" An idea began to race through Evie's mind and she began scanning pages of the Book of Amun-ra. "I can restore his immortality."

"Is that even possible?" Rick asked a bit doubtfully.

Continuing her scanning, she shrugged. "Typically what is done can be undone. If the spell to take it away is in here, then there should likely be a spell to restore it."

Having observed the way Evie was scanning through the golden pages of the Book of Amun-ra, Imhotep remarked upon it. "What are you searching for?"

Evie glanced up at him. "A way to restore your immortality."

"You truly wish to be bound together for eternity?" Imhotep happily asked, wanting to confirm that this was indeed what she wanted.

"Yes. I couldn't imagine being bound to anyone else." Evie replied smiling back at him.

Evie flipped to the next page and about halfway down the page, she spotted what she was looking for. "Here it is! It can be done!"

"And you are sure you want to do this Evie?" Rick questioned.

"Without a doubt." Evie stated positively.

Facing Imhotep, Evie began to read the chant aloud. A strong wind began to blow and spiral around Imhotep, who had closed his eyes. Evie pushed a few errant strands of hair away from her eyes and kept reading. When she had finished the chant, she looked up to Imhotep. The wind died down and with a satisfied smile on his face, Imhotep slowly opened his eyes.

"Did it work?" Johnathon asked.

"Was it successful?" Evie asked Imhotep.

Imhotep slowly and minutely motioned upwards with his right hand. The Book of Amun-ra slowly and steadily rose out of Evie's hands and into the air before being suspended in mid-air.

Imhotep gave her a pleased smile. "Yes."

Using his powers he lowered the book back into Evie's hands. "Thank you Nefertiri."

"You are welcome." Stepping closer to him, Evie put the golden book in his hands, further displaying her trust in him.

"Are you ready to go through the ritual?" Imhotep asked her.

Evie nodded affirmatively. "Yes."

"We will perform it in your temple, so it can be further blessed by Isis and Hathor." Imhotep held the Book of Amun-ra in his left hand and offered her his right.

Evie took it but halted Imhotep when he started to head for the temple of Seth's doorway. Imhotep paused, looking to her questioningly. Evie briefly tightened her grip on his reassuringly before looking over at Jonathon, Rick and Ardeth.

"We are going to perform the binding ceremony. You are welcome to come but I'll understand if you don't want to. It would be nice to have you there though." Evie told them, seeking their support even if they were not thrilled about her forever tying herself to Imhotep.

"Of course." Jonathon was the one to answer first. "I can't let my baby sister go through this alone."

Ardeth gave an affirming nod. "I'm at your service Evelyn, Princess Nefertiri."

Evie turned her gaze to Rick, questioningly.

"Even though I'm not a fan of him," Rick indicated Imhotep. "I'm here for you Evie."

Evie let out a relieved breath that she didn't realize she had been holding and gave the three of them a warm, grateful smile. While they weren't thrilled about her decision, it was amazing to see that they truly were there for her no matter what. Glancing around at all four of the men, Evie felt blessed to have such amazing people in her life.

In a quiet procession, they all made their way to her temple, the temple of Nefertiri. When they stepped through the doorway and into the main temple chamber which was filled with golden treasures, the towering statue of her and the statues of Isis and Hathor in either corner, Imhotep led Evie to the center of of the room and stopped next to a golden table. Meanwhile Jonathon, Rick and Ardeth stood frozen in place at the sight of the lavish interior.

Jonathon's mouth gaped open, like a fish's out of water, at the sight of all of the gold. Rick and Ardeth even looked a little awed.

"Evie, why didn't you tell me you were rich!" Jonathon exclaimed.

Evie shrugged. "The thought slipped out of my mind I guess."

"I can't see how it could. It never would have slipped out of my mind." Jonathon remarked.

"It's probably the only thought that wouldn't." Rick commented, causing Evie to laugh and Ardeth to give an amused grin.

"Are you ready Nefertiri?"

Imhotep's voice returned her full attention back to him. She looked deep into his eyes and nodded.

Imhotep placed the Book of Amun-ra on top of the golden table next to them and slid open one of the table drawers. Inside laid a dagger with a golden, jewel encrusted hilt. Evie's heartbeat quickened, anxious about the moment that she was going to have to be stabbed with it. But when her gaze met Imhotep's again and she saw the reassuring look that he gave her, she was able to tame her fear.

"I Imhotep, Priest of Osiris, ask for blessings from Isis, Hathor and Osiris to become eternally bound to the great Princess Nefertiri, the one beloved by all." Imhotep called out.

Imhotep indicated that it was her turn, so she called out in the same fashion that Imhotep had.

"I Evelyn Carnahan, the reincarnation of Princess Nefertiri, ask for blessings from Isis, Hathor and Osiris to become eternally bound to Imhotep, the Priest of Osiris."

In response, the silver blade of the dagger turned into gold. Evie wasn't sure what it meant but Imhotep smiled.

"The gold signifies that they are richly bestowing their blessings on us." He told her.

Imhotep raised his arm, pointing the blade of the dagger at his heart. Then with a swift and fluid movement, he pierced his own heart with the dagger. Just as quickly, he withdrew it from his chest and Evie noticed that the golden blade now glinted with an unearthly glow…visual evidence of a portion of his immortality.

Imhotep took a step closer to her and positioned the knife over her heart, maintaining a reassuring gaze with her to help soothe her fears. Though Evie's fear did spike, she was able to rein it in as she held Imhotep's deep gaze full of love. To show she was ready and that she could handle this, Evie gave him a nod.

Swiftly Imhotep drove the dagger into her heart before withdrawing it just as fast. The sharp intense pain that she felt was crippling but amazingly it vanished almost as quickly as it had come. Instead a feeling unlike any other that she had ever experienced spread through her body. It was strength and it was power. It was elation. It was hope. It was love and devotion.

Imhotep rested the dagger on the table and drew her against him. He captured her lips with hers and as they kissed, Evie reveled in their shared eternal love. Though her eyes were closed as they kissed, Evie became aware of a brilliant light.

Opening her eyes, Evie ended their kiss as she saw with shock that she and Imhotep were the sources of that brilliant light. The two of them were practically glowing. Looking over at Rick, Ardeth and Jonathon, she saw that they were having to shield their eyes from the light that her and Imhotep were giving off.

As the light began to fade, Evie turned her curious and slightly alarmed gaze to Imhotep who smiled happily.

"The light indicates our eternal bond to one another and your rise as an immortal being." Imhotep explained, running his thumb tenderly and lovingly against her cheek.

As she and Imhotep shared another kiss, the last of the bright light faded, returning the room to its normal lighting.

"Are you okay Evie?" Rick asked.

Evie turned her gaze over to him, Jonathon and Ardeth and smiled brightly. "I've never been better."

"Are you sure ole mum because that looked rather painful." Jonathon stated, putting a hand to his chest and cringing at the thought of a dagger piercing his chest.

"I'm fine, Jonathon." Evie laughed. "The immortality I received instantly healed the wound."

"Do you feel different?" Jonathon questioned.

"Yes." Evie nodded. "I feel ageless, like time has no hold on me. I feel strong and full of life."

She gave a teasing smile. "But I'm still Evie. It's not like I've become someone else."

"So, what now?" Jonathon asked.

"We go home." Evie replied.

"Sounds good to me." Rick agreeded.

Jonathon's expression lit up and his gaze darted to the gold filling most of the room.

"Yes Jonathon, you may take some of the gold with you." Evie stated already knowing what Jonathon had been about to ask.

"I'll go get some saddle bags to put the gold in." Jonathon excitedly said before whirling about and heading out of the temple doorway.

"I better go with him to make sure he doesn't get lost." Rick remarked before leaving the room.

Outside under the late afternoon sun and just outside the exterior wall of Hamunaptra, Evie sat atop of her camel, her jewelry glistening under the sun's rays. Astride his own camel, Imhotep was at her left while Jonathon and Rick were to her right. Each of them had a saddle bag full of gold on the backs of their camels. Ardeth, who was seated atop a camel that was standing directly before them all, did not have a saddle bag full of gold. Instead it held the golden Book of Amun-ra that she had given over to him for him and his fellow Med-Jai to keep safe.

Ardeth bid Rick and Jonathon farewell and gave a somewhat reluctant but polite nod to Imhotep before turning his gaze upon Evie.

"The Med-jai's purpose in the ancient times was to protect and serve the pharaoh and the royal family. We, the Med-Jai are sworn to do so. Now that we know we have a reincarnated royal among us, the oath back then still holds for today. If you have any need of us Evelyn, Princess Nefertiri, just call upon the Med-Jai and we will aid you."

"May god be with you." Ardeth gave them the blessing salute of the Med-Jai before he started out across the desert to return home.

Turning their camels towards the direction of Cairo, they began their slow journey back home. Imhotep had offered to get them there faster using his sand tornado form, but Rick and Jonathon had instantly refused muttering that they preferred traditional means of travel. Evie had found the exchange comical but Rick and Jonathon had found it less than amusing.

Looking ahead out at the distant horizon, Evie mused over this latest adventure and marveled at the way everything had turned out. Never in a million years could she have predicted that she would fall for Imhotep and become eternally bound to him. When Evie glanced over at Imhotep, he noticed her gaze and gave her a warm smile. Once again seeing their shared love reflected in his eyes, she knew without a doubt that she wouldn't want it any other way.

3 months later

Evie stood against the second story balcony railing of her and Imhotep's home. With both of her hands resting atop the railing, she cast her gaze out to survey the city of Cairo, the Nile and the pyramids of Giza in the distance. The sun was sinking on the horizon and she could see a faint hint of stars appearing in the sky. A cool breeze blew across her skin and teased her hair.

She sensed his presence before she heard him but she didn't move from her spot. Evie smiled as two strong arms encircled her from behind and pulled her against a firm body. She felt his breath against her ear. Closing her eyes, she savored the feel of his embrace.

"Have I told you that there is not a day that goes by that I'm not overjoyed to have you as mine own?" Imhotep said lowly in her ear.

Evie smiled and turned about in his embrace to face him. Reaching up she put her arms around his neck. "You tell me every day."

"And don't forget that I constantly look forward to spending all of eternity with you." She added, losing herself in the depths of his gaze.

"Forever may not be long enough for our love." Imhotep replied, before capturing her lips with his.

This concludes Imhotep and Evie's story. I hope you found the ending more than satisfying and that you've enjoyed reading this story as much as I've enjoyed writing it!

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