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She continued to stare out the atching as they began to track the ground with the ain

"How does a round tunnels?" she asked without turning back

"It’s not exactly a metal detector," he answered "It’s specially round, vacancies that would indicate a cave, a cavern, or a tunnel"

"Is there a tunnel where he’s looking?" She glanced back, but rather than searching for his eyes her gaze ain

"Not that we’ve found," he told her with a quick shake of his head "Abrah and low for tunnels that haven’t yet been found So far, we hnnels thatx2019;t found anything"

She turned back to the scene below to see Jafar gesture angrily to Azir with a frown She would have never believed he was as deceitful as it appeared he was, or that he could have been a risk to her Learning he had helped conspire to kidnap her had been a disillusioning blow

There had been a lot of surprises in the past four days though, things she had truly never expected She’d known Khalid’s cousins most of her life At one time or another she had been introduced to theime Until perhaps five or six years before, his Saudi cousins had been regulars at many of the vacation spots her parents had visited, for either business or pleasure

Then, the positions they had held within the Saudi governe had learned

Because of Ayid and A had received proof they were still involved with terrorist activities, all the overnment had been asked to return to their own province Ayid and Aime’s trust for the entire family

Jafar and Tariq had actually held very lucrative positions within i them to travel all over the world Several of Jafar’s fae on student visas he had arranged while they were still very young

But Tariq and Jafar were here now, rather than jet-setting and representing their country financially

Turning, she stared at Tariq once again, her gaze straying to his sth loose trousers that he and Abram wore beneath their thobes

Once the twothey did was strip off the thobes She’d seen Abraht before like aon a favorite lover She swore his lashes almost fluttered in pleasure for a second

Tariq’s bare shoulders were the only part of his back that was sh Unlike her mother’s description of Azir with his heavy pelt of body hair, Tariq actually sported very little, as did Abram

But his back was crisscrossed hat had to be hundreds of very fine, thin scars that went fro waist of the trousers

"What are you doing?" She cleared her throat uneasily as sheon that piece of equipment for two days now

"So on the Land Rovers and nal," he murmured as he continued to peer into the electronic control board "I’ to steal the tracker itself back If I can get it to reain"

"Who are you trying to track?" She stared down at the intricate array of tiny wires, nodules, and electronic relays with a frown

He looked over his shoulder at her, his ave her a glance of ht in for you s, but close enough that he had no proble the very faint scent of rose and sandalwood

Sheher as he continued to watch her for several seconds before turning back to the electronic device

It was merely another variation of the same theme that had played out in the past two days that Abram hadn’t been present The looks of interest, the silent reminder that Abram had already asked hie bed with theone to sleep with Abra her It was creating an inti a frustrated sigh she turned back to hi to comment on Abram’s absence when a hard, imperative knock sounded on the heavy, thick wood of the door

Paige flinched with near violence, her heart juaze flehere Tariq was quickly folding a square of cloth over the device he had been working on and rising fro door that led to his suite as he ?" she hissed

"I’ll be listening," he promised quickly, his voice so low as to be nearly silent "See who it is, and don’t let theiven her in case Azir showed up to use over her head and around her neck as a hijab

The knock sounded again, harder, and this time, more impatient

"Who is it?" she called out as she quickly secured the scarf around her head as Abrae I have soh the door quietly