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Walking aasn’t an option anyuards" and tried like hell not to wet hiht and just disappear, except there was no place to hide even if he could get past the fences and captors
He could only stick by the two agents leading hi him He understood too well about prison cells and torture chaerousonto that helicopter But at thathim than the aircraft he had run toward All he had been able to think about was leaving, flying as far away as possible He’d been terrified one of the hostages would recognize his God, how he envied the able to leave Even now, he could see soo
He prayed the interrogators believed hiet away That much was true He had even offered up the information about the pattern in the cloth to uring out howhi pace with his silent guards into the die to ask the theo He just wanted to be alone and safe for one night Just one night to sleep with a full sto me?" he asked the one who had been called Mr Smith The fact that he had not been passed over to people in uniforhtened him He should not warrant this level of attention
"As I told you earlier, we are escorting you to a rooht creepy with his dark suit and black hole eyes that didn’t have any euard outside your door--for your protection too--until we check out your story"
"Why would I lie?" He sounded desperate, he knew, but ood
"Because you have been identified as one of the kidnappers"
"I am just a kid" A kid who felt a million years old
"All the more reason for us to look out for your safety as well" Mr Sun
The other"Let’s get the kid a Happy Meal and tuck him into his race car bed I’ainst the all
That word … He sed down voo back in time Back to the school where he’d been sent after his fa to sign on, thinking he would be a warrior
Instead, they’d turned his he had done, they wouldn’t be offering hi else He wasn’t innocent anyo back to the school, and he certainly did not want to go back to the people who’d taken hier They would lock hi about his past
He scraped his fingers along the rough exterior, wishing he could anchor hi it wide Two unifor over their shoulders stepped out and flanked either side of the door
Mr Smith swept a hand toward the open door "Here we are Your room"
Ajaya peeled himself off the wall and inched inside Warily
He looked fro bed on one side He found his boxed "happyto lull hi to take more than food and a bed The others had tried that and he wouldn’t be cheaply bought again
Still, he smiled his thanks and prayed they would leave faster He just wanted to be alone to eat and shower
And plan
He hadn’t decided how to get out of here yet, but if he bided his tih he would come up with a plan He still had more information to share, later, if he needed it For now they would be busy figuring out the secrets encrypted into the pattern on the cloth Although once they translated the writing, he suspected they would never unravel the code That was probably the only thing keeping hih he’d needed to hide here froet hied down the outdoor steps--&uuainst Jose--as they h the base, back to the coar
She’d been foolish to think she could share a room with him for even a few hours and suffer no consequences More than justlove tormented her Sheso close to hi with hi to him taunted her with hoell they fit in more ways than just sex She missed him She ached to be with hiain
And a nighttioff the bed to put distance between her and thewith Jose, she’d rushed into the bathrooe into jeans and an embroidered tunic
The past few days of captivity must have stripped away her ability to put up walls She needed to get back to work, to refocus her thoughts and nuht, superficial
She wrapped her arhts are off in the chow hall I sure hope they sent soar"
His boots thudded a steady pace beside her "Reypt?"
Gulp Apparently he wasn’t going to follow her lead on set our dinner by the Nile? I recall every e said, and yes, I re love with you for the first time It would be an obvious lie to say otherwise"
She walked faster