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Machado could not see the wary frown behind Ammar's mask, but he kneas there

"You were sent to kill arette while lining up a tiny autoic trick

Machado s his hands in open view

"You can relax My orders were to work in total harmony with you"

Aniht sleeve "How do you know me?"

"Our leaders have few secrets between them"

Daiving away his identity He wasn't taken in for an instant by Machado's lie

Once President Hasan was out of the way, the reincarnated Muhammad had no further use for his hired killer Ammar was not about to reveal his escape plans to the Mexican hit man He clearly realized his counterpart had no option but to form an alliance of expediency A he could kill Machado at any time, while the Mexican had to wait until survival was assured

Ammar knew exactly where he stood

He raised his teacup "To Akhmad Yazid"

Machado stiffly raised his "To Topiltzin"

Hala and Senator Pitt had been locked in a suite along with President Hasan They were grimy and splattered with paint, too exhausted to sleep Their hands were blistered and their muscles ached from physical labor none had been conditioned for And they were hungry

After the frenzied re Uruguay, the hijackers had not allowed them any food

Their only liquid intake came from the faucet in the bathroom And to make their condition worse, the te through the ventilators

President Hasan was stretched out on one of the beds in abject misery