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The disapproval in the older woainst Catherine’s usually limitless patience Perhaps if the man in her fantasies would ever show his face, she wouldn’t be feeling so frustrated, but he did not This tiination as he was in it

“I’m still on break,” she reminded the older woman

“Yes, well, we all do e must”

Recognizing the beginnings of a fae her lunch break was to be cut short Again

Hakim bin Omar al Kadar walked into the library and scanned the reference area for sight of Catherine Marie Benning Her picture was indelibly printed on his es were not uncommon in the royal family of Jawhar, his was unique

Catherine Marie Benning was unaware that she was to become his wife Her father wanted it that way

One of the stipulations of the deal between Haki was that Haki her about the arrange of Jawhar Haki been educated in the West, Hakies with the same equanimity the women of his family did

He would have to court Catherine, but that would be no hardship Even in an arranged e, a royal prince of Jaas expected to court his intended bride This ive her a month

Ten weeks ago, his uncle had been apprised by Harold Benning of the probable deposits of a rare ested a partnership between Benning Excavations and the royal family of Jawhar

The twoter in the desert in the early hours of the ation had revealed that the assassination atteroup of dissidents responsible for his parents’ deaths twenty years before

Hakie for Catherine had become part of the deal He knew only that his uncle considered it convenient Should the need for long-ter visas arise for the royal family, Hakim would be in a position to sponsor theo through regular diplo the privacy and pride of his family

The royal faht political asylun and they never would Already overseeing the faical choice for the alliance

Harold Benning also saw the le state of his twenty-four year old daughter had been obvious According to him, she never even dated