By Betina Krahn
Abigail service provider travels to Casablanca to go looking for the remnants of the nice Library of Alexandria. There, her quest turns into entangled with the destiny of a good-looking ex-legionnaire. smug, brash Apollo Smith rarely evokes trust...but he definitely conjures up unladylike ideas. jointly they look for the remnants of the good library, yet a bunch of vengeful legionnaires and grasping bandits is quickly on their path, threatening to place an finish to the sensual delights they've got simply started to find.
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She finally gave in to the urge to meet his gaze and looked up. Pirates of the Barbary Coast… the 300's… History. " He grabbed her wrist and pulled her up. She was close enough to detect a hint of liquor on his breath and it jolted her back to a rational level of skepticism. "I intend to do just that. " He groaned and started to protest, but she talked right over his objections: "But I intend to make my own arrangements. I am going to the British Consulate first thing tomorrow morning to get help securing transportation and a guide.
She hadn't had much experience with drunk men. "This ought to do," he said, dragging the washstand toward the door, upsetting the earthenware pitcher in the basin and setting both rattling. "Lock the door and push this against it when I've gone. Don't open to anybody but me. I'll be back before daylight. " He paused for a moment, looking her over. "And change your clothes. Wear something to ride in. " Before she could say that she did not intend to let him dictate either her wardrobe or her itinerary, he stopped that thought dead with a simple question.
Smeeth," the sergeant spat out, shoving his grizzled face into hers. "Ou est—Smeeth? " They thought Smith was here with her? It was only then that she made sense of the fact that they wore khaki uniforms and white cylindrical hats with neck flaps and military badging. " "Tell them I have no idea what they're talking about," she ordered the manager, to translate. " The sergeant's response to the translation was a guttural snarl that sounded like an oath and a rough wave to his men that ordered them to search everything.