“A strip of cloth that smelled sharply of oil and sweat had been used to gag her. Her stomach rolled over at the repugnant stench. Another rag had been tied around her head as a blindfold. Her arms had been bound behind her, her legs secured at the ankles. From the itchy, coarse feel of it against her bare arms, she was lying on a pile of burlap. She felt like a trussed-up chicken. A stupid trussed-up chicken, at that. She kicked both feet in an awkward, useless gesture of protest. She still cou...ldn’t figure out how those men had taken her by surprise. She’d slipped out of Rod’s arms before dawn for a necessary trip into the brush. The hot, humid air had been still. No raucous birdcalls had split the silence. With the pyramids still awash with silvery shafts of moonlight, it had seemed incredibly peaceful, with just an edge of tantalizing mystery in the atmosphere. She had felt exuberant and content as she had contemplated watching the spectacle of a glorious sunrise from the pyramid.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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