Vengeance: a Derek Stillwater Novel (Derek Stillwater Thrillers book 8)
“She could not believe how complicated things had gotten since hooking up with Derek.
Just another fun-filled day in the Middle East, she thought.
The crypt wasn’t just a crypt, she saw. It apparently had been a crypt with shelves along the wall that appeared to be ossuaries, and four monuments of sorts similar to those out in the courtyard. But people had moved into it. A length of rope crossed one end of the room. Laundry hung from it. At another space were mats padded with pillows and blanket...s. A small propane camp stove rested against the wall with a beat-up tin kettle and a frying pan resting atop it.
Derek, who had moved to the other side of the doorway, back also against the wall, said, “Hello.”
Noa adjusted her gaze. Only a few feet away from Derek a woman in traditional robes and a girl cowered in the corner. In Arabic she said, “Sorry. Is there a way to the roof?”
The woman pointed.
“Stay here. Don’t go out. They’ll shoot at anyone who comes out.”
To Derek, she said, “This way.”MoreLess
Just another fun-filled day in the Middle East, she thought.
The crypt wasn’t just a crypt, she saw. It apparently had been a crypt with shelves along the wall that appeared to be ossuaries, and four monuments of sorts similar to those out in the courtyard. But people had moved into it. A length of rope crossed one end of the room. Laundry hung from it. At another space were mats padded with pillows and blanket...s. A small propane camp stove rested against the wall with a beat-up tin kettle and a frying pan resting atop it.
Derek, who had moved to the other side of the doorway, back also against the wall, said, “Hello.”
Noa adjusted her gaze. Only a few feet away from Derek a woman in traditional robes and a girl cowered in the corner. In Arabic she said, “Sorry. Is there a way to the roof?”
The woman pointed.
“Stay here. Don’t go out. They’ll shoot at anyone who comes out.”
To Derek, she said, “This way.”MoreLess
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