Black Mamba by Tierney James

Author:Tierney James [James, Tierney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paperback-Press
Published: 2018-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Peter stood next to another Land Rover. Chase suspected he was moments from coming to search for them. When Handsome put the vehicle in park, the camp director sighed then approached to help the ladies down.

“That message scared me. We haven’t had any trouble in forever, and in two days we’ve had a shooting, poaching, and a missing person.” Peter walked alongside Chase and Handsome.

“Missing? Who is missing? Not the president?” Chase already knew the answer but thought it best to play dumb.

“Keeya, the president’s aide. We have looked everywhere for her. She has disappeared. This is no place to wander off. The secretary said you were still at the tent when she came down to talk to us this morning. Did she say anything?”

Tessa still appeared a little pale, so Chase took her small hand in his. The frightened look amused him.

“We made a quick stop at our own tent then came straight here. I told her I’d interview her later today, maybe at lunch.” If Tessa could do anything well, it was tell a lie. He could spot her attempt at pulling a fast one, but that hadn’t always been true.

At the beginning of their stormy relationship, he’d fallen for several of her lies and nearly been killed and nearly killed her. When she batted those blue eyes, people, men especially, believed her. She was an innocent. Or used to be. He wasn’t so sure anymore.

“Last we saw her, she was sitting on the deck with some papers. She didn’t look up when we walked by,” Chase added for a little more reinforcement to the lie. “How long has she been missing?”

Handsome watched him and even slowed his long, leggy strides. It would be only a matter of time before he would need to be moved to a safer location if this whole Kifaru diamond thing really did make a difference in who led the country. The elections were not that far off.

“The president’s secretary probably spent an hour with us then checked on tonight’s seating arrangements.” Peter rolled his eyes. “Everyone thinks they’re important, apparently. We’re in the bush. Who the hell cares?”

“When did Naledi go back to her tent?” Carter interjected as he slipped an arm around Sam who sidestepped him in time to resist being pulled in close to his side. He dropped his hand to hers, and this she didn’t resist.

“Not sure. After another thirty minutes or so. She waited a while to come looking for Keeya, probably thinking she’d gone to the observation deck or down to the water. That in itself is alarming, if you don’t tell someone where you are. In the daytime, it’s not usually a problem. The secretary finally came to tell us, and we immediately began a search with no luck.”

They ran up on the dining deck that looked out over the Okavango, where a buffet table filled with finger foods and fruit waited along with hot tea and biscuits left from breakfast.

“Could she be with some of the other staff?” Chase inquired as he passed out the plates to his friends.

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