Exodus, An ARKANE Thriller (Book 3) by Penn J.F

Author:Penn, J.F. [Penn, J.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: The Creative Penn Limited
Published: 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

As the library door closed behind them, one of the injured monks slowly sat up, fumbling for the cell phone deep within the folds of his robe. Wiping blood from his eyes, he tapped out a message and hit Send. Al-Hirbaa would pay handsomely for this information and the bitch who had beaten them would get her violent reward.

En route to Jordan. 8.14pm

The last of the sun disappeared beyond the Sinai horizon and Khal watched the shadows lengthen into chill night. With one hand on the wheel, he pulled his jacket on and then leaned over to pull Morgan’s coat further up so it covered her sleeping form. They had rushed out of the monastery compound earlier, not stopping to speak to the Abbot for fear of further attacks. Morgan had said little as they grabbed their bags and headed out to the vehicle. Once they had set off, she had fallen asleep, the after effects of the fight surely exhausting her. Khal glanced over at her sleeping form. She clearly had military training and could handle herself, but he wondered how far she would have gone if he hadn’t stopped her. There was clearly a current of rage under her usually calm exterior.

Khal was comfortable driving this route and he relaxed into the road. He had done his military service fifteen years ago and drove this desert road on patrol. The Arab Spring had brought renewed tension, including violence at the border crossing with Israel and a mob attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo, but Egypt depended on the tourist trade and had to encourage foreigners. The route from Sinai to Israel and up into Jordan was a regular route for pilgrim tourists who wanted to visit holy sites as well as Petra. There were a few night buses and taxis on the road, but otherwise the hours passed in darkness and peace, the only sound the whistling of the wind through the window. Khal had wound it down fully so that he could smell the night air and feel it, cool on his skin.

He finally had time to think after the crazy few days they had just been through. He didn’t know how Morgan managed to stay so calm. He wanted to help her, but he also felt that his place was at the university or the dig, while this was a little beyond his capabilities. But Morgan had brought a ray of light into his life, cutting through the dry routine he had created for himself, and giving him a glimpse of something he had missed for so long.

His thoughts went to Meena and the days they had had together, before a fast-growing tumor had ravaged his wife’s body and left her a shell. In the days before she died, she had asked him to live well and find a new wife, someone who would give him sons and love him as she had. But after her death, he had thrown himself into work, ignoring the flirtatious looks of the girls on the summer digs.

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