Pyramid of the Gods (Nick Caine Book 3) by J.R. Rain & Aiden James

Author:J.R. Rain & Aiden James [Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.R. Rain Press
Published: 2013-09-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The rain and our break from tyranny lasted all of thirty minutes, if that.

The summons from Motumbo came. I figured it would be for me alone, and then if he didn’t get what he wanted, Marie and Ishi would follow. Not so. All three of us were brought before him.

The flaps to his tent were pulled back, and Motumbo stepped forward to greet us.

“Greetings, Nicholas Albert Caine, Marie Eloise Da Vinci, and their monkey, Ishi.” Motumbo announced, coldly.

He motioned for us to kneel before him. I damned near resisted, but every man in his band of miscreants had their weapons drawn. An escalation would likely mean a corpse or two, and since Motumbo needed my help, I’d be the one on my side left standing.

We knelt without incident.

“Your friend, Akiiki Mubarek, remains missing,” he said, his tone surprisingly mellow. “Somehow, the map I took from you the other day is also missing, Nick. I know Akiiki has it in his possession, so I am not blaming any of you for its disappearance, or even for his disappearance, either.”

He shot Ishi a smile that at first glance might’ve seemed forgiving. But my father taught me long ago to always look in a man’s eyes first—everything flows from there, not the other way around. Hatred, I saw, was burning as brightly as ever.

I prayed the others didn’t fall prey for his schtick, since the man was more dangerous right now than he’d been since making his acquaintance two days ago. He had lost a treasure, the map to that treasure, and the primary suspect had disappeared, too.

“Good. So I guess we’ll be on our way, then,” I said cheerily.

“Ah, no, Nick Caine. You won’t be going anywhere anytime soon,” he advised, his expression somewhere between amusement and annoyance. I had to be careful how I played this. “At least one of you—or perhaps even all of you—know where Akiiki has gone, no? If we had plenty of time, we could entertain ourselves with Marie and Ishi while torturing you, Nick, for days or even weeks, while waiting for him to return for Sekhmet’s treasure. However, like you, I have commitments to meet with others. Wealthy men in the Middle East who reward handsomely are waiting impatiently for their gold, and who might include a tidy sum for your troublesome head and a couple of slaves.”

“I imagine you’d sell your own mother and sister into slavery if the price was right, huh?”

A suicidal thought that escaped my mouth before I could stop it, or more honestly, cared to stop it. But at least it got the program rolling. He snapped his fingers, and his men moved to bind our hands behind our backs again. This time, when one of the assholes groped my gal, I lunged at him. Unfortunately, my face was an easy target for a fist—Motumbo’s.

“You will have to learn proper behavior, Nick,” he advised.

Motumbo moved behind me to assist with the bonds, pulling my hands high behind my back before tying them off.

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