The Secret of the King's Tomb (A Richard Halliburton Adventure Book 1) by Garrett Drake

Author:Garrett Drake [Drake, Garrett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, action
Publisher: Green E-Books
Published: 2019-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

RICHARD ATTEMPTED TO PROCESS his startling awakening, which was challenging due to how disoriented he was. The pale moonlight streaming through the curtains turned the figure over him into nothing more than a hulking silhouette. Despite the order to remain silent, Richard tried to scream. Only a muffled noise escaped, which wasn’t loud enough to alert any potential passerby in the hallway.

Next, he lunged for his dagger stashed inside the bedside table. Unable to reach the drawer, he struggled to get away, only to be pinned to the bed by the man’s knee.

“It’s me,” the man said. “Jabari.”

Richard studied the man’s profile before sitting upright in bed.

“Are you insane, waking me up in this manner?” Richard asked. “I could’ve killed you if I’d kept my knife within arm’s reach.”

“That’s actually a wise thing to do in this area of the world,” Jabari said as he eased off Richard and moved to sit at the foot of the bed. “There’s a thief lurking in every shadow. In fact, I heard you ran into one today.”

“Who told you that?”

“I overheard it in the dining hall, and I assumed it was you based on the story that was related to me,” Jabari said. “Two members of English nobility out with a guide on his first tour and the woman wanders into the cave only to be rescued by the man?”

“And you just assumed that was me?”

“Only a foolish person would enter a cave like that without a small group,” Jabari said. “It’s a well-known fact that members of the Arabean Losus spend their days there before pillaging unsuspecting foreigners and vulnerable Egyptians at night. A more seasoned guide would’ve known better.”

“A more seasoned guide would’ve let a woman die today?”

Jabari nodded. “But you’re different, aren’t you?”

“If you say so. I just try to do what I think any decent human being would do.”

“A decent human being without any shred of fear in his body.”

Richard chuckled. “You’re starting to sound like my mother. But I’m sure that you didn’t come here just to tell me that you heard people talking about my exploits at dinner.”

Jabari shook his head. “I came here to warn you that Wilhelm has posted lookouts all around their dig site and has ordered anyone who sees anything suspicious to report it to him. And one of the hired guards reported that he saw a tour guide trying to snoop around some of the sites. And the guide was escorting a pair of middle-aged English clients, including a portly woman who entered a cave. Sound like anyone you know?”

“I wasn’t anywhere near the dig sites,” Richard said. “I was just trying to see if I could see you, though I thought it was foolish since you led them in a different direction.”

“Wilhelm wanted me to take a long route to throw off any marauders who might be following us. He wanted us to appear as if we were simply heading off into the desert, not traveling to the Valley of the Kings to dig.

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