Desert Encounter
Chapter 8

《hello young miss…….

The man who was standing right in front of me, his hands behind his back and his face closed had just spoken to me with a very slight accent, the hoarse sound of his voice made me shudder.

– where am I ?

– I introduce myself, I am Sheikh Emir al Khali sovereign of the Rub al Khali kingdom where you are currently located and you are in my palace.

With my eyes wide as a saucer, I found it hard to believe what had just happened to me.

I looked around me and I had to admit that given what was happening, I was not in a cabin, the breathtaking grandeur and the marble column set with precious stone next to the French window to my left was very indicative. Maybe it was possible

– what am I doing here? Where is Romeo, my companion?

– please introduce yourself miss, politeness dictates it.

– pardon????

I who thought that the sovereigns knew everything about everything, well I was obviously wrong and that’s because this way of addressing a person we don’t know

– your name, young lady, that would be a good one. start don’t you think? He said with arched eyebrows

But who did he think he was? Looking at him, he didn’t look that old or so old.

I restrained myself from making a very scathing remark to him.

Stay calm Naomi, you are not in your country here.

You don’t want to end up in prison, do you? If what he says is true, you’ll be in trouble

– Naomi, my name is Naomi Black.

– Miss Black we have a lot to discuss but for now. He took a step towards me and I took a step back. You cannot leave this room, I have placed guards outside your door. he said harshly

– What???

– I haven’t finished, please refrain from any comments until the end. he continued harshly. you can’t talk to anyone here except me. Food will be delivered to you 3 times a day. You will find clean clothes in this closet and one last thing don’t even try to escape through the windows it won’t do any good we are on the 4th level and all you will risk is breaking your neck.

Now do you have any questions?

His voice was very calm but authoritative. Where had I fallen?

– I am a prisoner of this palace?

– no of course not, let’s see it’s just security measures, I’ll come back to you this evening.

On this note please excuse me but I have a lot of work ahead of me.

Emir turned ready to leave, he had been intransigent as usual

– please wait. I say suddenly in a small voice. And….and my companion the man who accompanied me please where is he?

His jaw clenched as he turned his face to look at her.

– we will talk about all this again this evening Miss Black.》

And he walked through the door which closed immediately behind him.

I couldn’t believe what had just happened.

I was forcibly locked in a room in al Khali Palace.

Oh my god

What happened when I passed out

Now that I remembered it, that face was no stranger to me.

It was him

, The Man in the Desert, the one you shouldn’t approach, the same build, the same aura, the same look. He was the one who saved me.

I had managed to see his face just before the storm when he tried to pick me up after I had fallen from the horse.

I couldn’t believe it, a sovereign was hiding among us. And where was Romeo? I hoped from the bottom of my heart that he had managed to survive his injury otherwise….

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The sheikh walked along the corridors and strode towards the palace prisons in the basement where the rebels, it was time to question them.

Closely followed by two of his guards, they descended the stairs which took him towards the interrogation room also called torture room

Emir had no mercy towards his enemies and these men who were waiting for him tied to these iron chairs behind this door were, they all worked for his uncle.

So they were there because they had tried to harm his reign.

He opened the small door with a sharp knock, startling everyone there

– let the interrogation begin.

He announced in a firm tone as he moved forward.

But what he didn’t know was that an individual had worked in the shadows during the night, threatening his prisoners with death for their respective families, that he would not obtain surely nothing from them, at least only information that they would like to give him

– ah Emir, this is where you were hiding.

It was Salif who had just entered

– what are you doing here, and who informed you? Said the skeptical sheikh

– I saw you earlier and I followed you, why this question. Are they the rebels?

– Yes.

He gave a condescending look to his last

– ok! I will be there for the interrogation, I could pick up some information that can help us

– whatever you want. He said casually. Let’s get started 》