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better state of mind for their reunion. “I said no.”
    Nasir bowed his head. He couldn’t argue with the king while others were around.
    The technician brought the gurney in, and slowly the two workers transported Adara from the ground onto the thick pad attached to the gurney. “We will meet you there, Nasir,” Zayn said as he stepped out of the door frame and followed the workers into the ambulance.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER FIVE
     
    L eigh was spending the afternoon training with Jonothon, her colonel. Their hand to hand fighting always proved most useful since they complemented each other nicely on the battlefield.
    He came at her with his knife, catching her from behind , the cold metal pressed against her skin. He held her in place for just long enough for her hair to graze along his face. He could hear her heart beating as that knife was pressed up to her skin.
    “How are you going to find him? They say he has just vanished. We are going to have to prove he is dead for that joke of a queen to turn the crown over to us.”
    Leigh took the opportunity while Jonothon was talking to use the distraction to disarm him. She knocked his knife to the ground and gave him a back elbow to the solar plexus causing him to lose the upper hand in the situation.
    “To me you mean. But you let me worry about that. You’re supposed to just train the men and make them battle ready. Haydar and I will handle the details.” She swept his leg, and he fell to the ground.
    He looked up at her from the ground. Sometimes this woman gave him a run for his money, but today he was letting her win. Haydar had been pushing her lately and coming down hard on her, but if she knew he was taking it easy she would have skinned him alive.
    “Whatever you say, boss lady.” Jonothon got up off the ground and grabbed his gear, taking a moment to steal a glimpse of Leigh while she changed her clothes. He watched as her sweatpants were exchanged for tight jeans and looked away as her shirt dropped to the floor. He heard the zipper move as she secured her top.
    “Something you like, Cromwell?” She spit out the words with a cold icy tone. Jonothon’s attention went straight to her face as he snapped into attention.
    “No, ma’am. Sorry.” Jonothon watched Leigh storm across the room in his direction, unsheathing her knife; he loved it when she got like this.
    “Let me tell you something, Jonothon. Just because I let you fuck me, doesn’t mean you get to look at me anytime you like. You are no different than anyone else here. You know the rules; keep it in check, or your service under me is done.”
    She was through with him. She turned away from him, not wanting to look at him anymore. He was going to get himself killed. If he didn’t stop acting like that, she would have to take care of it herself.
    “Go make yourself useful and track down my bitch bent amty. Don’t return until you have found her. If she has had contact with her akh, I want to know.” She slammed the doors shut behind her as she made her way out of the training facility.
    Jonothon finished gathering his things from the room , her words left to echo in his mind. You know the rules; keep it in check, or your services under me are done . Harsh and cruel, just like Leigh. She never stopped long enough to think what life would be like if she broke her rules once in a while. He walked out of the room and down the hall way. He saw evidence of Leigh’s anger strewn down the path. A dead guard’s intestines were displayed along the corridor. He entered his room and grabbed his emergency bag, taking no chances on becoming her next victim; he went to his car and headed out of the compound in search of Nikole.
     
    L eigh couldn’t believe she had caught Jonothon looking at her like that. He knew better. They had rules they had to follow. She wanted to kill him on the spot for taking that kind of a risk. He wasn’t anyone to her; she would never risk her