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and male right there in front of her. 
    When he eliminated the distance between them, she gasped and looked away.  “I need to get out of here,” she said softly and turned to leave but he caught her hand and captured it in his strong one. 
    “What’s your name?” he asked softly, even though he already knew her name.  Rashid had been trying to convince him to take this little lady for his wife for the past two years.  Hussan wondered how long she’d been slipping out of the palace to do things like this. 
    It occurred to him that he could stop her whole team right now and bring them back to his palace but something held him back this time .  It wasn’t just the way the team moved so efficiently, or the fact that they were doing good things for his people and his conscience wouldn’t allow him to kidnap people who were trying to help.  It was more the fact that c apturing Princess Isla was probably not the smoothest way to start off their relationship. 
    He’d contact Rashid in the morning.  Or in the next hour, he thought as he noticed the sun rising over the horizon.
    “Until we meet again,” he said and lifted her hand to his mouth, kissing the tender flesh of her wrist and feeling the racing pulse.  Good, he was glad she was feeling the same thing he felt for her.  Their desire was already powerful.  That would start off their marriage well.
    Isla pulled her hand away, grateful when he allowed it because he was large enough and strong enough to hold her here if he wanted.  “I doubt we’ll ever meet again, but I’m glad I was here for you tonight.”
    She spun around, eager to get away from him and get some fresh air.  The other soldiers were standing beside the truck where the prisoners were bound, patiently waiting for this man who was obviously their captain or something similar, but definitely the authority figure within the group .  They treated him with too much deference for him to be anything other than their leader.  The thought also occurred to her that the man was too strong, too arrogant for him to accept anything other than a leadership role.  There was just something about him that shouted authority.  Perhaps it was in his bearing or the way he spoke, but he was definitely the boss. 
    Released from the soldiers, h er team rushed through the quiet streets, all of them apparently eager to get away from this scene.  Nothing had gone right tonight and they needed to get back before anything else happened and before anyone discovered her disappearance .  She financed this team, ensured they were well equipped and even paid them a salary so that they could work their magic and get positive results.  She had far fewer new outfits because of this team, but she derived much more satisfaction from financing their efforts than she ever could by wearing a pretty new gown. 
    They got back across the border and all of them relaxed.  “Wow!” Dinan said and collapsed against the metal wall of the van.  “ There were moments that I didn’t think we were getting out of that one alive tonight.”
    With his initial comments, the tension was broken and they all started laughing, the adrenaline flowing as they got farther away from the scene. 
    One by one, Loan dropped them off and Isla was careful to go back through her secret passageway as silently as possible.  The passage was old and hidden, but that didn’t mean that one of the servants might not hear her.  She had to be extra careful at this time of the day when the servants were moving about, getting things ready within the palace .  This early in the morning, servants had time to look into suspicious activities or noises coming from places that should be vacant – such as empty hallways or walls that shouldn’t exist . 
    She made it back silently through the secret tunnel , then carefully climbed up through her trap door, pushed the shoes back into place and quickly changed out of her black clothing, storing it away so