Chapter 26It was several hours later when they all met. Kasim had arranged a banquet to be laid out and insisted everyone eat and drink before any business was discussed.
Nyles went first, telling them what he’d experienced as well as what he’d seen and heard while Mirza’s prisoner. “If it hadn’t been for the timely intervention of Sadiq, I would have never made it back here.”
“Now, Sadiq, your tale.”
Nyles listened, as entranced as the rest of the audience while Sadiq told of how he’d tracked many priceless artefacts, watched, and waited, and finally, his patience and perseverance had paid off.
“I saw Mirza at an unofficial site, looting it with his men. He’s clever. He stays in the shadows and away from the tomb once he’s been through it. But he goes in first to make sure he isn’t be
