Chapter 24Dabir was sitting on the ground, leaning against a tree watching daybreak when he said to Aashiq, “I don’t think they are coming. Maybe Steelgrave didn’t get the information on where the country house is.”
Aashiq sat thinking for a moment, then replied, “This Steelgrave is smart. He has figured that we have set a trap. He won’t come until tonight. You stay here and wait. If I am wrong, you spring the trap. Adeel and I will leave through the woods. I will contact you as soon as I get settled somewhere else.”
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Piero and I walked out to the car and headed to the country house. About a mile from the location, we parked the car on the shoulder of the road and got out. Piero’s lookout was farther down the road and viewing the house from the other direction. I took the binoculars
