Chapter 19The aircraft on the map crept along at a painfully slow pace. Adam had been transfixed by it for the last half an hour or so, watching intently as they drew ever closer to the Egyptian border. Sam and Oriyanna had both been asleep for the majority of the twelve-and-a-half-hour flight, Oriyanna's head pillowed against his shoulder for the last few hours. Although it had caused a little pain to develop in his neck, he didn't want to wake her. Sleep had been a luxury Adam hadn't been lucky enough to benefit from. He'd managed the odd half an hour here and there, but had never dropped off properly, always aware of the usual background noises experienced during air travel. The constant drone of the jet engines, the low murmuring chatter of passengers and cabin crew as they went about
