“It was your father who was brilliant enough to remember this was where they had kept a prisoner before,” Lord Kenington said. He realised as he spoke that the Major was almost past saying anything because he was so overjoyed to see his daughter again. There were tears in his eyes as he asserted, “My dearest, this will never happen to you again. I am taking you back to England and that is where we will stay.” Aisha did not answer. Lord Kenington thought that there would be plenty of time later to explain that Aisha now was his and he was determined not to lose her. She knew what he was thinking and then he felt her hand creep into his. As his fingers closed over it, he knew they were not two people but one and even their thoughts were known to each other. It would have been a long

