Ian hadn’t expected Sultis to call his bluff. While it was distinctly possible someone from the museum had borrowed his books, he also recognized it was highly unlikely they would bother putting others in their stead to make it appear nothing was amiss.
However, if they went off in search of them and ran into his co-workers, he could alert them to his predicament and get free.
Or Sultis could pull out a gun Ian had yet to see and shoot everyone in sight.
Based on what he’d already witnessed from the man, he didn’t necessarily think that was such an off-the-wall possibility.
“If you know which texts I’m going to need, does that mean you know what the tablets’ origins are?” he asked, stalling for time. “Lucas couldn’t give me anything but guesses.”
“Egyptian.” Sultis nodded toward the d
