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jeopardize the newly negotiated monumental change in politics between the United States government and Yafar.  They were allies.  Strong allies!  The recent meetings between that arrogant sheik dude and the president only strengthened that relationship. 
    In the eyes of the government, one woman, no matter how important she was to Nikki, would not be worth damaging that new relationship in any way.  Nope, Nikki knew she was on her own.  Both literally and figuratively – and legally as well since she wasn’t even supposed to be here. 
    There were no two ways about it; if she got caught, Nikki knew she was in a world of trouble. 
    She looked around, astonished by the intense heat that was beating down on her.  She really needed a hat.  And sunscreen.  Oh, and some water!  She hadn’t planned this whole thing out very well, but she was almost inside the palace.  She could do this!  She just had to stay in stealth mode and be very, very careful. 
    Nikki’s heart beat frantically and she ducked down behind the stone wall, closing her eyes in the desperate hope that she hadn’t been caught.  Biting her lips, she held her breath, hoping that no sound would give her away. 
    If she could just get through this garden area, she might finally get inside.  Her plan was to find a locker room or a work area, put on someone else’s clothes and try walking the halls until she found a prison area, or maybe heard one of the other workers gossiping about a stranger in one of the guest rooms.  The language barrier might be a problem, but she wasn’t going to worry about that until she had to.  Just one step at a time, she told herself carefully. 
    Nazar saw the shining head duck down and stood frozen in place, too stunned to accept what his eyes were seeing.  When nothing moved, he did actually doubt his eyes but something inside of him told him that she was here.  He actually smiled but it wasn’t a smile of delight.  It was one of absolute victory.  The woman who had been haunting his dreams for the past several nights, disturbing his sleep and making his body hard with the aching need to possess her…was here! 
    No wonder his security team couldn’t turn up her whereabouts anywhere.  She wasn’t where she was supposed to be.  She was here, in his palace compound. 
    He stood there watching the spot and sure enough, with growing amusement and a strong desire to spank her adorable butt he saw her bright head pop up to see if she’d escaped discovery.  How could she have put her life in such danger?  He wasn’t sure if he should have pride in her extraordinary skill in getting this far, or fury because she had no idea what could happen to her! 
    But right now, he was more amused at her trying to hide from him than anything else.  Or was that just anger?  He wasn’t really sure and, where this woman was concerned, it might be both. 
    When she stuck her head up again, he almost laughed out loud.  But she ducked down again, as if she could hide from the numerous guards that were surrounding the area.
    “No such luck, my beauty,” he mumbled under his breath.  His eyes sharpened as someone to the left started yelling, guns drawn.  His body guards had somehow alerted the palace guards of her presence and everyone was running in her direction, ready to take her down and imprison her. 
    With a furious flick of his wrist, he stopped their forward momentum.  Even his body guards – who were well versed in stopping people who wanted to get near him – were stunned that a person could get so close to him without their knowledge. 
    “Stay back,” he ordered to all of them.  Since it wasn’t in their nature to allow any sort of harm to come even remotely close to him, they weren’t sure what to do, but they all obeyed his order without question, although there were several frantic glances. 
    “She’s unarmed,” he said, although he had no real knowledge of that.  He just suspected that this